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Chen Guangcheng Retrial Confirms Jail Term: Gross Injustice, Blatant Abuses

December 2, 2006 Comments Off

Immediate release The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders December 1, 2006 Chen Guangcheng Retrial Confirms Jail Term: Gross Injustice, Blatant Abuses Serious rights abuses and procedural violations marred the November 27 retrial of Chen Guangcheng, which, not surprisingly, let to today’s verdict, announced at 8:30 am by the Yinan (read more…)

Release of AIDS Activist from Unlawful Detention Raises Concern about Unchecked Police Power

November 28, 2006 Comments Off

Immediate release, CRD November 27, 2006 Release of AIDS Activist from Unlawful Detention Raises Concern about Unchecked Police Power, Ban on Conference on Rights of People with HIV/AIDS Remains Firm Today’s release of Chinese AIDS activist Wan Yanhai, a founding member and leader of Beijing AIZHIXING Institute, from police detention, (read more…)

CRD Condemns Police Brutality against Wife of Detained Human Rights Lawyer

November 24, 2006 Comments Off

CRD Condemns Police Brutality against Wife of Detained Human Rights Lawyer For immediate release, CRD November 24, 2006 CRD Condemns Brutality by Beijing’s Political Police: Detained Human Rights Lawyer’s Wife Beaten, Harassment of Family Intensified CRD obtained information that, on November 24, Ms. Geng He, the wife of Gao Zhisheng, (read more…)

CRD Urges Release of Dongzhou Villager

November 22, 2006 Comments Off

CRD Urges Release of Dongzhou Villager For immediate release CRD November 21，2006 New Arrest in Dongzhou where 2005 Killings Remain Unaccounted for CRD demands the immediate release of Dongzhou villager，Chen Qian， male， 56， who was arrested for displaying anti-corruption banners on November 9. CRD condemns the arrest as a violation (read more…)

Abrogation of Rights in the Case of Gao Zhisheng

November 16, 2006 Comments Off

Abrogation of Rights in the Case of Gao Zhisheng Immediate release CRD, November 16, 2006 Abrogation of Legal Rights and Human Rights in the Case of Gao Zhisheng: CRD Finds Arbitrary Detention, Interference in Independency of Lawyers, Retaliation against a Human Rights Defender, Violation of Freedom of Expression, Torture or (read more…)

Submission to UN on Gao Zhisheng – November 15, 2006

November 15, 2006 Comments Off

Communique to UN Special Procedures on Behalf of Gao Zhisheng, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Interference in Independency of Lawyers, Retaliation against a Human Rights Defender, Violation of Freedom of Expression, and Torture or Cruel, Inhumane, Degrading Treatment To: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, (read more…)

CRD Welcomes Linyi Court Decision to Overturn Lower Court Verdict on Chen Guangcheng; Urges Fair Retrial

November 2, 2006 Comments Off

CRD Welcomes Linyi Court Decision to Overturn Lower Court Verdict on Chen Guangcheng; Urges Fair Retrial The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders Immediate Release Beijing, November 1, 2006 CRD Welcomes Linyi Court Decision to Overturn Lower Court Verdict on Chen Guangcheng; Urges Fair Retrial CRD welcomes the Linyi City (read more…)

LETTER OF APPEAL ON THE SHUTDOWN OF CENTURY CHINA

October 13, 2006 Comments Off

LETTER OF APPEAL ON THE SHUTDOWN OF CENTURY CHINA ONE HUNDRED INTELLECTUALS’ LETTER OF APPEAL ON THE SHUTDOWN OF CENTURY CHINA By Liu Xiaobo and ninety-nine others, The New York Review of Books Volume 53, Number 17 · November 2, 2006 To the Editors: For many days since July 25, (read more…)

RAPID ACTION NETWORK:CHINA: Crackdown on Dissident Writers

October 11, 2006 Comments Off

RAPID ACTION NETWORK 10 October 2006 RAN 35/06 CHINA: Crackdown on Dissident Writers The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN is alarmed about an apparent crackdown on dissident writers in China. Three writers have been detained in recent weeks: they are Zhang Jianhong (aka Li Hong) who is a (read more…)

China Infringes Upon Rights to Take Part in Government through Free Election

September 28, 2006 Comments Off

China Infringes Upon Rights to Take Part in Government through Free Election For immediate release China Infringes Upon Rights to Take Part in Government through Free Election – Widespread harassment on independent candidates in local races for People’s Congress (Beijing, September 27，2006) During the county-district-township simultaneous elections for delegates to (read more…)

Three cyber-dissidents arrested and websites closed in new wave of Internet censorship

September 21, 2006 Comments Off

Three cyber-dissidents arrested and websites closed in new wave of Internet censorship Reporters Without Borders called today for the release of three cyber-dissidents who have been arrested in the past two weeks – Zhang Jianhong, Yang Maodong and Chen Shuqing – and voiced concern about an increase in the censorship (read more…)

Submission to UN on Chen Guangcheng – September 20, 2006

September 20, 2006 Comments Off

Update Communique to UN Special Procedures on the case of Chen Guangcheng To: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers Special Representative of the Secretary General for Human Rights Defenders Special Rapporteur on Torture (read more…)