Beijing (dpa) – Two years after her jailed husband won the Nobel Peace Prize, Liu Xia remains in limbo, almost completely cut off from the outside world yet subject to no legal process.
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An 80-year-old Jiangsu man is still being held more than three years after his procedurally flawed trial for homicide in 2009 ended without a conviction, and more than four years after he was first detained. Also, police throughout China have aggressively targeted dissidents, activists and petitioners for harassment and control (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 rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Special Rapporteur on the (read more…)
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On September 16, 2012, He Zhihua (何志华), a villager from Hunan Province, was crushed under a road leveling machine while protesting a land seizure and home demolition project done to build a highway (see related story in CHRD’s China Human Rights Briefing, 9/21-27, 2012). Below are video clips and images (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing September 20-27, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention Lawyer Yang Zaixin Released Into Bail After 15 Months in Detention Without Trial, Health Has Declined Harassment of Activists Jiangxi Police Physically Abuse Activists Seeking Permits to Hold Rally Forced Eviction & Demolition/Land Expropriation Hunan Man Crushed to (read more…)
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CHRD have submitted allegations of human rights violations to Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council on behalf of petitioners believed to be currently held against their will in psychiatric institutions. Most of the seven individuals have also been forcibly medicated or subjected to other cruel and inhuman (read more…)
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Activists have used the opportunity presented by the heated popular responses to the Japanese government’s purchase of the disputed Diaoyu Islands to publicly voice pointed views on broader issues of China’s legitimacy and human rights. In response, the police moved against some of these activists, including the detention of one (read more…)
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Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression September 17, 2012 Update to Communique submitted on behalf of Ms. MA Lijun, citizen (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing September 6-12, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention Retrial Held for Seven Villagers Sentenced Over Election Protest Media Coverage of RTL Case Adds to Public Debates on Extralegal System & Violations of Speech Rights Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Democracy Leader Yang Tongyan (read more…)
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On August 27, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) issued a revision of the October 2011 draft Mental Health Law, which unfortunately still falls far short of complying with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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Since August 2012, many Chinese have publicly voiced their views that Reeducation through Labor (RTL), China’s extrajudicial detention system, should be reformed or abolished. CHRD has posted photos of protests and youth doing street art to raise awareness of abuses that take place in RTL facilities.
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China Human Rights Briefing August 31-September 5, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention Henan Activist Zhou Decai Given Five-Year Sentence for Rights Defense Advocacy Harsh Punishment After Tiananmen Square Protest: Four Petitioners Imprisoned, Two Dozen Sent to RTL Dongshigu Village Again Under Surveillance, Nearby Residents Still Face Intimidation Shanxi Woman Imprisoned (read more…)
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