China Human Rights Briefing May 15-22, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Top News June Fourth Prisoner Released Into Life of Restrictions: Li Yujun has been released after being detained for nearly 23 years in connection with the burning (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing: Special Edition May 22, 2012 Lawyers for Chen Kegui Challenge Local Police’s Unlawful Obstruction of Efforts to Defend Client CHRD has obtained a letter addressed to the police chief of the Yinan County Public Security Bureau (PSB) in Shandong Province contesting the police’s (read more…)
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Communiqué on behalf of XIE Fulin, citizen of the People’s Republic of China ALLEGING ARBITRARY ARREST OR DETENTION, TORTURE, and VIOLATION OF RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Special Rapporteur on torture and (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing May 9-14, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Top News Harassment Rampant Against Individuals With Ties to Chen Guangcheng: The nephew of Chen Guangcheng has confirmed to be formally arrested, and lawyers, activists, and others are (read more…)
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When the human rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng escaped extra-legal house arrest and beatings and found his way to the U.S. Embassy last month, he became an instant hero on the Chinese Internet. How had he escaped? How could a single blind man tear such a hole in the government’s pervasive (read more…)
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The Chinese Internet calls him “China’s blind spiderman.” The web buzz about the blind human-rights lawyer Chen Guangcheng, who somehow escaped house arrest in Shandong province and fled to the U.S. embassy in Beijing, was sky-high last week as news of his escape got out. How, people ask, did he (read more…)
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The “deal” for Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng to leave China for legal study in the United States is not without pitfalls, but other outcomes could be worse. Even if Chinese authorities honor the promises apparently made to U.S. officials to let him travel, they have conceded little on human rights.
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China Human Rights Briefing May 4-8, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Top News Concerns Abound Even After Chen Guangcheng Deal Struck: While the Chinese government has promised to allow the activist Chen Guangcheng and his family to go (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing April 24-May 3, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Top News Chen Guangcheng Arrangement Uncertain, Concerns Swirl Over Family’s Safety: Conditions negotiated by US and Chinese officials for activist and lawyer Chen Guangcheng and his family to remain in (read more…)
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Based on the Chinese government’s promise to protect activist Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚), US diplomats hastily delivered Chen from the US Embassy in Beijing to a hospital designated by Chinese officials on May 2, effectively putting his fate back in the hands of the government that has abused him for years.
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Diane and guests explore political intrigue in China, in light of ongoing internal power struggles and the recent escape of a dissident. We take a look at new complications in U.S. –China relations ahead of high-level talks in Beijing.
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Following blind activist Chen Guangcheng’s (陈光诚) dramatic escape from unlawful house arrest, Chinese officials have seized at least four of his relatives, and one supporter believed to be involved in aiding in the escape has gone on missing. CHRD calls on the Chinese government to release illegally detained relatives and (read more…)
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