Maya Wang is a researcher for the Asia Division of Human Rights Watch. Follow her at @wang_maya. https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/contributor/maya-wang/rss en Crisis and Conflict Politics and Policy Mon, 15 Aug 2016 08:09:43 +0000 Maya Wang https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2016/08/15/chinas-human-rights-crackdown-punishes-families-too https://www.newsdeeply.com/womenandgirls/community/2016/08/15/chinas-human-rights-crackdown-punishes-families-too Since the sweeping arrest of human rights lawyers and activists in July 2015, Chinese authorities have also targeted their wives and children, sending mothers to prison and kicking families out of their homes, writes Maya Wang of Human Rights Watch.