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China Human Rights Briefings November 27-December 4, 2009

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China Human Rights Briefing November 27-December 4, 2009 Headlines Freedom of Expression Hunan Rights Activist Seized for Reporting on Official’s Death Xi’an Activist Harassed after Interviews with Foreign Media Guangzhou Human Rights Lawyer Interrogated by Police for Lecturing on Twitter Freedom of the Press British TV Reporters Seized by Police (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefings November 21-27, 2009

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China Human Rights Briefing November 21-27, 2009 Headlines Arbitrary Detention Despite Scheduled Surgery, Police Detain Activist during Obama’s Visit Qianjiang Police Detain One, Injure at Least Two in Clash with Villagers Shenzhen Police Detain Workers Petitioning over Workplace-Related Illness Hubei Petitioner Released after Fourth Detention in Psychiatric Hospital Former Tiananmen (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefings November 14-20

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China Human Rights Briefing November 14-20, 2009 Headlines Arbitrary Detention Update: Jiang Tianyong Released after “Summons For Questioning on Suspicion of ‘Beating Others’” Former Student Leader Zhou Yongjun Hastily Tried in Sichuan after More than One Year of Detention Court to Announce Verdict in Trial of Sichuan Activist Huang Qi (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefings November 7-13, 2009

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China Human Rights Briefing November 7-13, 2009 Contents: Harassment of Activists Sichuan Activist Chen Yunfei Twice Briefly Detained, Interrogated for Anti-Corruption Billboard Obstruction of Justice Seeking Justice in Court, Father of Tainted Milk Victim Detained Briefly Arbitrary Detention Guizhou Activists Liao Shuangyuan and Wu Yuqin Detained Activist Liu Zhengyou Formally (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefings October 31-November 6, 2009

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China Human Rights Briefing October 31-November 6 Week in Review The plight of petitioners detained in ‘black jails’, as well as their resistance against such form of arbitrary detention, were highlighted by three cases CHRD documented this week: Liaoning petitioner Wang Tianlai, who were severely beaten in a Beijing black (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefings October 24-30, 2009

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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting Human Rights Developments from the Grassroots October 24-30, 2009 Week in Review Chongqing courts heard two important appeals cases this week, though both concluded without verdicts. On October 28, the Fuling District Number Three Intermediate Court heard an administrative lawsuit filed by activist Chen Yang (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefings October 17-23, 2009

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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting Human Rights Developments from the Grassroots October 17-23, 2009 Week in Review Duan Chunfang, a Shanghai petitioner-turned-activist who has been detained since July, was sentenced to eighteen months in prison for “obstructing official business” by a Shanghai court on October 23. Court officials barred nearly (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefings October 10-16

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China Human Rights Briefings October 5-9

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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting Human Rights Developments from the Grassroots Highlights from the Past Week Scale of Pre-October 1st Crackdown Unprecedented: CHRD now estimates that over one thousand (and possibly several thousand ) activists, dissidents, and petitioners were detained in relation to the October 1 celebration of the 60th (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing September 28-October 4, 2009

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To download this edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots September 28-October 4, 2009 Editorial The Chinese government’s deep sense of insecurity and fear of dissent was on display this past week alongside the massive military (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing September 7-27, 2009

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To download this edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots September 7-27, 2009 Highlights · The defining theme of the month of September has been the large-scale mobilization of police across the country to “secure” the (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing August 31-September 6, 2009

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To download this edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots August 31- September 6, 2009 Highlights: Human Rights and Democracy Activist Xie Changfa Receives Harsh Sentence: After over a year of detention, Xie Changfa (谢长发), a (read more…)