On July 2, 2013, national security guards took away activist Zhang Xiangzhong (张向忠) for questioning, shortly after they had followed him home from Beijing No. 3 Detention Center, where he had left money for detained activists. He was then criminally detained on charges of “gathering a crowd to disrupt public (read more…)
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Wei Zhongping, born in 1963, is a petitioner-turned-activist from Jiangxi Province. He was detained in April 2013 after calling for the release of other activists arrested in a nationwide crackdown on freedom of assembly, association, and expression that began the previous month. Xinyu City authorities initially arrested Wei for “inciting (read more…)
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We are overwhelmed with grief over the death of Cao Shunli (曹顺利), a fellow human rights defender. Cao Shunli will be remembered by those in China and elsewhere for the sacrifices that she made in unflinchingly promoting human rights, especially her leading role in a campaign to demand the Chinese (read more…)
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Li Sihua, a rights activist from Jiangxi Province, was initially detained in April 2013 on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” He was formally arrested on charges of “unlawful assembly” in June and was reportedly beaten while in custody. Li was tried alongside Liu Ping (刘萍) and Wei Zhongping (read more…)
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Communique on Behalf of Xu Zhiyong, Citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Violation of Freedom of Expression, Assembly and Association, of Independence of Judges & Lawyers, and Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders
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WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES – Information concerning the disappeared person Mi Chongbiao (糜崇标)
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Communique on Behalf of Zhao Changqing, 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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This submission, prepared by Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), on the basis of its own documentations, and in cooperation with other Chinese NGOs (some of whom do not want to disclose their identity), raises a number of issues which we urge the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (CESCR) (read more…)
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民生观察 (Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch) (CRLW) 和权利运动 (Rights campaign) 分别成立于2006年和2008年，其主要工作是通过网站每天收集和记录中国上访维权群体的上访维权活动和在上访维权过程中受到的侵害和打压，并对受害人提供法律等方面的帮助。中国人权捍卫者 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders) (CHRD),主要用英文介绍中国人权捍卫者和上访维权人员的人权状况并提供帮助。本报告分为两部分，第一部分主要叙述中国上访维权群体参加《国家人权行动计划》和《国家人权报告》的依据，历程和受到的打压。第二部分主要叙述中国上访维权受害人群体目前面临的人权问题。
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This civil society report responds to the third and fourth periodic reports of the People’s Republic of China (CRC/C/CHN/3-4, “State party report”) submitted to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (“CRC” or “Committee”) in July 2010. In this report, Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) assesses the extent to (read more…)
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