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Submission to UN on Seven Students of Ilham Tohti – December 5, 2014

December 15, 2014 Comments Off

Communiqué on Behalf of Seven Students of Ilham Tohti: Perhat Halmurat, Shohret Nijat, Abduqeyum Ablimit, Atikem Rozi, Akbar Imin, Mutellip Imin, & Luo Yuwei, Citizens of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Violation of the rights of minorities, Freedom of Expression, and Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders

Tang Jingling (唐荆陵)

October 2, 2014 Comments Off

Guangzhou-based human rights lawyer Tang Jingling was criminally detained in mid-May 2014 on suspicion of “creating a disturbance.” After police seized Tang, they searched his residence and confiscated a laptop, a tablet computer, cell phones, and books. On the same day, police took into custody two other Guangzhou activists, Wang (read more…)

Sun Desheng (孙德胜)

September 18, 2014 Comments Off

Guangdong-based activist Sun Desheng (孙德胜, also known as Sun Sihuo 孙思火) was seized and criminally detained on August 13, 2013. Authorities held Sun incommunicado until they transferred him to residential surveillance. He was formally arrested that October and moved into a detention facility. His participation in several civil society campaigns (read more…)

Submission to the UN on Zhang Lin, Zhou Weilin – January 3, 2014

February 3, 2014 Comments Off

Communique on Behalf of Zhang Lin and Zhou Weilin, Citizens 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

[CHRB] Hundreds Face Harassment Around Youth Olympics in Nanjing, 21 Buddhists Detained in Guangdong (8/22-28/2014)

August 28, 2014 Comments Off

The Nanjing 2014 Summer Youth Olympics closed on August 28, but at least 300 activists in Nanjing and nearby cities have faced intensified intimidation and harassment as a result of the games. Guangdong police criminally detained 21 Buddhists during a series of raids targeting the Huazang group, including the founder (read more…)

Submission to the UN on Liu Ping, Wei Zhongping, and Li Sihua – 29 December 2013

January 30, 2014 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteur on torture and (read more…)

[CHRB] Show Trials of Anti-Corruption Activists Held, Suspended (1/17-1/30/14)

January 30, 2014 Comments Off

Beijing courts recently held proceedings for several activists with ties to the “New Citizens’ Movement.” Legal advocate Xu Zhiyong (许志永) was given a four-year sentence on January 26, while activist Yuan Dong (袁冬) was sentenced to 18 months three days later. Trials for other anti-corruption campaigners were suspended.

CHRD Letter to UN Legal Expert Regarding Deprivation of Detainees’ Right to Legal Counsel – August 2014

September 1, 2014 Comments Off

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) is writing to bring to your attention the increasing use by Chinese authorities of denial of lawyers’ visitation to detained human rights defenders, including both lawyers and activists, in recent months. This pattern violates the detainees’ right to legal counsel and undermines the independence of (read more…)

[CHRB] Details of Torture Emerge, Official Order Blocks Detainees’ Access to Lawyers (8/7-14/2014)

August 14, 2014 Comments Off

A group of lawyers disclosed details of the torture of their clients, former party officials held in Hunan under shuanggui. Meanwhile, authorities in a Heilongjiang city apparently issued an ordinance barring Beijing-based lawyers from visiting clients in the city’s detention facilities. Beijing police have reportedly arrested two petitioners-turned-activists, Mr. Guo (read more…)

Chang Boyang (常伯阳)

September 1, 2014 Comments Off

Prominent rights lawyer Chang Boyang (常伯阳) had his home raided and was taken away for questioning in late May 2014 after local authorities repeatedly denied his requests to visit his clients – activists who were detained for organizing a memorial event earlier that year to commemorate June Fourth as well (read more…)

Zhang Shaojie (张少杰)

September 1, 2014 Comments Off

Christian pastor Zhang Shaojie, along with approximately 20 church members, was forcibly taken into custody without a warrant in November 2013. In addition to a 12-year prison sentence, the court also ordered Zhang to pay a fine of 100,000 yuan (more than US$ 16,000) after he was convicted on a (read more…)

[CHRB] Jailed Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Released Into Control by Authorities (7/30-8/7/2014)

August 7, 2014 Comments Off

Authorities released human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng (高智晟) on August 7 from a Xinjiang prison, but Gao is apparently not free. He appeared to be accompanied by Chinese security personnel and barred from speaking on the phone to family so far. In Henan, police seized dozens of the supporters on (read more…)