China Human Rights Briefing Weekly February 23-28, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Pressure on Activists Intensifies; Six Criminal Detentions Confirmed: Police continued to clamp down on human rights defenders across the country in response to another round of anonymous calls for (read more…)
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Five Confirmed Criminally Detained in China (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 25, 2011) Only a few days after police began targeting human rights defenders across the country in response to anonymous calls for “Jasmine Revolution” protests, signs are emerging to indicate that the current crackdown may be one of the (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly February 15-22, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Police Detain at Least Six in Response to “Jasmine Revolution” Call: After anonymous calls for protests in support of pro-democracy movements in the Middle East and protection for human (read more…)
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Chinese Government Must Respect Freedoms of Assembly, Expression (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 21, 2010) – After anonymous calls for protests in support of pro-democracy movements in the Middle East and protection for human rights appeared online in the past week, Chinese officials responded with a sweeping crackdown on human (read more…)
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(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- February 18, 2011) More than two days after police officers forced open the door to his Beijing home and dragged him away, human rights lawyer Tang Jitian (唐吉田) remains missing. Though officials have stated he is in police custody, they have failed to produce any legal (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly February 9-14, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights After Video Detailing House Arrest is Released, Police Beat Chen Guangcheng and Wife: CHRD learned this week that human rights defender Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚) and his wife Yuan Weijing (read more…)
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Beating of Chen Guangcheng, Yuan Weijing Latest in Series of Abuses (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- February 11, 2011) On February 10, CHRD learned from a reliable source that human rights defender Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚) and his wife Yuan Weijing (袁伟静) were beaten by police in their Shandong Province home. It (read more…)
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Guo Quan, born May 8, 1968, was an associate professor at Nanjing Normal University in Jiangsu Province before being barred from teaching due to his activism. In December 2007, Guo established the China Xinmin Party (中国新民党) and went on to serve as its spokesperson.
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly February 2-8, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlight CHRD is Hiring! CHRD is currently seeking a full-time Research Associate. For more information, please see the full job notice on our website at https://www.nchrd.org/2011/02/04/chrd-is-hiring/ Contents Arbitrary Detention On (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly January 25-February 1, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Chang Ping Removed from Southern Media Group: Outspoken media figure Chang Ping has been asked to leave the Southern Media Group, CHRD learned this week. Chang, a columnist (read more…)
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Communique on Harassment of the Relatives of Human Rights Defenders in 2010 1. Li Jinfang (李金芳) and Li Zhuyang (李竹阳), ex-wife and daughter of recently-released democracy activist Qin Yongmin (秦永敏) ● On July 1, fifteen police officers raided the Xianghe County, Hebei Province home of human rights defender Li Jinfang, (read more…)
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Gao Zhisheng is a former lawyer and director of the Beijing Shengzhi Law Firm, which had its license suspended by the Beijing Bureau of Judiciary Affairs in November 2005. Gao represented defendants who were persecuted for activities tied to the banned sect Falun Gong and unofficial Christian house churches.
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