China Human Rights Briefing April 18-23, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Top News Authorities Deem Netizen’s Case “Secret,” Block Lawyers’ Visit: Guangzhou police recently blocked lawyers from seeing detained netizen Ou Ronggui,claiming his case “involves secrets,” and threatened (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing April 11-17, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Top News Petitioner reported rape by interceptor, police refuse to investigate: in one of the most egregious cases of violence against petitioners, Zhu Guiqin from Liaoning Province reported to CHRD (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing April 3-10, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Top News Beijing Activists Ni Yulan, Dong Jiqin Sentenced: On April 10, activists Ni Yulan and Dong Jiqin, who now have been detained for one year, were sentenced. Ni was given (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing March 20-26, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Top News Dissident Xue Mingkai Reportedly Sentenced to Four Years for “Subversion”: Shandong dissident Xue Mingkai, detained over a year ago as part of the Jasmine Crackdown, has reportedly been (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing March 13-19, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here. Top News Guangxi Lawyer Missing During “Residential Surveillance”: Human rights lawyer Yang Zaixin has gone missing after reportedly being ordered to “residential surveillance,” raising concerns about his fate and the (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing March 6-12, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Top News Harassment Around “Two Meetings” Period Continues: Authorities have maintained a tight grip on the movements of petitioners and activists, particularly in and around Beijing, with the National People’s (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing February 28-March 5, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Top News Government Suppression Marks “Two Meetings”: To “maintain stability” around the “Two Meetings” in Beijing, Chinese authorities have intensified suppression of dissidents, activists, and petitioners in the capital and elsewhere. (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing February 21-27, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here. Top News Dissident Li Tie Transferred to Prison, May Face Hard Labor: Hubei dissident Li Tie, sentenced to 10 years in January for “subversion of state power,” was recently sent to (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing February 14-20, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here. Top News One Jasmine Crackdown Detainee Released, Another Transferred to Prison: Hubei activist Gao Chunlian was released “on bail” last week after nearly a year in detention, while Sichuan activist (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing February 7-13, 2012 To read this issue as a PDF, please go here. Top News Dissident’s Sentence Adds to String of Recent Harsh Punishments: On February 10, Hangzhou dissident Zhu Yufu was issued a seven-year sentence for “inciting subversion of state power.” Zhu’s punishment is (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing January 31-February 6, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here. Top News Activist Chen Xi Held in Remote Prison, Frostbitten From Cold Conditions: CHRD has recently learned that the Guizhou activist Chen Xi, serving a 10-year sentence for “inciting (read more…)
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