China Human Rights Briefing August 16-22, 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: Guangzhou-based lawyer Liu Shihui (刘士辉), who went missing in February and was released on bail in June, reveals the (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing August 10-15, 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 trial of Wang Lihong (王荔蕻) opened and concluded in the morning of August 12, with the verdict to (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing August 3-9, 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 trial for Beijing rights activist Wang Lihong (王荔蕻), for “creating a disturbance,” will begin on August 12 at (read more…)
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The Chinese Government Must Respect Human Rights in Handling the Wenzhou Train Crash (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 3, 2011) The Chinese government’s handling of the Wenzhou high-speed railway crash on July 23 has been marked by a profound lack of respect for human life and other human rights abuses, (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing July 27-August 2, 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 case against Beijing activist Wang Lihong (王荔蕻) is expected to go to trial soon, on the charge (read more…)
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A veteran Democracy Wall activist in the 1970s, Zhu was taken away by police in Zhejiang Province in March of 2011, and criminally detained on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” In July, his wife appealed to authorities to release Zhu on bail due to his longstanding poor health, (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing July 20-26, 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: CHRD has learned that, around July 13, the case against lawyer Ni Yulan (倪玉兰) and her husband, Dong Jiqin (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing July 13-19, 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: CHRD has learned the case against Wang Lihong (王荔蕻), the Beijing-based activist charged with “gathering a crowd to disrupt (read more…)
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Communiqué on behalf of Xue Mingkai, citizen of People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Arrest or Detention and Violation of Freedom of Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression I. IDENTITY 1. Family name: Xue (薛) 2. First name: Mingkai (明凯) 3. Sex: Male 4. Birth date or (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing July 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: On June 18, the case against Beijing-based rights activist Wang Lihong (王荔蕻), for “gathering a crowd to disrupt traffic (read more…)
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Communiqué on behalf of Zhu Yufu, citizen of People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Arrest or Detention, Persecution of Human Rights Defenders and Violation of Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression I. IDENTITY 1. Family name: Zhu (朱) 2. First name: Yufu (虞夫) 3. Sex: Male 4. Birth (read more…)
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Yuan was taken into police custody in Beijing in May of 2008 and then formally arrested on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” the next month. According to the Jixi City People’s Procuratorate, Yuan had “incited subversion” due to several activities, including distributing an article entitled “Save China, Implement (read more…)
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