Alerts & Statements | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

Chinese Activists Urge Clinton to Raise Rights Concerns on Her First China Trip

February 11, 2009 Comments Off

Chinese Activists Urge Clinton to Raise Rights Concerns on Her First China Trip (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 11, 2009) – Chinese human rights activists affiliated with the network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders sent a letter to Secretary of State Clinton today asking her to raise a number of (read more…)

UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of China: Summary, Analysis, and Suggestions for Follow-up

February 11, 2009 Comments Off

UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review of China: Summary, Analysis, and Suggestions for Follow-up (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 11, 2009) – On February 9, the Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review Working Group conducted its review of China’s human rights records, and on February 11 the UPR Working (read more…)

The United Nations Universal Periodic Review on China’s Human Rights Geneva, February 9 and 11, 2009 What Questions to Ask, What Recommendations to Make

February 6, 2009 Comments Off

The United Nations Universal Periodic Review on China’s Human Rights Geneva, February 9 and 11, 2009 What Questions to Ask, What Recommendations to Make An Easy Guide for Participating Member-States, Other Stakeholders and the Media Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Directions: For participating diplomats and delegations of UN member states (read more…)

Released Tiananmen Prisoner Incarcerated in Psychiatric Institution since Olympics

January 22, 2009 Comments Off

Released Tiananmen Prisoner Incarcerated in Psychiatric Institution since Olympics (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 22, 2009) – CHRD learned today that Wang Lianxi (王连喜), a former worker who was released from prison in 2007 following 18 years of incarceration for his role in the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, is incarcerated (read more…)

Activist Promoting Democracy at Grassroots Disappears, Feared Abducted by Authorities

January 19, 2009 Comments Off

Activist Promoting Democracy at Grassroots Disappears, Feared Abducted by Authorities(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 19, 2000)- Yao Lifa (姚立法), an activist promoting local democratic elections from Qianjiang City, Hubei Province, disappeared yesterday. Past records suggest that Qianjiang City authorities might be responsible for Yao’s disappearance. On January 18, Yao, who (read more…)

After Torture in Detention, Legal Activist Yuan Xianchen Goes on Trial

January 14, 2009 Comments Off

After Torture in Detention, Legal Activist Yuan Xianchen Goes on Trial (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- January 14, 2009) – On January 12, Yuan Xianchen (袁显臣), a human rights activist and “legal worker” (falu gongzuozhe) based in Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province, was tried for “inciting subversion of state power” by Jixi (read more…)

Imprisoned Human Rights Defender Chen Guangcheng Denied Medical Care

January 14, 2009 Comments Off

Imprisoned Human Rights Defender Chen Guangcheng Denied Medical Care (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- January 14, 2009) – CHRD has learned that imprisoned human rights defender Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚) has been denied appropriate medical care and is in very poor health following months of digestive affliction. Chen’s wife, Yuan Weijing (袁伟静), (read more…)

Police Summon Activist for Allegedly Drafting Human Rights Report

January 12, 2009 Comments Off

Police Summon Activist for Allegedly Drafting Human Rights Report (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 12, 2009) – On January 10, Wang Debang (王德邦), a Beijing-based human rights activist, was summoned (chuanhuan) by police for his suspected involvement in drafting a human rights report. The police also searched his home and (read more…)

Petitioner Seriously Injured following Beating by Shanghai Officials

January 9, 2009 Comments Off

Petitioner Seriously Injured following Beating by Shanghai Officials (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 9, 2009)- CHRD has learned that Cao Yibao (曹义宝), a petitioner against forced eviction from Shanghai, sustained serious injuries after she was beaten on the orders of Shanghai Municipal government officials while in illegal detention. On December (read more…)

Democracy Activist Sentenced to Six Years for “Subversion of State Power”

January 7, 2009 Comments Off

Democracy Activist Sentenced to Six Years for “Subversion of State Power” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 7, 2009) –Wang Rongqing (王荣清), a member of China Democracy Party, Zhejiang Chapter, was sentenced to six years of imprisonment for “subversion of state power” by Hangzhou City Intermediate People’s Court in Zhejiang Province. (read more…)

Activist Quietly Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison after Long Delay

January 6, 2009 Comments Off

Activist Quietly Sentenced to 2.5 Years in Prison after Long Delay (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 6, 2009)— On December 31, 2008, Chen Qitang (陈启棠, a.k.a. Tianli (天理)), an activist from Guangdong Province, was sentenced to two and a half years in prison for “impersonation and fraud”. According to Civil (read more…)

CHRD Asks UN Human Rights Council to Scrutinize Five Key Areas during China’s Universal Periodical Review

January 5, 2009 Comments Off

CHRD Asks UN Human Rights Council to Scrutinize Five Key Areas during China’s Universal Periodical Review (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 5, 2009) – As the United Nations Human Rights Council examines China during the 4thSession of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group in February 2009, CHRD raises five (read more…)