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Police Bar Public from Attending Trial of Earthquake Investigator Tan Zuoren

August 12, 2009 Comments Off

Police Bar Public from Attending Trial of Earthquake Investigator Tan Zuoren (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 12, 2009)– Tan Zuoren (谭作人), a Sichuan activist detained for “inciting subversion of state power”, was tried today by the Chengdu City Intermediate People’s Court in Sichuan Province. The trial was practically closed to (read more…)

Three Fujian Activists Formally Arrested for Alleging Official Misconduct

August 4, 2009 Comments Off

Three Fujian Activists Formally Arrested for Alleging Official Misconduct (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 4, 2009)— CHRD has learned that three veteran human rights activists from Fujian — Fan Yanqiong (范燕琼), Wu Huaying (吴华英) and You Jingyou (游精佑, known online as He Suoge [赫索格]) — have been formally arrested for (read more…)

Police Take Away Xu Zhiyong, Leader of Barred NGO

July 30, 2009 Comments Off

CHRD learned today that Xu Zhiyong (许志永), director of the recently-banned legal aid center Open Constitution Initiative (also known as Gongmeng [公盟]), was taken away by the police around 5am on July 29, Beijing local time. His whereabouts are currently unknown. Efforts to contact him have been unsuccessful as his (read more…)

Huang Qi Reportedly Ill in Detention, Denied Access to Medical Attention

July 28, 2009 Comments Off

Huang Qi Reportedly Ill in Detention, Denied Access to Medical Attention (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 28, 2009) –CHRD confirmed today that Huang Qi (黄琦), detained human rights activist and director of Tianwang Human Rights Center (www.64tianwang.com), is ill in detention and being denied access to medical attention. Huang’s application (read more…)

Environmentalist and Daughter Sent to Re-education through Labor Camps

July 17, 2009 Comments Off

Environmentalist and Daughter Sent to Re-education through Labor Camps (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 16, 2009) – Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟), a Gansu environmental activist and recipient of the 2006 Nuclear-Free Future Award, has been sent to two years of Re-education through Labor (RTL). Sun’s daughter, Sun Haiyan (孙海燕, also known (read more…)

Three Lawyers Detained for Defending Falun Gong Practitioners

July 16, 2009 Comments Off

Three Lawyers Detained for Defending Falun Gong Practitioners (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- July 15, 2009) CHRD learned today that three lawyers in different locations in Northeastern China have been detained in recent weeks by local authorities. The three, Liu Ruiping (刘如平), Wang Yonghang (王永航), and Wang Ping (王平), who have (read more…)

Chinese Government Must Allow Reporting and Investigation of Urumqi Violence

July 6, 2009 Comments Off

Chinese Government Must Allow Reporting and Investigation of Urumqi Violence Impartial Observation Critical to Ending Rights Abuses and Easing Ethnic Tension (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- July 6, 2009) In the aftermath of a day of violence sparked by the bloody suppression of protests in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, little (read more…)

Licenses of 18 Rights Lawyers Still not Renewed a Month after Deadline

July 2, 2009 Comments Off

Licenses of 18 Rights Lawyers Still not Renewed a Month after Deadline (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- July 2, 2009) A month after the May 31 deadline for lawyers to pass the annual review necessary for renewal of their licenses, at least eighteen human rights lawyers have not had their licenses (read more…)

Fujian Activist Detained for Alleging Official Misconduct

June 30, 2009 Comments Off

Fujian Activist Detained for Alleging Official Misconduct (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- June 30, 2009) – On June 26, Fan Yanqiong (范燕琼), a human rights defender from Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, was taken into police custody after she posted articles online alleging official misconduct and cover-ups in the case of a (read more…)

Arrested Dissident Writer Liu Xiaobo Meets with Lawyers for First Time

June 26, 2009 Comments Off

Arrested Dissident Writer Liu Xiaobo Meets with Lawyers for First Time Lawyer Mo Shaoping Barred from Handling Case for Having Signed Charter 08 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- June 26, 2009) This afternoon, Shang Baojun (尚宝军) and Ding Xikui (丁锡奎), lawyers from Beijing’s Mo Shaoping Law Firm, met with detained dissident (read more…)

Environmental Activist Sun Xiaodi and Daughter Detained for “Providing State Secrets Overseas”

June 25, 2009 Comments Off

Environmental Activist Sun Xiaodi and Daughter Detained for “Providing State Secrets Overseas” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- June 25, 2009)- CHRD learned on June 24 that Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟), a Gansu environmental activist and recipient of the 2006 Nuclear-Free Future Award, has been criminally detained on suspicion of “illegally providing state (read more…)

Liu Xiaobo Formally Arrested for “Inciting Subversion of State Power”

June 24, 2009 Comments Off

Liu Xiaobo Formally Arrested for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders—June 24, 2009) – CHRD learned today that Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), signatory of Charter 08 and prominent intellectual, was formally arrested for “inciting subversion of state power” on June 23. He had been detained since December 8, (read more…)