Communique on behalf of Jiang Tianyong, citizen of People’s Republic of China, Alleging Torture To: Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment a. Full name of the victim: Jiang, Tianyong b. Date on which the incident(s) of torture occurred (at least (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing October 21-26, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Activists, Authorities Stay Closely Focused on Chen Guangcheng: Authorities have kept up the harassment and intimidation of activists who harbor plans to visit lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚) (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing October 13-20, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Activism, Suppression Ramp Up Around Chen Guangcheng, Dongshigu Village: More attempts to see the lawyer and activist Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚) have taken place—all blocked in similar fashion—and CHRD has (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing October 6-12, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights • Co-founder of Hunan China Democracy Party Released: On October 10, Bo Xiaomao (柏小毛), who co-founded the Hunan Province branch of the China Democracy Party (CDP), was released after serving (read more…)
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One year after the writer and dissident Liu Xiaobo received the Nobel Peace Prize, CHRD called for his release from prison and also freedom for his wife, the poet Liu Xia, being held under tight house arrest.
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China Human Rights Briefing September 29-October 5, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Scores of Petitioners Detained As China Celebrates National Day: Around October 1, authorities swept up large numbers of petitioners in Beijing and other parts of the country, subjecting them (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing September 21-28, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Case Against Guangxi Lawyer Sent to Procuratorate: The “obstructing testimony” case against Yang Zaixin (杨在新), a lawyer from Beihai City, Guangxi Province, has been transferred to a local procuratorate. Yang (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing September 13-20, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Yang Maodong Released, Does Discuss Torture: On September 13, the activist, writer, and “barefoot lawyer” Yang Maodong (杨茂东, aka Guo Feixiong [郭飞雄]), based in Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, was released (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing September 7-12, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Updates on Detentions and Disappearances Related to the “Jasmine Revolution” Crackdown: Activist Wang Lihong (王荔蕻) has been convicted and given a nine-month prison sentence for “creating a disturbance.” Dozens of (read more…)
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CHRD Communiqué on Yao, Lifa, Citizen of P.R. China, Human Rights Defender, and Victim of Alleged Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance, Arbitrary Detention, Torture, and Persecution of Human Rights Defender 1. Identity of the disappeared person: (a) Family name (*): Yao (姚) (b) First name (*): Lifa (立法) (c) Sex: (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing August 29-September 6, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Yao Life Closely Monitored Back in Hometown: Democracy rights activist Yao Lifa (姚立法), from Qianjiang City, Hubei Province, was returned this week to his home after an incommunicado detention, (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing August 23-28, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Updates on Detentions and Disappearances Related to the “Jasmine Revolution” Crackdown: The procuratorate has sent back the “creating a disturbance” case against Beijing lawyer Ni Yulan (倪玉兰), who was also (read more…)
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