Communiqué on Behalf of Three Lawyers of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Violations Against the Independence and Impartiality of the Judiciary and the Independence of the Legal Profession
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Update on case of Mi Chongbiao submitted to: Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of (read more…)
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Communiqué on Behalf of Bian Xiaohui, Citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and Violation of Freedom of Expression, Assembly and Association
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Communiqué on Behalf of Jia Lingmin, Citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Violation of Freedom of Expression, Assembly and Association, and Reprisals against a Human Rights Defender
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Wang Yu 王宇 (released) Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: N/A Court: N/A Trial Date: N/A Sentencing Date: N/A Dates of Detention/Arrest: July 9, 2015 (detained); January 8, 2016 (arrested); July 2016 (released on bail) Place of Incarceration: Tianjin No. 1 Detention Center Background “She is a brave, forthright, selfless (read more…)
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Bian Xiaohui 卞晓辉 (released) Crime: Using a cult to undermine implementation of law Length of Punishment: 3 years and six months Court: Shijiazhuang Chang’an District People’s Court Trial Date: August 21, 2014 (suspended); December 12, 2014 (resumed) Sentencing Date: April 10, 2015 Dates of Detention/Arrest: March 12, 2014 (detained); April 17, 2014 (arrested) (read more…)
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CHRD joins more than 300 lawyers in China in calling for an independent investigation into the alleged violence against lawyer Cui Hui (崔慧), and for the perpetrators to be held legally accountable. Judges and bailiffs at a Beijing courthouse attacked Cui on April 2. The physical assault on Cui follows (read more…)
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Human rights defenders in China experienced unusually severe reprisal in 2014, says CHRD in its annual report, Silencing the Messenger: 2014 Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China. CHRD asserts that the government’s persecution of human rights defenders in 2014 was as severe as it has (read more…)
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Activist Zhou Weilin (周维林) has been named the first recipient of the Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders, selected by three Chinese groups sponsoring the award. The award committee, made up of three Mainland-based NGOs—Human Rights Campaign in China, Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch, and Rights Defense Network—announced (read more…)
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Communiqué on Behalf of Yu Shiwen, Citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Torture, Violation of Freedom of Expression, Assembly and Association, and Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders
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Civil Society Information Submission to the Committee Against Torture For the review of the fifth periodic report of China (CAT/C/CHN/5): Specific information on the implementation of the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment by Chinese Human Rights Defenders – February 9, 2015
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Torture and mistreatment of detainees is endemic in China, CHRD has reported to the UN Committee Against Torture (CAT). The Chinese government has taken very few measures that are effective in combating acts of torture and instead provides impunity for alleged perpetrators of torture. CHRD raised these and other concerns (read more…)
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