To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Weekly November 3-9, 2010 Highlights One Month after Nobel Prize Announcement, Pressure on Activists Continues: The nationwide police mobilization which began on October 8 showed no sign of slowing as CHRD continued to receive (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly October 26-November 2, 2010 Highlights Elected Fujian Village Director Sentenced to 11 Years for Leading Fight Against Land Grabs: This week, the Jinjiang City Intermediate People’s Court in Fujian Province sentenced successful businessman-turned-village director Lü Jiangbo (吕江波) to 11 years in prison on six charges, (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly October 19-25, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Harassment of Activists Continues: CHRD continued to collect reports this week of activists, dissidents, and supporters of Liu Xiaobo who have been harassed, placed under police surveillance, or had (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly October 13-18, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB in a .pdf format, please click here Highlights Police Crack Down on Activists Following Nobel Prize Announcement: In addition to the stories included in the week’s China Human Rights Briefing, CHRD has created a page on our (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly October 5-12, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Liu Xiaobo Awarded 2010 Nobel Peace Prize: On October 8, the Nobel Committee announced it had awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned activist, writer and intellectual Liu (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly September 30 – October 4, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB in a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Detentions and Harassment Related to National Day Continue through Holiday: With the 61st anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic of China taking place this (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly September 22-29, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Chengdu Court protestors sentenced: Ten activists were convicted of “assembling a crowd to disrupt social order” on September 28 for protesting outside the Chengdu City Intermediate Court in 2009. (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly September 14-21, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Young AIDS Activist Goes on Trial: AIDS activist Tian Xi (田喜) was tried for “intentional destruction of property” in Henan Province on September 21. About a hundred netizens and (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly September 7-13, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Fujian Village Chief Tried on Trumped-up Charges, Lawyer Harassed: In retaliation for his efforts to organize local villagers against unlawful land expropriation, officials in Fujian Province arrested village chief (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly August 24-30, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Villagers Detained over Election Protest: Nine residents of Raolefu Village, located on the outskirts of Beijing, have been detained for participating in a protest on July 27 over the (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Weekly August 17-23, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Young AIDS Activist Tian Xi Arrested in Henan: CHRD learned on August 24 that 23 year-old Henan Province AIDS activist Tian Xi (田喜) has been arrested for “intentional destruction (read more…)
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