Wang Mo 王默 (released) Crime: Inciting subversion of state power Length of Punishment: 4.5 years Court: Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People’s Court Trial Date: November 19, 2015 Sentencing Date: April 8, 2016 Dates of Detention/Arrest: October 3, 2014 (detained); November 10, 2014 (arrested); April 2, 2019 (released) Place of Incarceration: Lechang (read more…)
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Originally published by San Angelo Standard Times on August 13, 2016 By Julie Makinen, Los Angeles Times (TNS) BEIJING — For five days last week, the confessions poured forth from Chinese human rights activists and attorneys rounded up last summer and held incommunicado for a year. Four men, facing trial for (read more…)
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任意拘留问题工作组 任意拘留问题工作组第七十六届会议(2016 年 8 月 22 至 26 日) 通过的意见 第 43/2016 号意见 事关夏霖 (中国) （注：这⾥翻译的是⼯作组意见的节选。 CHRD翻译）
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 15, 2016 Rights activists are calling on the leaders of the G20 nations not to ignore China’s human rights violations during its summit in the eastern city of Hangzhou in early September. China is hosting the Sept. 4-5 summit during what activists are (read more…)
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Originally published by The News Lens on August 8, 2016 Calls have started for G20 leaders, who are set to meet in China next month, to speak out about China’s treatment of human rights lawyers following a flurry of televised confessions and convictions last week. A group of lawyers and human (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 8, 2016 Two prominent human rights attorneys detained at the start of a nationwide operation targeting lawyers last year have yet to regain their liberty, despite having been “released” on bail, rights activists said. Bao Longjun, husband and colleague of rights lawyer Wang (read more…)
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Jiang Lijun 姜力钧 (released) Crime: picking quarrels and provoking trouble Length of Punishment: three years Court: Dadong District People’s Court, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province Trial Date: July 10, 2015 Sentencing Date: January 29, 2016 Dates of Detention/Arrest: May 16, 2014 (detained); June 25, 2014 (arrested); May 15, 2017 (released) Place (read more…)
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Foreign heads of state at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou in September can advance a goal of building economic cooperation by raising human rights concerns with Chinese leaders, just as China’s government is perpetuating the worst human rights crackdown in the country since 1989.
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Originally published by Los Angeles Times on August 10, 2016 For five days last week, the confessions poured forth from Chinese human rights activists and attorneys rounded up last summer and held incommunicado for a year. Four men, facing trial for subversion, cowered before a court where they were represented by lawyers (read more…)
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Last week’s televised “confessions” and swift convictions of human rights lawyers and activists for “subversion” have dashed any hope for rule of law reforms under Xi Jinping’s reign. Chinese authorities’ handling of the lawyers and activists rounded up since last July have broken numerous Chinese legal provisions and international human (read more…)
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Originally published by Ecumenical News on August 3, 2016 A court in Tianjin China has sent a Christian leader from an underground church to more than seven years in jail in a crackdown on human rights activists. Hu Shigen was sent to prison on charges of subversion, becoming the second person to be (read more…)
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Originally published by EFE on August 3, 2016 Tamara Gil Pekín, 3 ago (EFE).- Hu Shigen, veterano defensor de la democracia y líder religioso de varias iglesias clandestinas, se convirtió hoy en el segundo activista condenado a cárcel por China en dos días, en el marco de la insólita operación que (read more…)
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