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As Annan arrives in China, families of detained activists ask him to hold China to its commitments to human rights

May 21, 2006 Comments Off

CRD Release May 20, 2006 As Annan arrives in China, families of detained activists ask him to hold China to its commitments to human rights On the eve of the arrival of UN Secretary General Kofi Annan in China, the families of three men who are in custody due to (read more…)

CRD deplores criminalizing free expression, demands release of journalist

May 16, 2006 Comments Off

CRD Release, May 16, 2006 CRD deplores criminalizing free expression, demands release of journalist Li Yuanlong CRD has confirmed reports that Li Yuanlong, a journalist at Bijie Daily in Guizhou Province, was tried for “subversion of state power” at the Bijie Intermediate People’s Court on May 11. CRD views the (read more…)

Vote for the Human Rights Council: Is China Qualified?

May 8, 2006 Comments Off

CRD Press Release, May 8, 2006 Vote for the Human Rights Council: Is China Qualified? On May 9, the UN General Assembly will decide in a secret ballot of all member states if China, among other candidates for membership, is qualified to join the new UN Human Rights Council. CRD (read more…)

Justice Aborted: Violations of Court Procedure in Trial of Internet Writer

April 17, 2006 Comments Off

CRD Press Release April 16, 2006 Justice Aborted: Violations of Court Procedure in Trial of Internet Writer The trial of Internet writer Li Jianping constitutes justice aborted. CRD calls on the judiciary to hold a retrial. The Zibo Municipal Intermediate People’s Court put the Internet writer Li Jianping on trial (read more…)

CRD Urges Fair Trial of Farmer Seeking Redress for Land Loss

March 18, 2006 Comments Off

Trial Set to Open on March 20 on Fujian Farmer Detained for Protesting Land Appropriation The trial of farmer Huang Weizhong on “suspicion of gathering crowds to disturb social order” is set to open at the Chengxiang District Court in Putian City, Fujian Procince, on March 20, 2006. The Putian (read more…)

Submission to UN on Chen Guangcheng – March 17, 2006

March 17, 2006 Comments Off

Updated information on 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 March 17, 2006 Re: Updating information on Chen Guangcheng, (read more…)

Police Detain Jilin AIDS Activist for Criminal Investigation, Harassing Others

March 15, 2006 Comments Off

People’s Congress in Fear of the People: Police Detain Jilin AIDS Activist for Criminal Investigation, Harassing Others At a time when national affairs are under the spotlight with the annual session of the National People’s Congress (NPC), CRD deplores the harassment and detention of activists involved in seeking redress for (read more…)

Support PRC Citizens’ Action Challenging Constitutionality of Internet Censorship

March 13, 2006 Comments Off

Released on Nov. 13, 2005 (For Chinese, please visit: Article_Show.asp?ArticleID=487) Support PRC Citizens’ Action Challenging Constitutionality of Internet Censorship On November 9, 2005, on the eve of the Information Society World Summit (Geneva, November 10-12 and Tunis, November 16-18, http://www.itu.int/wsis/), a public campaign was kicked off (https://216.55.186.184/web/index.asp) by concerned Chinese (read more…)

Statement on the Bloodshed at Dongzhou in Shanwei City, Guangdong

March 12, 2006 Comments Off

Dear friends and colleagues: Please sign the following open statement and forward it through your mailing lists or list-servers to friends and colleagues, showing your support to this effort to bring to justice those responsible for the Dongzhou killings. Thank you, and happy holidays! CRD Coordinator December 20, 2005 Statement (read more…)

Villager Tortured and Put on Trial for Protesting Air Pollution

March 12, 2006 Comments Off

CRD has learned that, on November 25, 2005, Zhejiang villager Wang Liangping was put on trial for “gathering crowds to harm [others], destroy [property] and rob” in the Nanxi Municipal People’s Court for his role in the April 10, 2005, protest against air pollution produced by a chemical factory in (read more…)

CRD Condemns Chinese Security Officials’ Attempt to Run Over Human Rights Lawyer

March 12, 2006 Comments Off

We are deeply concerned about the personal safety of Chinese lawyer Gao Zhisheng, after his claim that cars he believes belong to the security services attempted to run him down on the night of January 17, 2006. These cars were illegally covering their license plates so that Gao could not (read more…)

International Women’s Day Marked by Detention and Harassment of Women Human Rights Defenders

March 8, 2006 Comments Off

Today, as government officials make speeches in many cities to mark the International Women’s Day, a national holiday in China, two women human rights defenders, Ma Yalian and Mao Hengfeng, remain detained by Shanghai police, family visits denied, and detention locations undisclosed. Other women activists, including AIDS activists, housing petitioners, (read more…)