China Human Rights Briefing January 15-31, 2009
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Reporting human rights development from the grassroots
January 15-31, 2009
HIGHLIGHTS
On the eve of China’s turn to face international scrutiny of its rights record at the UN “universal periodic review” on Feb. 9 and 11, Chinese authorities show no sign of loosening its grip on civil-political liberties. For instance,
- Continuing a trend in recent cases involving activists detained for applying to protest during the Olympics, authorities continue to illegally deny citizens their rights to freedom of association. Shandong authorities detained two rights activists for applying to stage a demonstration, while in Hubei Province a rights activist was detained merely for “plotting to apply” to demonstrate. .
- Coming on the heels of the closing of popular blog portal www.bullog.cn and the continued crackdown on Charter 08, new internet regulations grant the authorities great discretion to remove content online, impose fines, or restrict access to a wide range of internet users. A slew of new regulations, propagated under the guise of “removing vulgar content” and “protecting personal privacy,” threaten freedom of expression and information online.
- In defiance of pressure from the government, activists have not backed down. They have found ways to circulate Charter 08 online and people continue to sign to endorse the call for political reform.
- A group of human rights lawyers pressed on in their fight for direct elections of officials of the Beijing Lawyers Association. The group of thirty plus passed out election information and campaign materials to thousands of their colleagues over the course of a five-day film festival organized by the Lawyers’ Association and held from January 13 to January 18 at Beijing’s National Library.
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1. Persecution of Rights Activists. 2
Beijing Blogger Placed under House Arrest 3
Activist Promoting Democracy at Grassroots Abducted by Authorities. 3
Released Tiananmen Prisoner Incarcerated in Psychiatric Institution since Olympics. 3
Wife of Imprisoned Activist Placed under Surveillance, Detained. 3
Imprisoned China Democratic Party Member Denied Parole. 3
Activist Detained in Forced Labor Camp Nears Release. 4
Beijing Lawyers Press on in Quest for Direct Elections. 4
Shandong Authorities Detain Teachers’ Representatives before Chinese New Year 4
Wuhan Resident Arbitrarily Detained for “Plotting to Demonstrate”. 4
4. Harassment and Abuse of Petitioners. 4
Hubei Petitioner Disappears in Beijing, Feared Detained. 4
Shanghai Petitioner Summoned, Beaten for Seeking Aid. 5
5. Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment 5
Factory Workers Beaten for Requesting Salaries. 5
Tianjin Citizen Beaten for Attempting to Register to Petition. 5
Writer Sues Sina.com over the Closure of Blog. 5
Chinese Scholars Call for a Boycott of CCTV “Brainwashing”. 6
Fujian Farmers File Lawsuit against State Council 6
Officials Issue Standards to Regulate “Vulgar Content” on Internet 6
Xuzhou City Enacts Personal Information Privacy Legislation. 6
Chongqing Testing Death Row Visitation Regulations. 7
State Council Passes 850 Billion Yuan Medical Reform Plan. 7
1. Persecution of Rights Activists
Charter 08 Update
- On January 16, 2009, administrators at Beijing University Law School sent out an email to students, demanding that they “firmly resist and stay far away from” Charter 08, and that they “don’t follow others blindly or… spread harmful information.” This email comes despite the fact that Beijing University law professor He Weifang (贺卫方) and Zhu Suren (朱苏人), the elder brother of Beijing University law school dean Zhu Suli (朱苏力), have already signed the Charter. (CHRD)[i]
- Despite continued harassment and intimidation from police and local authorities, Support for Charter 08 continues to grow, with over 8,100 signatories at last count.
- Authorities continue to use Charter 08 as a pretext to intimidate activists and dissidents domestically. Human Rights Lawyer Li Xiongbing (黎雄兵), previously questioned by police about his involvement with Charter 08, was summoned (chuanhan) by police in the pre-dawn hours of January 15 and interrogated about the Charter for more than three hours. (CHRD)[ii]
Beijing Blogger Placed under House Arrest
On the eve of Chinese New Year’s, January 25, several policemen from the National Security Unit of the Beijing PSB Chaoyang District Sub-division summoned Beijing activist Liu Di (刘荻, who writes under the name “stainless steel rat”, buxiugang laoshu) to interrogate her about a posting she had written entitled “10 suggestions for Charter 08” on the “Free China Forum” as well as a picture she posted of a t-shirt featuring Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) and other related figures from Charter 08. At the conclusion of the interrogation, the policemen announced that she was being placed under residential surveillance. The next day Liu discovered a police car parked downstairs from her apartment and her freedom to leave her home restricted. She now must travel by police car or in a taxi arranged by police, if she is given permission to leave. (CHRD)[iii]
Activist Promoting Democracy at Grassroots Abducted by Authorities
Yao Lifa (姚立法), an activist promoting local democratic elections from Qianjiang City, Hubei Province, disappeared on January 18, 2009. Yao had been scheduled to return to Hubei on January 19 to attend the celebration of the inauguration of the US president at the US Consulate in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. After three days without contact, Yao was released on January 21, 2009, at which point he confirmed that he had been abducted by the Qianjiang police. Yao has suffered illegal kidnappings and detention at the hands of Qianjiang authorities on a number of previous occasions. (CHRD)[iv]
Released Tiananmen Prisoner Incarcerated in Psychiatric Institution since Olympics
CHRD learned on January 22, 2009, that Wang Lianxi (王连喜), a former worker who was released from prison in 2007 following 18 years of incarceration for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, was being incarcerated at a Beijing mental institution. Wang, believed to be hospitalized involuntarily, was detained ahead of the Olympics to prevent him from “making trouble” during the Games. CHRD has not found any evidence suggesting that Wang or his family consented to the hospitalization or that any independent mental health evaluation was conducted to determine whether Wang’s mental condition was serious enough to pose any real danger to society such that he needed to be hospitalized. (CHRD)[v]
Wife of Imprisoned Activist Placed under Surveillance, Detained
CHRD learned from imprisoned Hebei activist Guo Qizhen (郭起真) that his wife, Zhao Changqin (赵长芹) has been harassed by local police since the beginning of August, 2008, when she was placed under residential surveillance and followed whenever she left the house. Zhao was then illegally detained, first in a number of “black jails” in Cangzhou City, Hebei, and later in a local military dormitory. Zhao was finally released from detention on September 23, but remains under surveillance to this day, especially with regard to her communications, which are monitored and often disrupted. Guo, who was imprisoned in October of 2006 for “inciting subversion of state power,” also reports that his health in prison is very poor, and that he suffers from necrosis of the femur, needing crutches to walk and large amounts of medicine which must be brought in by Zhao when she visits him. (CRLW)[vi]
Imprisoned China Democratic Party Member Denied Parole
CHRD learned on January 31, 2009, that Wu Yilong (吴义龙), activist and organizer for the China Democratic Party (CDP) and spokesperson for the CDP’s Zhejiang Provincial Preparatory Committee, has been denied parole for refusing to admit guilt to prison officials. Wu was sentenced to 11 years in prison in October of 1999 for “subversion of state power” for his role as a CDP member, and was originally eligible for release in November of 2008. According to Wu’s brother, Wu Yiyun (吴义云), Wu Yilong will likely have to serve his full term in prison, as he steadfastly refuses to admit guilt for a crime he did not commit. (CHRD)[vii]
Activist Detained in Forced Labor Camp Nears Release
Heilongjiang petitioner turned human rights activist Liu Jie (刘杰), who has been tortured repeatedly while detained in Re-education through Labor (RTL) camps, is scheduled to be released on April 12, 2009, according to her son, Fu Weifeng (傅伟丰). Fu, who visited his mother on January 22 and received a phone call from her on January 29, reports that concerns about his mother’s health, especially her vision, which has been significantly damaged during her detention, remain serious. (CHRD)[viii]
2. Right to Vote
Beijing Lawyers Press on in Quest for Direct Elections
During the Beijing Lawyers Association Film Festival, held from January 13th to January 18th at the National Library and attended by an estimated 30% of Beijing’s lawyers, a group of 35 Beijing lawyers defied official pressure and distributed information about direct elections for officials of the Lawyers Association. This comes on the heels of the same group’s petition, written in late 2008, calling for direct elections of officers of the Association, an act that cost at least seven lawyers their jobs. Some, like lawyer Yang Huiwen (杨慧文), announced their candidacies for various offices and handed out articles summarizing their positions on various questions. Official response remains to be seen. (CHRD)[ix]
3. Freedom of Association
Shandong Authorities Detain Teachers’ Representatives before Chinese New Year
On December 29, 2008, four representatives of “community-run school” (minban xuexiao) teachers from Shandong traveled to Beijing to submit an application to stage a demonstration on January 12, 2009, in Jinan City, Shandong Province. The request was verbally rejected (without a written reply), and two of the representatives, Chen Zengfu (陈增夫, also known as Chen Ming [陈明]) and Wang Diangang (王殿冈) were later detained by Shandong authorities on the charges of “disrupting social order”. Chen, detained on January 14, and Wang, detained on the 22, have yet to be released. Others involved in the case believe that Chen and Wang are being punished for petitioning along with thousands of other community-run school teachers during the Shandong Provincial Party Meeting on November 26, 2008. (CRLW)[x]
Wuhan Resident Arbitrarily Detained for “Plotting to Demonstrate”
Wuhan citizen Xiao Changhai (肖昌海), a representative of activists whose property was expropriated by the state in earlier periods and are now disputing ownership with the government, was seized on December 16, 2008 in Yichang City, Hubei Province, by members of the National Security Unit of the Wuhan City PSB and forcibly taken to a “law education class” in the Wuchang District, Wuhan City, where he was detained for more than one month. On January 18, 2009, Xiao was moved to the Wuchang Detention Center, where he was administratively detained for five days. His family, who never received any formal written notice of his detention, was told by police that he was detained for “plotting to travel to Beijing to apply to demonstrate along with Wuhan petitioners Zhang Jianmin (张建民) and Zhou Xinbao (周新宝).” (CRLW)[xi]
4. Harassment and Abuse of Petitioners
Hubei Petitioner Disappears in Beijing, Feared Detained
On January 19, 2009, Li Dejie (李德接), from Shashi District, Jingzhou City, Hubei Province , travelled to the National Letters and Visits Office in Beijing to petition, and has not been heard from since. In 2001, she and her family were forcibly evicted from their home in Jingzhou by local courts acting in collusion with developers. Li was previously detained incommunicado by local authorities for 88 days during the 2008 Olympics, during which time no one, including her family, had any knowledge of her whereabouts. (CHRD)[xii]
Shanghai Petitioner Summoned, Beaten for Seeking Aid
On January 23, 2009, Fan Shiming (范诗铭) of Shanghai, was summoned (chuanhan) by police from Shanghai’s Wuliqiao PSB Station, where, upon arrival, he was bound and beaten for more than three hours. On January 22, Fan had visited the Wuliqiao Police Station to seek humanitarian aid and demand authorities pay for his mother’s hospitalization for gall bladder inflammation in late 2008, which was triggered by the stress of protracted surveillance by police during the Olympic Games. Fan was ignored by section chief Huang Chongmu (黄崇慕) and barred from meeting with other officials, at which point he left the station angrily after writing a series of messages on the wall of a stairway. Fan has been detained, beaten, and placed under surveillance on numerous occasions by local authorities for petitioning the government about the illegal destruction of his bicycle repair shop on July 31, 2005, by local police and developers. (CHRD)[xiii]
5. Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment
Factory Workers Beaten for Requesting Salaries
Shortly after learning of the impending bankruptcy of their employer on January 15, 2009, workers at the Dongwanhumenlu (东莞虎门露) Silk Clothing Manufacturing Plant in Guangdong Province approached factory officials to beg for back wages due to them. The officials, claiming that the factory was already bankrupt, refused to pay and workers and demanded that the workers leave the factory grounds. The workers refused, and that evening, between 40 and 50 local policemen, along with between 20 and 30 hired thugs, arrived at the factory and attacked the between 60 and 70 workers who remained on site. Three workers were treated at a nearby hospital for injuries sustained in the attack and released the next day. (CRLW)[xiv]
Tianjin Citizen Beaten for Attempting to Register to Petition
On January 12, 2009, petitioner Xu Zhen(徐珍) from Hedong District, Tianjin City, arrived at the Letters and Visits Office outside the venue for the Tianjin “Two Meetings” (People’s Congress and People’s Political Consultative Conference) and submitted her petition. She was pulled aside by an employee of the Hedong District Construction Committee, and while the latter questioned Xu why she came to petition again, the Hedong District PSB Letters and Visits Office Director Xu ([许], no relation) suddenly appeared and struck her from behind. Director Xu continued to strike Xu Zhen while threatening her, saying “if you come again, I’ll beat you to death!” Xu Zhen went to a local hospital where she was treated for injuries to her arms and head. (CRLW)[xv]
6. Freedom of Expression
Writer Sues Sina.com over the Closure of Blog
Wang Zhaojun (汪兆钧), an entrepreneur and member of the Standing Committee of the Anhui Provincial People’s Political Consultative Committee, had his blog shut down by Chinese web portal Sina.com after he posted an article entitled “A Report on The People of China, 2009- The Year Chinese Society Began to Change.” After consulting with lawyers, Tang Jitian (唐吉田) and Lan Zhixue (兰志学), Wang went to the Supreme People’s Court in Beijing on January 19, 2009 to file a lawsuit challenging this infringement of his right to freedom of expression. According to regulations, the Court has seven days to decide whether or not to hear the case. (CHRD)[xvi]
7. Citizens Action
Chinese Scholars Call for a Boycott of CCTV “Brainwashing”
On January 12, 2009, 22 Chinese scholars and lawyers published an open letter online calling for a boycott of CCTV’s “brainwashing.” Called “Boycott CCTV, Reject Brainwashing,” the letter protested the monopolization of information dissemination and news broadcasting by the state-run TV station, and listed seven major problems, including: releasing propaganda claiming the Sanlu milk powder had passed 1100 quality tests while the scandal was unfolding, selectively reporting on social contradictions and incidents during China’s transformative era, and not reporting breaking news or mass incidents, or watering down coverage of such events. (CHRD)[xvii]
Fujian Farmers File Lawsuit against State Council
On January 13, 2009, Huang Weizhong (黄维忠), representative of 3000 farmers from Putian County, Fujian, travelled to the Supreme Peoples’ Court in Beijing to file a lawsuit against the State Council. According to Huang, the lawsuit on behalf of the farmers sought to redress years of mistreatment at the hands of local authorities without oversight from the State Council. Previous attempts by farmers to petition the government had come to nothing, and often resulted in persecution against petitioners. Huang previously filed suit on behalf of the farmers with the Beijing Higher Court, which did not respond to his December 2008 lawsuit within the allotted seven days. Huang, who has worked for years to defend the rights of farmers who have lost their land, has been harassed and imprisoned in the past for his activism. (CHRD)[xviii]
8. Law and Policy Watch
Officials Issue Standards to Regulate “Vulgar Content” on Internet
On January 9, 2009, government departments, including the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and others, jointly issued a set of thirteen regulations designed to target “vulgar content” on the internet. The regulations, while principally concerned with pornographic or explicit content, also contain regulations purporting to protect individuals’ rights to privacy. However, in the wake of the closing of popular Chinese blog portal bullog.cn and similar sites earlier this month, netizens and activists fear that the new regulations are simply a pretext for cracking down on open spaces for free expression online.[xix]
Xuzhou City Enacts Personal Information Privacy Legislation
According to a January 20, 2009 Legal Daily report, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, became the first city to enact legislation preventing the arbitrary dissemination of others’ personal information. The “Xuzhou City Computer Information System Security Protection Guidelines”, passed a few days ago by the Standing Committee of Jiangsu Provincial People’s Congress, will go into effect on June 1. The regulation will provide management for computer security, measures to safeguard information, outline legal responsibility of companies and individuals, and provide detailed guidelines for implementation. This legislation was created in part to address the phenomenon of the “human flesh search engine” (renrou sousuo, 人肉搜索) the combined efforts of netizens to track down personal information about individuals in the real world and online. According to these new regulations, providing personal information using this method would be an illegal violation of an individual’s privacy. The maximum fine for netizens who provide or spread personal information is set at 5000 RMB (roughly 730 USD), and netizens may be banned from internet use for up to half a year. Companies found to be in violation of the regulations risk having their management licenses revoked or losing their network privileges.
As with the regulations on “vulgar content,” the true impact of these regulations remains to be seen. While on the surface the guidelines offer a guarantee of protection for individuals’ rights, they may just as easily be used to shield official malfeasance or restrict the free flow of information among citizens. (Legal Daily)[xx]
Chongqing Testing Death Row Visitation Regulations
According to a January 16, 2009 Xinhua report, the Chongqing Municipal Higher People’s Court, Municipal Procuratorate, Public Security Bureau, and Municipal Bureau of Justice jointly announced the trial of newly drafted “Regulations Concerning Family Visits for Death Row Inmates”. According to the regulations, inmates on death row in Chongqing and their families will now be able to apply for visits, and have these applications examined by courts, which will be in charge of arranging the visits. Chongqing joins Xian City, Beijing, Qingdao City, Jiangsu Province, Xiamen City, Guangzhou City, and Shantou City in allowing visitation rights for death row inmates. (Xinhua)[xxi]
State Council Passes 850 Billion Yuan Medical Reform Plan
In a step towards providing universal health care for all Chinese citizens, China’s State Council announced on January 21st the passing of a reform plan pledging 850 billion RMB (123 billion USD) towards medical reform by the year 2011. The plan, which had been in deliberations since 2006, seeks to address mounting public criticism of exorbitant medical fees, lack of access to services in rural areas, and low medical insurance rates. The plan pledges to cover 90% of all citizens by basic medical insurance or a new rural co-operative medical system by 2011, as well as providing an increase in the annual medical subsidy received by citizens. Particular attention is set to be paid to rural areas, whose health care facilities lag far behind their urban counterparts. How officials will implement this plan remains to be seen. (Xinhua)[xxii]
Editors: Wang Songlian and David Smalls
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[i] “Beijing University Law School Sends Email to Students Demanding they “Resist Charter 08” (CHRD, January 21, 2009), 北京大学法学院就《零八宪章》发邮件 要求学生抵制, <https://www.nchrd.org/Article/lingbaxianzhang/200901/20090121150136_13208.html>
[ii] “Lawyer Li Xiongbing Summoned for Signing Charter 08” (CHRD, January 18, 2009), 律师黎雄兵签署《零八宪章》遭警传唤,<https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200901/20090118131451_13155.html>
[iii]”Liu Di Once Again Placed Under Surveillance by Beijing PSB: RFA” (CHRD, January 29, 2009), RFA：刘荻再度被北京公安监视居住 <https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200901/20090129094802_13322.html> and staff reports
[iv]”Activist Promoting Democracy at Grassroots Disappears, Feared Abducted by Authorities” (CHRD, January 20, 2009), < https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class9/Class10/200901/20090120005017_13183.html> and “Yao Lifa, Released, Tells of Kidnapping Experience” (CHRD, January 21, 2009), 姚立法获释 讲述被绑架经历 < https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200901/20090121140316_13207.html>
[v] ” Tiananmen Prisoner Incarcerated in Psychiatric Institution since Olympics” (CHRD, January 23, 2009), < https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class9/Class10/200901/20090123063047_13237.html>
[vi]”Imprisoned Activist Guo Qizhen Says Wife Illegally Detained, Harassed” (CHRD, January 19, 2009), 妻子被非法关押骚扰 郭起真狱中发出呼吁书 < http://www.crdt.org/Article/Class18/Class65/200901/20090119152537_13166.html>
[vii]”Zhejiang Democratic Party Member Wu Yilong Refuses to Admit Guilt, Denied Parole” (CHRD, January 31, 2009) 浙江民主党成员吴义龙拒绝认罪被取消假释
< https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200901/20090131092051_13360.html>
[viii] “Liu Jie Nears Release from RTL; Pressure on Family Still Heavy” (CHRD, January 30, 2009), 刘杰即将刑满释放 家人压力依旧很大 <https://www.nchrd.org/Article/fmzj/200901/20090130151617_13347.html>
[ix]”Direct Elections for Beijing Lawyers Association Enter ‘Presidential Campaign’ Phase” (CHRD, January 19, 2009)北京律协直选进入”律协会长竞选”的新阶段,
< https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200901/20090119222259_13176.html>
[x]”Five Thousand Laid-off Shandong Community School Teachers Apply to Demonstrate, Two Organizers Detained” (CHRD, January 29, 2009), 山东五千下岗民师申请游行示威两负责人被拘, <https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200901/20090129212609_13331.html>
[xi]”Xiao Changhai Detained; Family, Wuhan Petitioners Protest” (CHRD, January 21, 2009), 肖昌海被拘留 家人及武汉访民抗议, < https://www.nchrd.org/Article/fmzj/200901/20090121234846_13220.html>
[xii]”Emergency Bulletin: Li Dejie Missing since Evening of January 19″ (CHRD, January 21, 2009)紧急关注：李德接自1月19日晚与外界失去联系 < https://www.nchrd.org/Article/fmzj/200901/20090121151531_13209.html>
[xiii]”Shanghai Police Offer New Year’s ‘Gift’: Petitioner Fan Shiming Bound and Beaten Instead of Given Aid” (CHRD, February 2, 2009) 上海警察春节送大”礼”，捆绑暴殴访民范诗铭替代春节帮困费 < https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200902/20090202181736_13397.html>
[xiv] “Dongwanlu Silk Clothing Manufacturing Plant Goes Bankrupt; Workers Violently Beaten for Requesting Back Wages” (CHRD, January 15, 2009), 东莞露丝制衣厂倒闭 员工讨薪遭数十人暴力殴打 < https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class53/200901/20090115224354_13101.html>
[xv]”Tianjin Petitioner Xu Zhen Beaten outside Tianjin ‘Two Meetings’ Hall” (CRLW, January 15, 2009), 天津访民徐珍在天津”两会”现场被打伤 <http://www.msguancha.com/Article/ShowArticle.asp?ArticleID=1723>
[xvi] “Wang Zhaojun Sues Sina.com over Blog Closure: RFA” (CHRD, January 20, 2009), RFA：汪兆钧就博客及文章被封杀状告新浪网 < https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class71/200901/20090120104201_13187.html>
[xvii]”Young Chinese Scholars Call for Boycott of CCTV ‘Brainwashing'” (CHRD, January 22, 2009)中国年轻学者呼吁抵制央视洗脑 < https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class71/200901/20090112215416_13026.html>
[xviii]”Putian, Fujian Farmers Sue State Council” (CHRD, January 13, 2009), 福建莆田农民状告国务院不作为<https://www.nchrd.org/Article/Class71/200901/20090113232457_13057.html>
[xix]”Government Lists 13 Specific Standards to Rid Internet of Vulgar Content” (beelink.com.cn, January 9, 2009)官方列出13条具体标准 清理整治互联网低俗内容, <http://edu.beelink.com.cn/20090109/2632054.shtml>
[xx]”Xuzhou Sets out First Restrictions on Online Personal Privacy; Fines for Offenders up to 5000 RMB” (Legal Daily, January 20, 2009) 徐州率先禁止网络散布他人隐私 最多可罚款5000元, < http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0801/2009-01/20/content_1024320.htm>
[xxi]”Chongqing Tests Death Row Inmate Visitation Guidelines” (Xinhua, January 17, 2009), 重庆试行死刑罪犯与近亲属会见制度 <http://news.cctv.com/china/20090117/101580.shtml>
[xxii]”State Council Passes Medical Reform Plan; 850 Billion RMB Pledged over 3 Years” (Xinhua, January 21, 2009), 国务院通过医改方案 3年内预计投入8500亿元 < http://news.xinhuanet.com/newscenter/2009-01/21/content_10698250.htm> �
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