On the 29th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, CHRD urges China to free Liu Xia. This act would be one way to both end the suppression of truth about the violent crackdown on the 1989 pro-democracy protests and bring about a measure of justice for victims, including her deceased husband, (read more…)
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Shan Lihua 单利华 (Released) *Previously under medical watch Crime: Picking quarrels and provoking trouble Length of Punishment: 27 months Court: Nantong City Gangzha District People’s Court, Jiangsu Province Trial Date: June 28, 2016 Sentencing Date: September 29, 2016 Dates of Detention/Arrest: November 20, 2015 (criminally detained); December 1, 2015 (formally (read more…)
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Wang Jing 王晶 *Under medical watch Crime: Picking quarrels and provoking trouble Length of Punishment: 4 years and 10 months Court: Jilin City Chuanying District People’s Court, Jilin Province Trial Date: April 20, 2016 Sentencing Date: April 20, 2016 Dates of Detention/Arrest: March 9, 2014 (criminally detained); April 4, 2014 (read more…)
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Li Yuhan (李昱函) *Under medical watch Criminal charge: Picking quarrels and provoking trouble Length of Punishment: Court: Trial Date: Sentencing Date: Dates of Detention/Arrest: October 9, 2017 (detained); November 15, 2017 (formally arrested) Date of Birth: October 9, 1957 Medical conditions: Atrial fibrillation arrhythmia, coronary heart disease, unstable angina, hyperthyroidism, acute erosive (read more…)
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Li Xiaoling 李小玲 (released on suspended sentence) *Previously under medical watch Crime: Picking quarrels and provoking trouble & Illegally providing state secrets Length of Punishment: 3 years, suspended for 5 years Court: Unknown Trial Date: November 14, 2018 Sentencing Date: Unknown Dates of Detention/Arrest: June 4, 2017 (detained); August 8, 2017 (criminally (read more…)
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CHRD calls for freedom for participants in the 1989 protests who are currently in detention or prison for continuing their advocacy for human rights, rule of law, and democratic reforms.
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Hada (哈达) (released) *Previously under medical watch Crime: Separatism & espionage Length of Punishment: 15 years Court: Hohhot Intermediate People’s Court, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Trial Date: November 11, 1996 Sentencing Date: November 11, 1996 Dates of Detention/Arrest: December 10, 1995 (detained); March 9, 1996 (arrested); December 9, 2014 (released) Date (read more…)
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Chen Kegui 陈克贵 (released) *Previously under medical watch Crime: Intentional injury Length of Punishment: 39 months Court: Linnan County People’s Court, Shandong Province Trial Date: November 20, 2012 Sentencing Date: November 20, 2012 Dates of Detention/Arrest: May 9, 2012 (arrested); July 29, 2015 (released) Date of Birth: June 10, 1979 (read more…)
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Huang Yan (黄燕) (released) *Previously under medical watch Crime: Obstructing official duties Length of Punishment: N/A Court: N/A Trial Date: N/A Sentencing Date: N/A Dates of Detention/Arrest: November 27, 2015 (detained); December 31, 2015 (arrest); September 21, 2016 (released on bail) Date of birth: October 15, 1970 Medical Condition(s): Late-stage (read more…)
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Phurbu Tsering Rinpoche 普布泽仁仁波切 (released) *Previously under medical watch Crime: Illegally owning guns and explosives Length of Punishment: 8.5 years Court: Dartsedo (Ch: Kangding) County Intermediate People’s Court, Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province Trial Date: April 29, 2009 Sentencing Date: December 23, 2009 Dates of Detention/Arrest: May 18, 2008 (detained); arrest date unknown; (read more…)
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Liu Xia 刘霞 [released] *Previously under medical watch Crime: N/A Length of Punishment: N/A Court: N/A Trial Date: N/A Sentencing Date: N/A Dates of Detention/Arrest: October 11, 2010 (house arrest); Released on July 10, 2018 (flew to Berlin, Germany) Date of Birth: April 1, 1961 Medical condition(s): Unknown heart condition, (read more…)
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Huang Qi 黄琦 *Under medical watch Current Detention Criminal charges: Illegally providing state secrets to foreign entities, Intentionally leaking state secrets Length of Punishment: N/A Court: Mianyang City Intermediate Court Trial Date: January 14, 2019 Sentencing Date: N/A Dates of Detention/Arrest: November 28, 2016 (detained); December 16, 2016 (arrested) Date of (read more…)
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