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[CHRB] Activist Zhou Decai Given Five-Year Sentence; Elderly Man Loses Hands in Attack Over Land Conflict, and more (8/31-9/5, 2012)

September 6, 2012 Comments Off

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…)

[CHRB] Supreme People’s Court Proposes Judges Can Ban Lawyers; Gansu Man to Be Tried for “Incitement” Over Blog Posts (8/24-30, 2012)

August 31, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing August 24-30, 2012 Contents Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Shandong Man Forcibly Held in Psychiatric Hospital, More Such Revelations in CHRD Report Forced Eviction & Demolition/Land Expropriation Several Detained as Land Conflict Poses Guangdong Villagers Against Officials, Police Freedom of (read more…)

[CHRB] Armed Officers Sent Out to Prevent Protests at Tibetan Festival; CHRD Issues Report on Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment; and more (8/17-23, 2012)

August 23, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing August 17-23, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention Senior Monk in Sichuan Tortured, Sentenced to Seven Years for Disseminating Information Chongqing Official Serving RTL for Online Posts, Lawyer’s Visit Blocked Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association Gansu Officials Send Out Armed Forces to Tibetan Festival, (read more…)

Photo Gallery: Abuses of Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment in China

August 22, 2012 Comments Off

Photo gallery accompanying CHRD’s report, “The Darkest Corners”: Abuses of Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment in China, published in August 2012.

“The Darkest Corners”: Abuses of Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment in China

August 22, 2012 Comments Off

CHRD’s latest report details the grim conditions and human rights abuses faced by hundreds of thousands of people detained against their will in China’s psychiatric hospitals because they have, or are alleged to have, psychosocial disabilities. Involuntary commitment and forced medical treatment of such persons violates the Convention on the (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing August 10-16, 2012

August 16, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing August 10-16, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Contents Arbitrary Detention Activist Zhu Chengzhi Arrested for “Inciting Subversion,” Had Questioned Circumstances of Li Wangyang’s Death Activist Detained, Tortured for Seeking Information on China’s Human Rights Action Plan (read more…)

Submission to UN on Li Tie – August 13, 2012

August 14, 2012 Comments Off

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 situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteur on the (read more…)

Zhou Decai (周德才)

August 10, 2012 Comments Off

In September of 2012, Henan rights activist Zhou Decai was given a 5-year prison sentence on a charge of “assembling a crowd to disrupt social order,” in retaliation for his longtime rights defense efforts. The court that sentenced him cited a clash between farmers and police that Zhou had allegedly (read more…)

Chinese Human Rights Briefing August 3-9, 2012

August 9, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing August 3-9, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Contents Arbitrary Detention Villagers Detained and Tortured for Not Giving Back Demolition Compensation, One Given 10.5-year Sentence Harassment of Activists’ Family Members Chinese Authorities’ Familiar Tactic: Threaten, Investigate (read more…)

Chinese Human Rights Briefing July 27-August 2, 2012

August 3, 2012 Comments Off

Chinese Human Rights Briefing July 27-August 2, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Contents Arbitrary Detention Chongqing Official Severely Sentenced for “Inciting Subversion” During Reign of Bo Xilai Beijing Court Throws Out Fraud Charge Against Ni Yulan, Cuts Sentence by (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing July 20-26, 2012

July 27, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing July 20-26, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Contents Arbitrary Detention Hunan Activist Xiao Yong Given 18-Month RTL Punishment Fujian Petitioners Punished in Beijing, One Sent to RTL After Trying to Visit Ai Weiwei (read more…)

Update to UN on Liu Xiaobo & Liu Xia – July 25, 2012

July 25, 2012 Comments Off

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 Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) hereby respectfully submits an update concerning the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mr. LIU Xiaobo (read more…)