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China harasses independent candidates for low-level offices

November 18, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Associated Press on November 15, 2016 BEIJING — Liu Huizhen, a petite, soft-spoken farmer’s daughter who wants to serve her community, might seem an unlikely threat to China’s all-powerful Communist Party. Yet, as Chinese vote Tuesday for low-level representatives, authorities have responded to Liu’s bid as an independent (read more…)

[CHRB] Candidates Obstructed in Violation of Chinese Election Law (10/21-11/3, 2016)

November 4, 2016 Comments Off

In several cites in China, authorities have intimidated, harassed, and detained citizens who have declared their “independent candidacy” in this year’s elections of delegates to local people’s congresses.

Submission to UN on Hu Shigen, Xie Yang, Zhou Shifeng, Nov 2, 2016, CHRD

November 2, 2016 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of (read more…)

Les avocats chinois mis hors la loi

November 1, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Liberation on October 30, 2016 «C’est une opération politique de très grande ampleur. Le pouvoir chinois a sans doute estimé que nous étions devenus trop nuisibles. Ces nouvelles régulations sont un instrument pour nous supprimer.»L’homme qui se confie dans ce petit square de Pékin et dont il (read more…)

Rights Groups Slam China’s Record Ahead of U.N. Council Vote

October 27, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on October 26, 2016 Prominent rights activists and campaigners have called on democratic members of the United Nations to block China’s re-election on Friday for another two-year term on its Human Rights Council. The New York-based Human Rights Watch cited China as a current council (read more…)

Wife of detained Chinese human rights lawyer tries to sue lawyer appointed by authorities

October 27, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Hong Kong Free Press on October 24, 2016 A Tianjin court held a hearing on Friday to decide whether the wife of a detained human rights lawyer will be able to sue a government-appointed lawyer representing her husband. Yuan Shanshan, the wife of Xie Yanyi, who was detained as part of (read more…)

Submission to UN on Chen Wenzhong – October 14, 2016

October 27, 2016 Comments Off

Submission to: Special Rapporteur on adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living, and on the right to non-discrimination in this context Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Special (read more…)

How the party’s absolute power undermines its efforts to strengthen China’s rule of law

October 20, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by SCMP on October 19, 2016 When their decades-long efforts failed to stamp out rampant corruption even among anti-graft investigators and get law enforcers to actually abide by the law, China’s communist leadership should have understood that behind such crises lies not a failure of governance but rather the (read more…)

Still no answers a year after bookseller Gui Minhai’s disappearance

October 19, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Hong Kong Free Press on October 17, 2016 A year after publisher Gui Minhai disappeared from his holiday home in Thailand only to reappear in custody in mainland China, Swedish authorities say they are continuing to work towards a solution. Gui was a co-owner of Causeway Bay Books and (read more…)

[CHRB] Young Activist Imprisoned for 5 Years for Political Crime, Guangdong Activist Detained for “Fraud” (10/7-13, 2016)

October 13, 2016 Comments Off

In cases of Guangdong activists, Huang Wenxun has been given a 5-year sentence for exercising his right to peaceful assembly, while Xiao Yuhui was criminally detained after assisting victims of family-planning policies.

[CHRB] Women’s Rights Activist Sentenced, New Cases of Disappearance & Torture (10/4-6, 2016)

October 7, 2016 Comments Off

A Chinese court has sentenced women’s rights activist Shan Lihua to 27 months in prison, while cases of deprived liberty have been reported or seen developments in Fujian, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shandong, and Zhejiang.

China verurteilt Bürgerrechtsanwalt zu zwölf Jahren Haft

October 5, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Spiegel Online on September 22, 2016 Die größte Verfolgungswelle seit Jahren in China dauert fort: Ein Gericht in Peking hat den Bürgerrechtsanwalt Xia Lin zu zwölf Jahren Gefängnis verurteilt. Der 46-Jährige ist wegen Betrugs schuldig gesprochen worden, teilte sein Anwalt Wang Zhenyu mit. Menschenrechtler kritisierten das Urteil: Xia (read more…)