Originally published by Epoch Times on April 7, 2014 On April 6, after 15 days of detention by security forces in the north of China, three human rights lawyers were released, quickly telling the story of what happened to them while in custody: torture, beatings, and verbal abuse, (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 4, 2014 Rights lawyer Zhang Junjie was released last Thursday after being detained alongside fellow attorneys Jiang Tianyong, Tang Jitian and Wang Cheng on March 21. Zhang later said he had been severely beaten by a state security police officer named Yu (read more…)
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Petitioner Yin Huimin (尹慧敏) was released on November 23, after being administratively detained for nine days and tortured by Shanghai police. Yin recounted torture and mistreatment during her detention, including being shackled and hung from an iron railing for 48 hours. During this period, the 49-year-old Yin was deprived of (read more…)
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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 situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Allegation Letter on behalf (read more…)
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Originally published by SCMP on June 12, 2014 A human rights group has released a list of over 100 activists, journalists, lawyers, dissidents and other assorted individuals who are thought to have been detained by the government in the wake of the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 3, 2014 Thousands of protesters converged on government buildings in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong as protests against a planned petrochemical plant entered a fifth day on Thursday, residents said. Protesters gathered outside the offices of the Maoming municipal government as (read more…)
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Authorities in China have stopped two activists from boarding their flights for a training on UN human rights mechanisms in Geneva, and one of them has since been disappeared after being taken away by security agents. These actions are further indication that the Chinese government seems to be on high (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 1, 2014 Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have suspended a “baby hatch” scheme after it was overwhelmed with infants left by poverty stricken parents looking to leave them anonymously in a safe place. China launched similar drop zones for (read more…)
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The Chinese Lawyers for the Protection of Human Rights issued a statement highlighting six major recommendations for the effective abolition of Re-education Through Labor (RTL) system, after the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) announced its decision to abolish it at the end of its Third Plenum on (read more…)
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On September 9, China’s highest judicial authorities issued an interpretation of the criminal code, specifying conditions under which “spreading rumors” and “defamation” online would be subjected to criminal punishment. Outlining criteria that appears arbitrary and open to abuse, the authorities stated that any “rumor-spreading” or “defaming” online post, if it (read more…)
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Originally published by The Wall Street Journal on June 9, 2014 Zhang Kun, a young Chinese activist profiled by The Wall Street Journal in a June 4thfront-page story, has been criminally detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” according to his lawyer. Chen Jiangang said Mr. Zhang was (read more…)
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Guangdong lawyer Wang Quanping (王全平) was criminally detained on a charge of “creating a disturbance” by Beijing police. Wang had driven to Beijing all the way from Jiangmen City in Guangdong with his car painted with sarcastic messages mocking the government’s persecution of New Citizens’ Movement members. Shenzhen labor rights (read more…)
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