Communiqué on behalf of Ran Yunfei, citizen of People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Arrest or Detention and Violation of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression and Persecution of Human Rights Defenders I. IDENTITY 1. Family name: Ran (冉) 2. First name: Yunfei (云飞) 3. Sex: Male (read more…)
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Communiqué on behalf of Ding Mao, citizen of People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Arrest or Detention and Violation of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression I. IDENTITY 1. Family name: Ding (丁) 2. First name: Mao (矛) 3. Sex: Male 4. Birth date or age (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing June 29-July 6, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Guangxi Lawyer Yang Zaixin Arrested: Rights Defense Lawyer Yang Zaixin (杨在新), who has been held at the Beihai City Detention Center in Guangxi Province since June 14 on suspicion (read more…)
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Communiqué on behalf of Ni Yulan, citizen of People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Arrest or Detention and Persecution of Human Rights Defenders I. IDENTITY 1. Family name: Ni (倪) 2. First name: Yulan (玉兰) 3. Sex: Female 4. Birth date or age (at the time of detention): March (read more…)
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Communiqué on behalf of Chen Wei, citizen of People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Arrest or Detention and Prosecution of Human Rights Defenders I. IDENTITY 1. Family name: CHEN (陈) 2. First name: Wei (卫) 3. Sex: Male 4. Birth date or age (at the time of detention): (read more…)
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Communiqué on behalf of Li Shuangde, citizen of People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Arrest or Detention and Persecution of Human Rights Defenders I. IDENTITY 1. Family name: LI (李) 2. First name: Shuangde (双德) 3. Sex: Male 4. Birth date or age (at the time of detention): November 29, (read more…)
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Yang Tongyan (pen name: Yang Tianshui, 杨天水) is a dissident writer and member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, and has published numerous political essays online. Since 2006, Tang has been serving another sentence in Nanjing Prison for “subversion of state power” for his role in organizing the China Democracy (read more…)
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Yang Chunlin became involved in human rights activities after he was laid off from his work in Heilongjiang Province. He was detained in July of 2007 and arrested that August on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” for collecting signatures to endorse the open letter in the run-up to (read more…)
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After the Tunisian and Egyptian revolts, China is now one of the few remaining countries ruled by dictatorship or, in this case, by a single party that has monopolized power for more than 60 years. Many Chinese people draw inspiration and encouragement from the Arab Spring.
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China Human Rights Briefing June 22-28, 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: Ai Weiwei (艾未未), the Beijing-based artist and activist, and several of his associates were released last week after going (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing June 16-21, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Activist Yao Lifa Goes Missing After Increased Harassment: CHRD has learned that democracy activist Yao Lifa (姚立法), from Qianjiang City, Hubei Province, went missing on June 20. Yao, who has (read more…)
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Seized in February 2011 as part of the “Jasmine Crackdown,” Hangzhou activist Xue Mingkai, born on October 8, 1989, was formally arrested for “inciting subversion of state power” but later reportedly convicted of “subversion” and sentenced to four years in prison. Many details of his case, including evidence used to (read more…)
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