China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots February 1-15, 2008 Editorial In the first half of February, hundreds of thousands of migrant workers were unable to go home for Chinese New Year due to a snowstorm that swept across large portions of south-central China. However, human (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots January 15-31, 2008 Editorial As some have feared, the Chinese authorities have proceeded confidently and defiantly with pre-Olympics crackdowns on dissidents and protesters. Security police track down and lock up people who challenge or complain about official behavior and (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing 1-15 January 2008 Editorial The start of 2008 saw the authorities continue to tighten control over freedom of expression, especially in the “new” media. In late December, the Beijing municipal government issued regulations that punish SMS users for “endangering public security” and “spreading rumors.” In early (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots 15-31 December 2007 Editorial The detention of Beijing-based human rights defender Hu Jia on December 27, 2007, on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” is indicative of the beginning of a systematic crackdown by the Chinese government before (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing (Dec 1-15, 2007) Reporting human rights development from the grassroots Editor’s Note A recurring pattern in the first half of December was persecution of activists, petitioners, workers, and farmers for speaking out demanding justice. Tactics included torture, beatings and other mistreatment while in police custody; sending (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing A monthly newsletter of CHRD November 1-15 Edition, 2007 November 1-15, 2007 (Starting from this issue, CHRD is changing from monthly to twice-monthly briefings to bring news more quickly to our readers.) Editor’s Note In the first half of November, the official crackdown on petitioners—ordinary people (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing A monthly newsletter of CHRD October Edition, 2007 Editors’ Note The crackdown on activists in the lead-up to the 17th Party Congress continued into October. By the start of the month, authorities had rounded up many of those considered threatening to a smoothly run, unblemished Party (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing A monthly newsletter of CHRD September Edition, 2007 EDITOR’S NOTE In one indication of an intensified power struggle between factions of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) top leadership in the lead-up to the opening of the National Party Congress, held once every four years, in Beijing (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing A monthly newsletter of CRD Special July and August Edition, 2007 Editors’ note: The Chinese government pledged to improve human rights in its bit for hosting the 2008 Olympics, but reality indicates the contrary. This summer, the government intensified putting behind bars activists who openly criticized (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing A monthly update of human rights news June 2007 Like the past 18 years, there is no dull moment in the month of June, as “6.4” marks the anniversary of the 1989 military suppression of student protests. Activists take the opportunity to mobilize when many commemorated (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Human rights news update for the month of April 2007 China has explicitly vowed to take measures to control incidents of social unrest and crime in the run-up to the 17th Communist Party Congress in the fall and the Summer 2008 Olympics in Beijing. At a (read more…)
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