China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots December 1-15, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS · On December 9, a group of 303 Chinese citizens launched Charter 08, a declaration that outlines a vision for a democratic China (read more…)
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“Follow the Principles of the Party”: State Control of the Media (and What the Media is Doing to Fight Back) Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD)1 December 9, 2008 Table of Contents I. Executive summary. 3 II. Laws and Regulations on the Media. 4 A. The Chinese Constitution. 5 B. Laws. (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots November 16-30, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS · Three large protests occurred, one in Gansu Province, the others in Beijing. In Gansu Province, thousands of demonstrators surrounded the government building (read more…)
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Cyber Activist Sentenced to 3-Yearsfor Expressing Support to Tibetan Protesters (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 21, 2008) – Today, Chen Daojun (陈道军), a cyber activist and freelance writer based in the Southwestern province Sichuan, was convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” and sentenced to three years of imprisonment and (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots November 1-15, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS · While village elections have long been regarded by some in the international community as signs of gradual “democratization” in China, recent elections (read more…)
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Persistent Torture, Unaccountable Torturers A Report on China’s Implementation of Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) November 5, 2008 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The report finds that except for some progress in the promulgation of legislation and administrative documents, China (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots October 16-31, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS · CHRD congratulates the imprisoned human rights defender, Hu Jia, for being awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots October 1-15, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF EDITORIAL In the past two weeks, CHRD has received shocking reports of torture and arbitrary detention around China. Examining these reports, activists within CHRD’s (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots September 16-30, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS · CHRD continues to receive testimonies by activists, petitioners and applicants to protest at the Beijing Olympics which indicate human rights abuses on (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots September 1-15, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS · Jiamusi Intermediate People’s Court upheld the five-year sentence of Yang Chunlin, the Olympics Prisoner imprisoned for collecting signatures for the petition “We (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots August 16-30, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF EDITORIAL The following briefing covers the final days of the Beijing Olympics and its aftermath. Despite official promises to allow press freedom and demonstrations (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots August 1-15, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF Highlights · As the world is captivated by the Olympics, behind the scenes and censored in the Chinese media, an unrelenting and sweeping crackdown (read more…)
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