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Chinese women’s rights activists arrested after planning protest over sexual harassment

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by ABC on March 12, 2015 Five women’s rights activists who were reportedly planning to raise awareness of sexual harassment on public transport are being criminally detained in China. Li Maizi (also known as Li Tingting), Wu Rongrong, Zheng Churan, Wang Man and Wei Tingting were taken away by (read more…)

Amnesty attacks China over ‘chilling’ detentions of female activists

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by The Telegraph on March 12, 2015 Human rights activists have called on Beijing to release five female campaigners who were detained last weekend after reportedly printing stickers and leaflets calling for an end to sexual harassment. Li Tingting, Wei Tingting, Wu Rongrong, Zheng Churan and Wang Man are (read more…)

China vows better justice as crackdown continues

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by USA Today on March 12, 2015 BEIJING — China’s chief justice Zhou Qiang vowed Thursday to stop wrongful convictions and weed out corrupt judges, as authorities try to build trust in the nation’s “socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics.” Top prosecutor Cao Jianming also pledged better access for (read more…)

Five Chinese feminists held over International Women’s Day plans

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by The Guardian on March 12, 2015 Concern is growing for five Chinese feminists detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and creating a disturbance” after planning to highlight sexual harassment on International Women’s Day. The detainees are known for their work on women’s and LGBT rights and include some (read more…)

Dos personas fueron arrestadas en China por pedir más medidas contra la contaminación

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by Noticias24 on March 9, 2015 (Pekín, 9 de marzo, EFE).- Las autoridades chinas han arrestado a dos ciudadanos que se manifestaron el domingo para pedir más medidas al Ejecutivo contra la contaminación, un problema que, según datos oficiales, provoca hasta 500.000 muertes prematuras cada año. Según confirmó a (read more…)

Anti-Smog Film Is Pulled In China; Protesters Reportedly Detained

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by NPR on March 9, 2015 A human rights group says that police in China detained two people Monday for protesting the government’s approach to air pollution. One of the protesters was detained for slander, according to China Human Rights Defenders. The group says the pair were released after (read more…)

Un proyecto de ley amenaza la pervivencia de las ONG foráneas en China

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by Eldia.es on March 15, 2015 Tamara Gil, Pekín, EFE Más control de sus actividades y menos facilidades para instalarse en el país. Esas son algunas de las claves de la nueva ley que el Gobierno de China planea aprobar para regular el trabajo de las organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG) (read more…)

[CHRB] 5 Women’s & LGBT Rights Activists Detained in Escalating Clampdown on NGOs (3/6-12/15)

March 12, 2015 Comments Off

Five female activists working on women’s and LGBT rights issues have been put under criminal detention on suspicion of “creating a disturbance” after authorities in three Chinese cities seized nine activists in total on March 6 and 7. They were all taken into custody prior to a planned anti-sexual harassment (read more…)

Li Maizi (李麦子)

May 11, 2015 Comments Off

Li Maizi 李麦子 (released) Crime: “Creating a disturbance” Length of Punishment: N/A Court: N/A Trial Date: N/A Sentencing Date: N/A Dates of Detention/Arrest: March 6, 2015 (detained); April 13, 2015 (released on bail) Place of Incarceration: Haidian District Detention Center (Beijing Municipality) Background Beijing police seized activist Li Maizi (李麦子, (read more…)

[CHRB] Rights Lawyers Fight Against Reprisals (2/27-3/5/15)

March 5, 2015 Comments Off

A law firm in Henan Province has forced out lawyer Ma Lianshun (马连顺) in likely reprisal for his representing “politically sensitive” cases of clients seized prior to the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre. In a related issue, more than 100 Chinese lawyers signed on to an open letter to (read more…)

[CHRB] 82-Year-Old Dissident Writer Found “Guilty,” Given 2.5-Year Suspended Sentence (2/20-26/2015)

February 26, 2015 Comments Off

A court in Sichuan tried the writer Tie Liu (铁流), an outspoken government critic, on February 25, convicting him of “illegal business activity” but issuing him a suspended sentence in a case fraught with rights violations. Liu was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, suspended for four years. His caretaker, (read more…)

[CHRB] UN Body Rules 3 Detentions “Arbitrary”; 27 Still Held for Supporting HK Protests (2/13-19/2015)

February 19, 2015 Comments Off

Three arrested Guangzhou activists are being held unlawfully and should be released and provided reparations by the Chinese government, the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention decided in an opinion issued in November and recently made public. Meanwhile, CHRD has documented 115 detentions of individuals swept up since October in (read more…)