China Human Rights Briefing A monthly newsletter of CHRD October Edition, 2007 Editors’ Note The crackdown on activists in the lead-up to the 17th Party Congress continued into October. By the start of the month, authorities had rounded up many of those considered threatening to a smoothly run, unblemished Party (read more…)
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CHINA Journey to the heart of Internet censorship Investigative report – October 2007 – This report was written by a Chinese technician working for an Internet company who uses the pen name “Mr. Tao” with support from Reporters Without Borders and Chinese Human Rights Defenders. Introduction Use of the Internet (read more…)
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Zheng Mingfang, Petitioner and Activist, Taken into Police Custody (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 21, 2007) – Zheng Mingfang (郑明芳), petitioner turned activist from Ji County, Tianjin, was taken away by the Ji County Public Security Bureau (PSB) on the evening of October 19. Ms. Zheng is now detained at (read more…)
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(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 7, 2007)— Detained Heilongjiang activist, Yang Chunlin (杨春林), is said to be tortured and mistreated in Heitong Detention Center, Heilongjiang Province. Yang is still being denied access to a lawyer after three months in custody. According to Yang’s family, who obtained information from a detainee (read more…)
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Thousands of Petitioners Demand the 17th Party Congress to Improve Human Rights (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 8, 2007) – On October 8, a letter with the signatures of 12,150 petitioners from China‘s thirty provinces (except Tibet) was sent to the Chinese Communist Party leaders. In the letter, made public (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing A monthly newsletter of CHRD September Edition, 2007 EDITOR’S NOTE In one indication of an intensified power struggle between factions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) top leadership in the lead-up to the opening of the National Party Congress, held once every four years, in Beijing (read more…)
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“Black Jails” in the Host City of the “Open Olympics” Secret detention facilities in Beijing are illegally incarcerating petitioners A report of Chinese Human Rights Defenders Table of Contents Overview Detention facility managed by the Beijing liaison office of Nanyang City government, Henan Province Facility managed by the Beijing liaison (read more…)
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Detained Sichuan Villager Liu Shenggui Faces Criminal Trial (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, September 4, 2007) – Liu Shenggui (刘升贵), a villager and leader in rural protest from Data Township, Yibin County in Sichuan Province, has been detained since being taken away by police from his home on June 27. According (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing A monthly newsletter of CRD Special July and August Edition, 2007 Editors’ note: The Chinese government pledged to improve human rights in its bit for hosting the 2008 Olympics, but reality indicates the contrary. This summer, the government intensified putting behind bars activists who openly criticized (read more…)
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Environmentalist Wu Lihong sentenced to 3 years in jail on “extortion” charges (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 10, 2007) – CHRD is informed that the environmentalist Wu Lihong, of Jiangsu province, was sentenced to three years in jail today, August 10, 2007. In an unusual move, the court pronounced the (read more…)
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Shandong: Human rights lawyer denied renewal of license (Qingdao, Shandong, July 30, 2007) – The Shandong Provincial Bureau of Judicial Affairs rejected Li Jianqiang’s application for renewing his license for practicing law in June 2007, the month for the annual renewal of lawyers’ licenses in China. Mr. Li has represented (read more…)
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Human Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong blocked by police from attending church, on hunger strike at its 10th hour (Shanghai, July 29, 2007) – In the early morning today, Shanghai human rights lawyer Zheng Enchong and his wife Jiang Meili were stopped by policemen at the gate of their housing compound (read more…)
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