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Rights situation nightmarish in first year of China’s fifth generation leaders

March 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Tibetan Review. net on March 5, 2014 (TibetanReview.net, Mar05, 2014) – China’s fifth generation leadership which took government power under President Xi Jinping in March last year was responsible for the harshest suppression of civil society in over a decade, reported US-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders (read more…)

China’s Graft Whistleblowers Pay Heavy Price

August 2, 2013 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 1, 2013 Chinese citizens who take the anti-corruption campaign of President Xi Jinping to heart by blowing the whistle on graft are likely to pay a high personal price, according to analysts. President Xi Jinping has warned that the ruling Chinese Communist Party must (read more…)

Detentions of Chinese Activists Tripled Last Year: Report

March 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on March3, 2014 The number of arrests and disappearances of government critics tripled in a “nightmarish” first year of Xi Jinping’s presidency, an overseas rights group said in an annual report on Monday. The Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) documented more than 220 criminal detentions (read more…)

Anti-Graft Activist in China Is Denied Visitation by Lawyer

November 11, 2013 Comments Off

Originally published by Epoch Times on November 4, 2013 Anti-graft activist Sun Desheng, arrested in Guangzhou in August, has twice been denied visitation by his lawyer, according to a recent interview. Sun Desheng was formally charged with “gathering a crowd to disrupt order of a public place” on Oct. 16, after (read more…)

China shuts down civil society think-tank, detains anti-graft activists

July 27, 2013 Comments Off

(TibetanReview.net, Jul21, 2013) In a renewed crackdown on civil society and human rights activists, China recently detained a leading anti-corruption activist and also shut down a prominent non-government think-tank in a sudden raid. “Dozens of municipal civil affairs bureau officials and police searched the offices of transition Institute on Social (read more…)

China police hold detained activist’s lawyer

July 27, 2013 Comments Off

Chinese police have detained a lawyer who sought to visit a prominent activist taken into custody this week, a Beijing-based dissident and overseas rights groups said Friday

US ‘concerned’ over detention of Chinese lawyer

July 24, 2013 Comments Off

WASHINGTON (AFP) – The United States on Thursday called on China to release a human rights lawyer who has campaigned against government corruption, saying it appeared he was being penalized for his activism.

China: Crackdown on Citizen Movement Activists

July 24, 2013 Comments Off

Chinese Human Rights Defenders has an update on the arrest of citizens and activists in China. The latest detainee is prominent activist Xu Zhiyong, who is considered a moderate reformer. 25 individuals have been confirmed criminally detained since February for publicly appealing for an end to official corruption and for (read more…)

China arrests citizens’ rights activist

July 24, 2013 Comments Off

China has arrested a leading human rights lawyer and citizens’ rights advocate, in what appears to be part of a crackdown on the so-called “New Citizens’ Movement,” rights groups and supporters said on Wednesday.

China detains lawyer in “crackdown” on activists

July 24, 2013 Comments Off

BEIJING: Chinese police have detained a human rights lawyer who called for the release of activists arrested for demanding that government officials disclose their assets, a lawyer said Wednesday.

Chinese Activist Held After Transparency Campaign

July 23, 2013 Comments Off

Police in Beijing have detained leading anti-graft campaigner Xu Zhiyong on charges of disrupting public order in a widening crackdown on activists who have called on government leaders to declare their assets, his lawyer and a rights group said on Wednesday.

President of Human Rights Council must address alleged reprisals in China China Targets Anti-Graft Activists

July 23, 2013 Comments Off

(Geneva – 5 July 2013) – In a joint letter, Human Rights Watch (HRW) and the International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) requested the President of the United Nations Human Rights Council to urgently address alleged reprisals against human rights defenders in China.