China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots May 4-10, 2009 HIGHLIGHTS With the one-year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake approaching, government pressure on activists remains high. CHRD learned this week that Tan Zuoren (谭作人), an environmentalist and writer who was detained on March 28 for mobilizing (read more…)
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Chinese Government, Having Failed to Honor its Previous Commitments, Has Disqualified Itself for UN Human Rights Council Chinese Human Rights Defenders May 8, 2009 On May 12, 2009, the 63rd UN General Assembly will decide in a secret ballot of all member states if China, among other candidates seeking to (read more…)
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One Year after Earthquake, Silence Imposed on Schoolchildren Deaths, Activists Harassed Chinese Human Rights Defenders May 4, 2009 As the first anniversary of the devastating May 12 Sichuan Earthquake approaches, parents of children who died buried under collapsed schools have found little solace as officials continue to obstruct efforts to (read more…)
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Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots April 27- May 3, 2009 Highlights One month before the 20th anniversary of the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, the tension continues to grow. Police in (read more…)
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Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots April 20-26, 2009 HIGHLIGHTS More than four months after it was issued, Chinese officials continue to regard Charter 08 as a threat to their rule. On April (read more…)
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China’s “Human Rights Action Plan”: Long Awaited, Short in Substance On April 13, the State Council Information Office issued China’s first National Human Rights Action Plan (available in English here). While CHRD welcomes the promulgation of this document, which undoubtedly marks one step forward in the Chinese government’s changing attitude (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots April 14-19, 2009 Highlights A note to our readers: In order to keep up-to-date with developments and events in the human rights community, China Human Rights Briefing will now be issued as a weekly, rather than a bi-weekly, publication. (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots April 1-14, 2009 HIGHLIGHTS On the eve of the release of China’s first “National Human Rights Plan of Action”, rights abuses continued apace across the country: – While the government pledged its commitment to rule of law and improving (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots March 15-31, 2009 HIGHLIGHTS – As the dates of a number of sensitive anniversaries draw nearer, CHRD has observed a widening effort by authorities to control, harass, and intimidate citizens they believe pose a threat to officially mandated “harmony;” (read more…)
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Abuses against Petitioners Contradict Message of ‘Openness’ at Annual Session of China’s Legislature (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 18, 2009) – Systematic persecution of petitioners has become an annual feature of the joint session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the National People’s Political Consultative Conference (NPPCC). During this (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots March 1-15, 2009 HIGHLIGHTS All eyes were on Beijing for the first two weeks of March as the annual joint session of the National People’s Congress and the National People’s Political Consultative Conference were held. As officials made speeches (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots February 16-28, 2009 HIGHLIGHTS While US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton publicly slighted human rights issues in statements made during her first visit to China, Beijing police were hard at work behind the scenes, cracking down on both longtime (read more…)
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