China Human Rights Briefing February 15-29, 2008

China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots February 15-29, 2008 Editorial As Beijing gears up to host the annual sessions of the “Two Meetings”—the National People’s Congress and the National People’s Political Consultative Conference—in March, and with the Olympics only 5-month away, the government is showing (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing February 1 – 15, 2008

China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots February 1-15, 2008 Editorial In the first half of February, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers were unable to go home for Chinese New Year due to a snowstorm that swept across large portions of south-central China. However, human (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing January 15 – 31, 2008

China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots January 15-31, 2008 Editorial As some have feared, the Chinese authorities have proceeded confidently and defiantly with pre-Olympics crackdowns on dissidents and protesters. Security police track down and lock up people who challenge or complain about official behavior and (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing January 1 – 15, 2008

China Human Rights Briefing 1-15 January 2008 Editorial The start of 2008 saw the authorities continue to tighten control over freedom of expression, especially in the “new” media. In late December, the Beijing municipal government issued regulations that punish SMS users for “endangering public security” and “spreading rumors.” In early (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing December 15 – 31, 2007

China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots 15-31 December 2007 Editorial The detention of Beijing-based human rights defender Hu Jia on December 27, 2007, on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” is indicative of the beginning of a systematic crackdown by the Chinese government before (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing December 1 – 15, 2007

China Human Rights Briefing (Dec 1-15, 2007) Reporting human rights development from the grassroots Editor’s Note A recurring pattern in the first half of December was persecution of activists, petitioners, workers, and farmers for speaking out demanding justice. Tactics included torture, beatings and other mistreatment while in police custody; sending (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing November 16 – 30, 2007

China Human Rights Briefing November 1-15, 2007

China Human Rights Briefing A monthly newsletter of CHRD November 1-15 Edition, 2007 November 1-15, 2007 (Starting from this issue, CHRD is changing from monthly to twice-monthly briefings to bring news more quickly to our readers.) Editor’s Note In the first half of November, the official crackdown on petitioners—ordinary people (read more…)