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China Must End Political Repression, Release Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo

December 8, 2010 Comments Off

The International Community Must Reject the Chinese Government’s Open Challenge to Universal Values, Demand Release of All Chinese Prisoners of Conscience (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 9, 2010) – On December 10, Human Rights Day, the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony will celebrate the dedication and personal sacrifices of 2010 laureate (read more…)

Subversion Charge against Little-Known Activist Indicates Heightened Crackdown on Dissent in China

November 22, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 22, 2010) CHRD learned last week that Li Tie (李铁), a Wuhan City, Hubei Province-based democracy activist and online freelance writer, has been arrested on charges of “subversion of state power.” The Chinese government has in recent years primarily pursued the charge of “subversion” against (read more…)

CHRD Warmly Congratulates Burmese Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Her Return to Freedom

November 15, 2010 Comments Off

Editor’s note: The following is a translation of a statement released in Chinese by CHRD on November 14, 2010. For the original text, please see: http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2010/11/201011142034.shtml According to media reports, leader of the Burmese democracy movement and General Secretary of the National League of Democracy Party Aung San Suu Kyi (read more…)

Nobel Laureate Languishes in Prison, Police Harassment of Activists Rages On

November 8, 2010 Comments Off

One Month after Nobel Announcement, CHRD Urges the Chinese Government to Release Liu Xiaobo (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- November 8, 2010) One month after the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced its decision to award the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned activist and intellectual Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), the Chinese government continues (read more…)

Heavy Sentence for Elected Fujian Village Director, Leader in Fight against Illegal Land Expropriation

November 2, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 2, 2010) – On October 28, 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. Originally detained on suspicion of “obstructing official business,” Lü was later convicted on five additional charges, ranging from “extortion” (read more…)

Chinese Reactions to Liu Xiaobo’s Nobel Peace Prize- from Both Sides

October 14, 2010 Comments Off

CHRD has compiled a collection of reports documenting how Chinese citizens have reacted to the news that Liu Xiaobo was awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, and also how the Chinese government has acted to limit the spread of this information and prevent public or private commemorations of Liu’s achievement.

CHRD Hails Decision to Award Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo

October 8, 2010 Comments Off

CHRD Hails Decision to Award Nobel Peace Prize to Liu Xiaobo Chinese government must immediately free Liu and all incarcerated human rights defenders (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 8, 2010) – CHRD hails the Nobel Committee’s announcement and congratulates the imprisoned activist, writer and intellectual, Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), (read more…)

CHRD Report to UN Committee against Torture Highlights Issues the Chinese Government Should be Asked to Address in its Next Periodic Report

September 16, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- September 16, 2010) With China’s fifth periodic report to the Committee against Torture (CAT) upcoming, many key problems raised by CAT in 2008 as it considered China’s fourth periodic report have yet to be adequately addressed. In a report to CAT submitted on September 8, CHRD (read more…)

Activist Chen Guangcheng Released after Serving Full Sentence

September 8, 2010 Comments Off

Activist Chen Guangcheng Released after Serving Full Sentence Authorities Must Stop Soft Detention and Harassment of Chen and Family (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, September 9, 2010) –Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚), a well-known human rights activist and “barefoot lawyer,” was released today from Linyi Prison in Shandong Province after serving his full (read more…)

Open letter requesting Supreme People’s Court immediately to open an investigation into the use of torture in the Chongqing anti-mafia campaign

August 23, 2010 Comments Off

The following is a translation of a public letter signed by a group of Chinese lawyers, activists, and writers concerned over allegations of torture in the Chongqing anti-mafia campaign. For the original text, in Chinese, please click here. Open letter requesting Supreme People’s Court immediately to open an investigation into (read more…)

Sichuan Rights Defenders Convicted on Trumped-up “Fraud” Charges

August 20, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 20, 2010)- This afternoon, the Ziliujing District People’s Court in Zigong City, Sichuan Province convicted human rights defenders Liu Zhengyou (刘正有), Hu Yulan (胡玉兰), Ma Xingquan (马兴权), and Feng Guiqin (冯桂琴) of “fraud.” All four were involved in a group known to local residents as (read more…)

China’s Highest Court Must Overturn Death Sentence Based on Confession Extracted by Torture

August 3, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- August 3, 2010) Last week, following the transfer of Fan Qihang’s (樊奇杭) case to the Supreme People’s Court for a review of his death sentence, Zhu Mingyong (朱明勇), lawyer for the alleged Chongqing mob boss, made public secret recordings in which Fan describes being subjected to (read more…)