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CHRD Communiqué Alleging Arbitrary Detention of Zhen Jianghua and Qin Yongmin – February 21, 2018 (updated: June 6, 2018 & July 11, 2018)

February 27, 2018 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 Communiqué on Behalf of Zhen (read more…)

CHRD releases “Repression & Resilience: Annual Report on Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2017)”

February 26, 2018 Comments Off

Chinese human rights defenders demonstrated remarkable resilience in promoting and protecting human rights in the face of government repression, says CHRD in its annual report. Repression & Resilience documents the situation of human rights defenders in China in 2017.

Qin Yongmin (秦永敏)

January 30, 2018 Comments Off

Qin Yongmin (秦永敏) Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: 13 years, 3 years’ deprivation of political rights Court: Wuhan City Intermediate People’s Court Trial Date: May 11, 2018 Sentencing Date: July 11, 2018 Dates of Detention/Arrest: January 9, 2015 (forcibly disappeared); March 30, 2015 (criminally detained); May 6, 2015 (formally arrested); (read more…)

China acusa advogado dos direitos humanos Yu Wensheng de subversão

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Diário de Notícias on January 29, 2018 As autoridades chinesas acusaram Yu Wensheng, um proeminente defensor dos direitos humanos detido por publicar uma carta dirigida ao Presidente chinês, Xi Jinping, de “incitação à subversão contra o poder do Estado”. A família de Yu foi notificada no sábado, por (read more…)

China acusa de “subversión” al célebre abogado de derechos humanos Yu Wensheng

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by EFE on January 29, 2018 Las autoridades chinas han acusado de “incitación a la subversión del poder del Estado” a Yu Wensheng, un destacado abogado de derechos humanos que fue detenido tras publicar una carta criticando al presidente de China, Xi Jinping. En una notificación escrita, la Policía de (read more…)

China retira licencia a otro célebre abogado de derechos humanos, Sui Muqing

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by EFE on January 23, 2018 China ha retirado la licencia para ejercer la abogacía a Sui Muqing, uno de los defensores de derechos humanos más importantes del país, tan solo una semana después de hacer lo mismo con Yu Wensheng, que posteriormente fue detenido, informó hoy la organización Chinese (read more…)

CHRD pide que China libere al activista Wu Gan

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Debate on January 3, 2018 Pekín.- La organización Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) pidió hoy a China que libere al activista Wu Gan, condenado en diciembre a 8 años de prisión por el difuso delito de subversión contra el poder del Estado, y solicitó al Gobierno que deje de (read more…)

Trump’s Silence Speaks Volumes in China

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Huffington Post on November 20, 2017 Last Tuesday, three American basketball players from UCLA, arrested for allegedly stealing from a Louis Vuitton store in China, were unexpectedly allowed to leave the country. One day earlier, a young Chinese student from Beijing also had an unexpected outcome at the border: (read more…)

Trump hits former Chinese police officer with sanctions over death in custody of activist Cao Shunli

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by South China Morning Post on October 22, 2017 The United States has slapped sanctions on a former Chinese public security official over the death of an activist in custody, the first time the administration of US President Donald Trump has taken specific action in response to human (read more…)

‘More crackdowns, arrests, mass surveillance and censorship’: Activists fear further repression in Xi Jinping’s ‘new era’

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Hong Kong Free Press on October 27, 2017 When President Xi Jinping was handed a second term at the helm of the Communist Party this week, he said China had entered a “new era”. But human rights activists expect the same old crackdowns. Xi has increasingly stifled civil society (read more…)

‘I’m being politically persecuted again’: China revokes licence of human rights lawyer Sui Muqing

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Hong Kong Free Press on January 25, 2018 Authorities in Guangdong have revoked human rights lawyer Sui Muqing’s license to practice law. Sui is one of several human rights lawyers to lose his license in recent months. Sui was held in a secret location for nearly five (read more…)

In China, facial recognition is sharp end of a drive for total surveillance

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Washington Post on January 7, 2018 For 40-year-old Mao Ya, the facial recognition camera that allows access to her apartment house is simply a useful convenience. “If I am carrying shopping bags in both hands, I just have to look ahead and the door swings open,” she (read more…)