Detained Sichuan Villager Liu Shenggui Faces Criminal Trial (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, September 4, 2007) – Liu Shenggui (刘升贵), a villager and leader in rural protest from Data Township, Yibin County in Sichuan Province, has been detained since being taken away by police from his home on June 27. According (read more…)
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Heilongjiang Activist Yang Chunlin Arrested for Organizing Open-Letter Campaign: “We Want Human Rights, not the Olympics” (Heilongjiang, August 31, 2007) – Yang Chunlin (杨春林), a resident of Jiamusi City (佳木斯市), Heilongjiang Province, was detained on July 6 and formally arrested on suspicion of “subversion of state power” on August 3. (read more…)
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Pro-democracy Activist Detained for “Inciting Subversion” Government must end criminalization of free speech (Hangzhou, August 25, 2007) – Police have notified the family of Hangzhou-based activist Lu Gengsong of his detention on suspicion of “inciting subversion of the state power” and “illegal possession of state secrets” on 24 August 2007. (read more…)
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Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Web: https://www.nchrd.org/ Email: networkcrd@gmail.com Promoting human rights and empowering grassroots activism in China Police bar wife of imprisoned rights defender from leaving China to collect award Officials assault Yuan Weijing at Beijing airport, block her from leaving for the Philippines to receive award on behalf (read more…)
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Environmentalist Wu Lihong sentenced to 3 years in jail on “extortion” charges (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 10, 2007) – CHRD is informed that the environmentalist Wu Lihong, of Jiangsu province, was sentenced to three years in jail today, August 10, 2007. In an unusual move, the court pronounced the (read more…)
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Shandong: Human rights lawyer denied renewal of license (Qingdao, Shandong, July 30, 2007) – The Shandong Provincial Bureau of Judicial Affairs rejected Li Jianqiang’s application for renewing his license for practicing law in June 2007, the month for the annual renewal of lawyers’ licenses in China. Mr. Li has represented (read more…)
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Human Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong blocked by police from attending church, on hunger strike at its 10th hour (Shanghai, July 29, 2007) – In the early morning today, Shanghai human rights lawyer Zheng Enchong and his wife Jiang Meili were stopped by policemen at the gate of their housing compound (read more…)
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Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Web: https://www.nchrd.org/ Email: networkcrd@gmail.com Promoting human rights and empowering grassroots activism in China Authorities meet mass civil disobedience of protesting villagers in power plant dispute with arrests, nine may face criminal charges Government must protect economic rights by reforming system that breeds corruption and brutality (read more…)
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Zhejiang Veteran Democracy Activist Sent back to Jail A rare public trial failed to adhere to fair trial principle Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Web: https://www.nchrd.org/ Email: networkcrd@gmail.com Promoting human rights and empowering grassroots activism in China Veteran Democracy Activist Sent back to Prison A rare public trial failed to (read more…)
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Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Web: https://www.nchrd.org/ Email: networkcrd@gmail.com Promoting human rights and empowering grassroots activism in China Yuan Weijing, wife and child of jailed activist Chen Guangcheng at risk of police abduction in Beijing Government must end collective punishment of family members of imprisoned activists (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, (read more…)
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Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Web: /Article/ShowClass.asp?ClassID=9 Email: networkcrd@gmail.com Promoting human rights and empowering grassroots activism in China Human Rights Defender Mao Hengfeng Tortured in Prison The Chinese government must investigate accusations of torture and ill-treatment in the Shanghai prison (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 4, 2007) – According to (read more…)
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Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Web: https://www.nchrd.org/ Email: networkcrd@gmail.com Promoting human rights and empowering grassroots activism in China Human rights defender beaten in prison (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 20, 2007) – Imprisoned human rights defender Chen Guangcheng （陈光诚）reports that he has been beaten in jail by fellow inmates at (read more…)
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