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[CHRB] Details of Lawyers’ Torture Emerge, 3 Tibetan Villagers Given Long Sentences (4/4-4/10/2014)

April 10, 2014 Comments Off

Three human rights lawyers recently released from detention in Heilongjiang Province—Jiang Tianyong (江天勇), Tang Jitian (唐吉田), and Wang Cheng (王成)—have confirmed reports of being torture in police custody, adding to the spate of violence against lawyers and activists in Jiansanjiang since late March. In addition, delayed trials for three activists (read more…)

Activists and petitioners held in China’s psychiatric hospitals

November 19, 2013 Comments Off

Originally published by AsiaNews on November 14, 2013 The authorities continue to lock up and feed drugs to those who struggle for citizens’ rights, a practice that violates China’s own laws. Under the latter in fact, only certified psychiatrists (not government officials) can have someone committed. One of the cases (read more…)

[CHRB] “Chinese Citizens vs. The Government” Over Participation in Universal Periodic Review (8/29-9/5, 2013)

September 6, 2013 Comments Off

A court in Beijing has refused to hear an administrative lawsuit filed by dozens of activists against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) seeking disclosure of information related to Universal Periodic Review, the latest move by authorities to block civil society efforts to participate in the UN Human Rights Council (read more…)

‘They can never erase history’

June 16, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by The StarPhoenix on June 4, 2014 Relatives of Chinese citizens shot dead during the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre have defied unprecedented Communist Party attempts to silence them and are demanding the truth about their loved ones’ deaths ahead of Wednesday’s 25th anniversary of the uprising. More than (read more…)

China Has Obligation to End Violence Against Lawyers

April 3, 2014 Comments Off

CHRD is alarmed at the recent violent attacks by police and thugs against dozens of lawyers and their supporters in Heilongjiang Province, in another episode of human rights lawyers being assaulted in retaliation for defending their clients. Since initially detaining four lawyers on March 21—Zhang Junjie (张俊杰), Jiang Tianyong (江天勇), (read more…)

CHRD Releases Report on Rights of the Child in China: “‘Flowers of the Country’: Mistreated and Abused”

September 3, 2013 Comments Off

Three weeks before the UN review of China’s record in protecting the rights of the child (set for September 26-27), CHRD has released its own report on the subject, “‘Flowers of the Country’: Mistreated and Abused.” The report documents ongoing violations of children’s rights in China, examines their causes, and (read more…)

[CHRB] Two Dozen Detained Over Black Jail Case, Former RTL Abuse Victim Under Criminal Detention (3/28/-4/3/2014)

April 3, 2014 Comments Off

More than two dozen individuals, including human rights lawyers, activists, and relatives of detained Falun Gong practitioners, now have been physically assaulted or given detentions in Heilongjiang Province in connection to a black jail investigation. Jiansanjiang City authorities have admitted to administratively detaining 11 people on March 22 on suspicion (read more…)

China’s ‘almost certain’ election to UN Human Rights Council elicits outrage, protests

November 19, 2013 Comments Off

Originally published by Shanghaiist on November 11, 2013 China is ‘almost certain’ to be elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, when the UN General Assembly will elect 17 new member states to the 47-member council, and human rights activists at this moment are adamantly protesting to (read more…)

[CHRB] Law Professor Suspended in Reprisal for Representing Detained Activists (8/22-28, 2013)

August 29, 2013 Comments Off

Law professor and lawyer Zhang Xuezhong (张雪忠) has been suspended from his teaching post at East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai, apparently in a move to retaliate against him for an article he wrote promoting constitutional reform in China and for representing activists who have been (read more…)

‘I will not be silenced. I want truth behind Tiananmen’

June 16, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by The Telegraph on June 3, 2014 By Tom Phillips in Hong Kong Relatives of Chinese citizens gunned down during the 1989 Tiananmen massacre have defied unprecedented Communist Party attempts to silence them to demand the truth about their loved-ones’ deaths ahead of today’s 25th anniversary of the (read more…)

Formal Arrest of Advocate Is Approved by China

August 28, 2013 Comments Off

HONG KONG — The authorities in Beijing have formally arrested one of China’s best-known human rights advocates on charges of disturbing public order, his lawyer and a friend said on Friday. It was the latest escalation in a case that has prompted a protest in China and criticism from the (read more…)

PCCh China detiene a decenas de ciudadanos para blindar Pekín por reunión del PCCh

November 19, 2013 Comments Off

Originally published by Agencia EFE on November 8, 2013 Pekín, 8 nov (EFE).- Las autoridades chinas han arrestado a decenas de ciudadanos que pretendían presentar sus denuncias al Gobierno central en Pekín, en vísperas de la importante reunión del Partido Comunista Chino (PCCh) que comienza mañana en la capital. Según (read more…)