More Human Rights in China senior members quit amid claims it has strayed from original mission
The management shake-up that has left US-based Human Rights in China facing the biggest crisis in its 16-year history has intensified, with eight members of the executive committee resigning amid allegations that the group has strayed from its mission.
Last Friday's resignations came after three of its five directors - the latest being prominent scientist Fang Lizhi , who handed in his notice last Monday - quit after a failed attempt to dislodge the group's president, Liu Qing .
Those who resigned in the latest round were five serving members of the executive committee - Tsung Su, Su Xiaokang, Tong Yi-su, Guo Luoji and Li Xiaorong - and three non-voting honorary members - Cheng Hsin-yuan, Zhang Weiguo and Huang Mab .
Two former honorary board members, Liu Binyan and Wang Dan, also signed the joint letter of resignation.
In the letter, the 10 said HRIC's 'internal functioning lacks transparency and accountability', adding it 'has departed from the universal, non-partisan, non-political ideals of human rights that we espouse and support'.