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[CHRB] (3/7-3/13/2014) Guangdong Activists Going to Trial, Jiangsu Police Assault Pregnant Petitioners

March 13, 2014 Comments Off

The pre-trial meeting for Guangdong activists Huang Wenxun (黄文勋), Yuan Fengchu (袁奉初) (aka Yuan Bing, 袁兵) and Yuan Xiaohua (袁小华) will reportedly begin on March 13 at the Chibi City People’s Court in Hubei Province. In late May of 2013, the three men were seized in Chibi while taking part (read more…)

China arrests activist on subversion charge as crackdown deepens

August 19, 2013 Comments Off

BEIJING: China has arrested an activist on a charge of subversion, his brother and a rights group said on Sunday, the second such arrest in less than two months and the latest sign that the authorities are hardening their stance toward dissent.

Hubei ‘New Citizens’ Activist Detained For Subversion

August 19, 2013 Comments Off

Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hubei have detained a local activist on subversion charges after he organized “dinner parties” for fellow activists to discuss human rights and social justice.

Beijing, 25 Years on, Seems More Nervous Than Ever About Tiananmen Voices

June 9, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Bloomberg Buesinessweek on June 5, 2014 China’s internal security forces effectively kept any would-be protestors or vigil holders off Tiananmen Square yesterday, the 25th anniversary of the 1989 massacre. Meanwhile, paranoid police activity also spread far beyond Beijing. In what the Washington (D.C.) nonprofit Chinese Human Rights Defenders (read more…)

Guangdong Activist Held on Subversion Charges

August 19, 2013 Comments Off

Reuters reports that authorities have arrested dissident Yang Lin in Guangdong province on charges of “inciting subversion of state power,” according to his brother:

Chinese Dissident Chen’s Brother in US to Check on ‘Evil’ Claims

November 11, 2013 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on November 7, 2013 The brother of New York-based Chinese blind dissident Chen Guangcheng arrived in the city on Thursday to visit the activist, saying he hoped to see for himself whether government propaganda handed down to Chinese schoolchildren about the U.S. is true. Chen’s (read more…)

[CHRB] More Activists Detained for Peaceful Assembly & Association (8/8-8/14, 2013)

August 15, 2013 Comments Off

Authorities have arrested one more activist and criminally detained two others in the crackdown on peaceful assembly and association that the Chinese government has waged since March. Shenzhen-based activist Yang Lin (杨林, aka Yang Mingyu, 杨明玉), was arrested on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” on July 19. In (read more…)

Google’s China Services Slow Ahead of Anniversary

June 9, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by The Jakarta Globe on June 3, 2014 Google services in China face blockages as the government tightens Internet controls ahead of the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown, according to Greatfire.org, a site that tracks Web access in the country. Google features including search, Gmail and Google Translate have (read more…)

Calls Grow For End to License System For China’s Lawyers

March 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on March 7, 2014 A group of top Chinese lawyers has called for an end to the controversial system of business licenses, which must be reapplied for annually and which gives officials the power to strip lawyers of their right to practice. Lawyer Deng (read more…)

[CHRB] Activist Now Detained One Year for Seeking Participation in UPR (8/1-7, 2013)

August 8, 2013 Comments Off

Hunan activist Peng Lanlan (彭兰岚) has been detained for one year after pushing for civil society participation in China’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Peng, who has reportedly been very weak and had difficulty eating, was tried in June 2013 for “obstructing official business,” but no verdict has been handed down. (read more…)

Lawyer Says Detained China Activist Seriously Ill

March 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Naharnet Newsdesk on March 5, 2014 A Chinese activist allegedly detained to stop her taking part in a U.N. review of the country’s rights record is seriously ill in custody, her lawyer and an advocacy group said Wednesday. Police detained Cao Shunli last September at Beijing’s international airport, (read more…)

Chinese Citizens Join Call for Excluding China From UN Rights Council

November 11, 2013 Comments Off

Originally published by Epoch Times on November 7, 2013 A loose community of activists inside China has repeated the demands made by those outside: That the People’s Republic of China is in no way suited to be part of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations. The sentiment seems counterintuitive (read more…)