Originally published by Hong Kong Free Press on April 22, 2017 Prominent Chinese lawyer Xie Yang will not be allowed to pick his defence at his upcoming trial, his former attorney said, in a move rights groups called a breach of international standards. Xie, who has worked on numerous cases considered politically (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 21, 2017 A Chinese rights activist involved in recent environmental protests in the southern province of Guangdong has fled the country to seek political refugee status in Thailand. Wang Xili had been giving help and advice to residents of Junpu village near Guangdong’s Chaozhou (read more…)
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Originally published by Taiwan News on April 15, 2017 TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – A Chinese activist once detained in his country for “causing social disorder” disappeared the day after he arrived in Taiwan with a tour group, reports said Saturday. Zhang Xiangzhong (張向忠), 48, had registered for a tour of eight (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on March 24, 2017 Authorities in the eastern China province of Jiangsu are holding several rights activists under “residential surveillance” in an unknown location following a secret crackdown in Suzhou city that began last September, rights activists said. Several of the detainees had been protesting in (read more…)
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Originally published by Humanosphere on March 21, 2017 Eleven countries have jointly called on the Chinese government to investigate “credible claims of torture” against human rights lawyers, the Globe and Mail reported yesterday. In a letter dated Feb. 27 – which the Canadian newspaper said has not been made public – the signatories also condemned (read more…)
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Chinese authorities put several human rights defenders on trial over phony charges in retaliation for their defense or exercise of human rights. These cases involve two human rights lawyers, one citizen journalist, one migrant labor rights activist, four activists who had exposed local illegal detention facilities, and five members of (read more…)
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The Chinese government must protect human rights to make meaningful progress in environmental protection. Basic rights like freedom of expression, assembly, association and press are fundamental to any genuine attempt to effectively respond to serious threats to the environment and public health, CHRD said today, to mark this year’s Earth (read more…)
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To: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention CHRD reply to Chinese government’s response regarding the cases of Huang Wenxun, Yuan Bing, and Yuan Xiaohua. The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) hereby respectfully submits this reply to the Government’s response made to you regarding activists Huang Wenxun (黄文勋), Yuan Bing (袁兵), and (read more…)
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Originally published by AP on February 15, 2017 BEIJING (AP) — Lawyers who defend human rights activists and dissidents targeted by China’s communist government have increasingly themselves become subject to political prosecutions, violence and other means of suppression, according to a report released Thursday. The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a coalition (read more…)
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A lawyer detained in China’s sweeping crackdown in 2015 has been released on bail, but has not yet returned home, according to his wife. Yuan Shanshan said that she learned of Xie Yanyi’s release when he called her on Thursday. He is at a hotel in the northern city of Tianjin but (read more…)
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Originally published by AFP on January 25, 2017 BEIJING: The EU ambassador to Beijing said Wednesday that Europe was concerned about the case of detained Chinese lawyer Xie Yang, who rights groups say has been tortured by police. Chinese President Xi Jinping has overseen a tightening of controls on civil society since assuming (read more…)
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Originally published by The Guardian on February 16, 2017 China’s human rights situation further deteriorated last year as police systematically tortured activists and forcibly disappeared government critics while state TV continued to broadcast forced confessions, a new report shows. A creeping security state also attempted to codify much of its existing behaviour on (read more…)
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