To download this week’s edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing March 16-22, 2010 Highlights Surprising those who were expecting a verdict to be issued, the Mawei District Court in Fuzhou sent the case against rights activists Fan Yanqiong (范燕琼), Wu Huaying (吴华英), (read more…)
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To download this week’s edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing March 9-15, 2010 Highlights: CHRD learned this week that the Mawei District Court in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province will announce a verdict in the case against activists Fan Yanqiong (范燕琼), Wu Huaying (read more…)
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(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- March 11, 2010) On March 10, Beijing police interrogated human rights defender Xie Qiang (谢强) for the second time in as many weeks. Nine days earlier, on March 1, police raided his home, seizing computers and personal property. Xie, a signatory to and promoter of Charter (read more…)
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Questionnaire Completed by Chinese Human Rights Defenders Alleging Torture, Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender, PRC Citizen Fan Yanqiong To: The Special Rapporteur on Torture or Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment or Punishment The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention I. Identity 1. Family name: Fan (范) 2. First (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing February 26- March 1, 2010 Headlines Jilin Government Website Details Targeting of Political Publications during “Anti-Pornography” Campaign Hubei Teachers’ Organizer Released from RTL, Compensated after 3 Months of Detention Hunger Strike by Death Row Inmates Underlines Use of Torture, Failure of Courts Officials Increase Harassment of (read more…)
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Communiqué on Extradicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Execution of PRC Citizen Gan Jinhua To: Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial, Summary, or Arbitrary Executions I. Identity of the person concerned: 1. Family name: Gan (甘) 2. First name: Jinhua (锦华) 3. Sex: male 4. Birth date or age: Feb 23, 1977 (read more…)
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Human Rights Defenders Prevented from Attending Training on UN Mechanisms in Geneva – Chinese Authorities Violate Right to Participate in International Human Rights Activities For the fourth consecutive year, Chinese officials have prevented Chinese human rights activists from leaving the country to attend a training program on the UN Human (read more…)
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To download this edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots August 31- September 6, 2009 Highlights: Human Rights and Democracy Activist Xie Changfa Receives Harsh Sentence: After over a year of detention, Xie Changfa (谢长发), a (read more…)
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To download this edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots August 24-30, 2009 Highlights: Torture and Arrest of Lawyer Latest Attack on Legal Professionals by Officials This week brought yet another case of a human rights (read more…)
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Communiqué to UN Human Rights Special Procedures from Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Alleging Torture and Cruel, Degrading, and Inhumane Treatment of Human Rights Defender Yuan Xianchen, citizen of People’s Republic of China To:Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment The Special Representative on (read more…)
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To download this edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots August 10-16, 2009 Highlights Xu Zhiyong Reportedly Arrested: According to one unconfirmed source, Xu Zhiyong (许志永), the detained director of the Open Constitution Initiative (Gongmeng), has (read more…)
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