Alerts & Statements | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

Hu Jia Formally Arrested: Authorities Impervious To International Protest

February 1, 2008 Comments Off

Hu Jia Formally Arrested: Authorities Impervious To International Protest China must be held accountable for its Olympic pledge “to improve human rights” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 31, 2008)– Hu Jia (胡佳 or 胡嘉), the Beijing-based human rights defender detained since December 27, 2007, was formally arrested and charged with (read more…)

Detained Activist Hu Jia Denied Access to Lawyer, His Family Harassed

January 5, 2008 Comments Off

Detained Activist Hu Jia Denied Access to Lawyer, His Family Harassed (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 5, 2008) – Hu Jia (胡佳), the Beijing-based activist, Detained on Suspicion of “Inciting Subversion“ on December 27, 2007, is denied access to lawyers by police, citing the case’s involvement of “state secret.” Hu’s (read more…)

Hu Jia Detained on Suspicion of “Inciting Subversion of State Power”

December 28, 2007 Comments Off

Hu Jia Detained on Suspicion of “Inciting Subversion of State Power” Chinese Government Must Stop Pre-Olympics Crackdown (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 28, 2007) – Beijing-based activist, Hu Jia (胡佳), has been detained by police on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” CHRD investigated the “disappearance” of Hu Jia (read more…)

Human Rights Defender Liu Jie Denied Treatment for Eye Illness at RTL Camp

December 28, 2007 Comments Off

Human Rights Defender Liu Jie Denied Treatment for Eye Illness at RTL Camp (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 28, 2007)- Liu Jie (刘杰), veteran rural campaigner and human rights activist serving her 18-month Re-education through Labor (RTL) terms in Qiqihaer, Heilongjiang province, will go blind if she does not receive (read more…)

Beijing to Punish Mobile SMS Users for “Endangering Public Security” and “Spreading Rumors”

December 23, 2007 Comments Off

Beijing to Punish Mobile SMS Users for “Endangering Public Security” and “Spreading Rumors” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 23, 2007) – On December 17, the Beijing municipal government released the “Notice Regarding the Further Regulations and Management of the Use of Mobile Phone Text Messages in the Release of Public (read more…)

Shanghai Writer Li Jianhong Detained

December 20, 2007 Comments Off

Shanghai Writer Li Jianhong Detained (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 20, 2007)- Li Jianhong (李剑虹,also known as Xiaoqiao (小乔)), Shanghai writer and activist, was detained by the National Security Unit (Guobao) of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau (PSB) Pudong Sub-division on December 19, 2007. Shanghai police told Li that she (read more…)

Guangxi Dissident Writer Jing Chu Detained for “Inciting Subversion of State Power”

December 15, 2007 Comments Off

Guangxi Dissident Writer Jing Chu Detained for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 15, 2007)- Internet writer, Jing Chu (荆楚, also known as Wang Dejia ( 王德佳)), of Quanzhou County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province, was criminally detained on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” early (read more…)

Jailed Writer Li Hong’s Health Rapidly Deteriorating

December 11, 2007 Comments Off

Jailed Writer Li Hong’s Health Rapidly Deteriorating Zhejiang authorities must release Li Hong for medical treatment (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 11, 2007) – Jailed Zhejiang writer and poet, Li Hong’s (力虹) health has been rapidly deteriorating. Shortly after Li had started serving a 6-year prison term early this year, (read more…)

Shanghai Activist Gong Haoming Detained for Linking Olympics to Human Rights

December 4, 2007 Comments Off

Shanghai Activist Gong Haoming Detained for Linking Olympics to Human Rights Authorities’ Refusal of Access to Lawyer Raises Fear of Torture (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 3, 2007) — Gong Haoming (龚浩明), a Shanghai petitioner/activist, has been detained incommunicado since November 8, 2007. His family and lawyer, who were denied (read more…)

Shandong Officials Continue Harassing Wife of Jailed Human Rights Defender

November 24, 2007 Comments Off

Shandong Officials Continue Harassing Wife of Jailed Human Rights Defender Authorities must end illegal surveillance of Yuan Weijing (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 24, 2007)—Yuan Weijing (袁伟静 ), wife of imprisoned human rights defender, Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚 ), continues to be subjected to house arrest, surveillance, and restrictions of her (read more…)

Zhongyuan Oil Field Workers’ Representative Sent to Re-Education through Labor Camp

November 20, 2007 Comments Off

Zhongyuan Oil Field Workers’ Representative Sent to Re-Education through Labor Camp (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Nov 20, 2007)- Li Guohong (李国宏 ), a laid-off workers’ representative at Zhongyuan Oil Field, has been sent to a Re-education through Labor (RTL) camp for one and a half years by the Zhongyuan Oil (read more…)

Human Rights Defender Liu Jie Sentenced to Re-Education through Labor

November 14, 2007 Comments Off

Human Rights Defender Liu Jie Sentenced to Re-Education through Labor Chinese authorities must stop using Re-Education through Labor camps and arbitrary detention to penalize activists (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 12, 2007) – Veteran rural campaigner and human rights activist, Liu Jie (刘杰), 55 years old, of Beian City, Heilongjiang (read more…)