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Police Raid Home of Beijing Activist Gu Chuan as Pressure on Human Rights Defenders Increases

April 9, 2010 Comments Off

Police Raid Home of Beijing Activist Gu Chuan as Pressure on Human Rights Defenders Increases (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- April 9, 2010) Plainclothes police officers seized writer and human rights activist Gu Chuan (古川) as he left his Beijing home this morning, taking him in for seven hours of interrogation. (read more…)

Chinese Government Must Release Critically Ill Activist Hu Jia on Humanitarian Grounds

April 8, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- April 8, 2010) According to his wife, Zeng Jinyan (曾金燕), imprisoned human rights activist Hu Jia (胡佳) may be suffering from liver cancer. Zeng, who has applied to prison officials in Beijing for Hu’s release on medical parole, describes in documents obtained by CHRD how Hu’s (read more…)

Following Major Announcements by Google and Go Daddy Regarding China Services, Hackers Strike Chinese Human Rights Defenders Website

March 30, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 29, 2010) CHRD’s Chinese-language website, https://www.nchrd.org, has been rendered inaccessible for more than four days by a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, the worst such attacks in the site’s history. Hackers launched attacks against servers hosting the site beginning March 25, and as of (read more…)

Police Raid Home of Human Rights Defender and Charter 08 Signatory Xie Qiang

March 11, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- March 11, 2010) On March 10, Beijing police interrogated human rights defender Xie Qiang (谢强) for the second time in as many weeks. Nine days earlier, on March 1, police raided his home, seizing computers and personal property. Xie, a signatory to and promoter of Charter (read more…)

Hunger Strike by Death Row Inmates Underlines Use of Torture, Failure of Courts

March 1, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- February 26, 2010) CHRD has learned that three death row inmates are staging a hunger strike in a Jiangxi prison to draw attention to their convictions, which have been upheld despite a lack of evidence and shocking abuses perpetrated by police assigned to their case. Fang (read more…)

Jail Sentence Upheld for Activist Liu Xiaobo

February 11, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 11, 2010) – CHRD learned today that the Beijing Municipal High Court rejected the appeal of Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), China’s best-known dissident intellectual and human rights activist. Liu was convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” and sentenced to eleven years in prison on December (read more…)

Activist Tan Zuoren Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for “Inciting Subversion”

February 10, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- February 9, 2010) Tan Zuoren (谭作人), human rights activist and environmentalist, was sentenced today to five years in prison with an additional three years’ deprivation of political rights for “inciting subversion of state power” in Chengdu, Sichuan. According to his lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (浦志强), the court (read more…)

Jail Sentence Upheld for Activist Huang Qi

February 7, 2010 Comments Off

Jail Sentence Upheld for Activist Huang Qi (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 8, 2010) – CHRD learned today that Chengdu City Intermediate Court rejected the appeal of human rights activist and director of Tianwang Human Rights Center (www.64tianwang.com), Huang Qi (黄琦). Huang was convicted of “illegal possession of state secrets” (read more…)

Five Chinese Activists Websites Attacked by Hackers

January 25, 2010 Comments Off

Five Chinese Activists Websites Attacked by Hackers (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 25, 2010)- The websites of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), Independent Chinese Pen (ICPC), New Century News, Canyu and Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch (CRLW) were attacked by hackers of unknown origin between January 23 and 24. The (read more…)

Liu Xiaobo Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison

January 4, 2010 Comments Off

Liu Xiaobo Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison Conviction Signals Increased Political Intolerance, Makes a Mockery of Rule of Law (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 25, 2009) – Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), China’s best-known dissident intellectual, was convicted of “inciting subversion of state power” today by the Beijing No. 1 Municipal (read more…)

Urgent Action Liu Xiaobo to be Tried for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” on December 23

December 21, 2009 Comments Off

Urgent Action Liu Xiaobo to be Tried for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” on December 23 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- December 21, 2009) CHRD has learned that detained activist and intellectual Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) will be tried for “inciting subversion of state power” at 9 am on December 23 at (read more…)

Procuratorate Delivers Indictment against Liu Xiaobo, Trial Date to Be Set

December 12, 2009 Comments Off

Procuratorate Delivers Indictment against Liu Xiaobo, Trial Date to Be Set (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 11, 2009)- The Beijing Municipal Procuratorate has formally indicted activist and intellectual Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), initiating prosecution against him for “inciting subversion of state power.” His case will be heard by Beijing Number One (read more…)