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[CHRB] Police Raid Home of Activist Feng Zhengfu; Hubei Activists Sentenced for Defending Land Rights, and more (12/6-12/13, 2012)

December 14, 2012 Comments Off

Shanghai activist Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎) was recently summoned by police for more than 10 hours a day for three straight days, continuing the saga of tight restrictions in place since February, though his house arrest has been lifted. While Feng was questioned, police raided his residence and confiscated property. In (read more…)

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD)—Research Associate

December 8, 2012 Comments Off

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD)—Research Associate The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) (https://www.nchrd.org), a small non-profit organization that monitors human rights abuses in China, is hiring a full-time Research Associate. Qualifications Education: A university undergraduate education at the minimum, with specialty in international relations, journalism, law, social sciences, or (read more…)

Human Rights Day 2012: Free Liu Xiaobo!

December 7, 2012 Comments Off

On December 10, another international Human Rights Day will be marked in China by the Chinese government’s ongoing violations of human rights. Many Chinese prisoners of conscience languish in jail, including the world’s only imprisoned Nobel Prize laureate, the dissident writer Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), whose wife Liu Xia (刘霞) has (read more…)

[CHRB] Chen Kegui Sentenced in Apparent Retaliation Against Chen Guangcheng; Petitioner Killed Over Land Grab Conflict; and more (11/29-12/5, 2012)

December 7, 2012 Comments Off

Chen Kegui (陈克贵), the nephew of activist Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚), has been given 39 months in prison in what is widely seen as retaliation against his uncle, who fled house arrest in Shandong Province in late April. In closed proceedings on November 30, a court in Yinan County convicted Chen (read more…)

[CHRB] Police Arrest Activist Seeking Transparency on Human Rights Action Plan; Tibetan Students Protest “Patriotic Education”; and more (11/24-11/28, 2012)

November 30, 2012 Comments Off

Hunan activist Peng Lanlan (彭兰岚), who was seized in Beijing and reportedly tortured in August, has been formally arrested on a charge of “obstructing official business.” The charge stems from Peng’s attempt to collect signatures on a petition asking the government to disclose information about implementing the country’s second “National (read more…)

[CHRB] Dissident Poet Li Bifeng Given 12 Years on Concocted Fraud Charge; Outspoken Professor Under House Arrest Since May; and more (11/17-11/23, 2012)

November 25, 2012 Comments Off

On November 19, Sichuan dissident and poet Li Bifeng (李必丰) was given a 12-year sentence—on a seemingly concocted charge of “contract fraud”—after being targeted by authorities who suspect that he helped finance the escape from China last year of dissident writer Liao Yiwu (廖亦武). This marks the third time Li (read more…)

China denies removing man over deaths of five homeless children

November 23, 2012 Comments Off

The man who revealed the deaths of five homeless children in a bin this week, sparking soul-searching across China, has been taken away by officials, his supporters have said. The boys, who were found dead in the south-western province of Guizhou, were killed by carbon monoxide poisoning, apparently after lighting (read more…)

Chinese petitioners put their lives on the line

November 20, 2012 Comments Off

Security measures were tight during China’s recent communist party congress. Petitioners were targeted and at least two of them died for unknown reasons while in custody. […]According to the activist group “Chinese Human Rights Defenders,” Zhang and several other petitioners were arrested by the Beijing police and handed over to (read more…)

China activists dead in custody: rights groups

November 19, 2012 Comments Off

BEIJING — At least two activists died in custody before or during China’s Communist Party congress and tens of thousands had their movements restricted, rights groups said Monday.

[CHRB] Dissident Zhu Yufu Ill, Deprived of Rights in Prison; Petitioner Beaten to Death Before Party Congress, and more (11/9-11/16, 2012)

November 16, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing November 9-16, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention More Tibetan Monks Sentenced for Alleged Involvement in January Protests Harassment of Activists Anhui Dissident Shen Liangqing Harassed Over “Shuanggui” Report Activists Out of Contact After Being Taken Away by Police Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment (read more…)

Xi Jinping: the ‘big personality’ taking charge in China

November 15, 2012 Comments Off

Originally published in The Guardian on November 15, 2012 Xi Jinping, who has been confirmed as the man who will lead China for the next decade, cuts a contrasting figure to his predecessor, Hu Jintao. While Hu is determinedly anonymous, Xi is “a big personality”, according to those who have met (read more…)

Activist dies in custody in China

November 14, 2012 Comments Off

Originally published in Fox News on November 14, 2012 A man from the central Chinese province of Henan who traveled to Beijing “to ask for justice” on the eve of the 18th Congress of the ruling Communist Party was beaten to death in custody, China Human Rights Defenders charged on (read more…)