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[CHRB] Candidates Obstructed in Violation of Chinese Election Law (10/21-11/3, 2016)

November 4, 2016 Comments Off

In several cites in China, authorities have intimidated, harassed, and detained citizens who have declared their “independent candidacy” in this year’s elections of delegates to local people’s congresses.

UN Member States: Vote “No” and End China’s Membership on UN Human Rights Council

October 25, 2016 Comments Off

CHRD urges UN Member States to vote against China’s re-election to the Human Rights Council on October 28 at the UN headquarters in New York. States should vote according to international human rights standards, and take into consideration China’s rapidly deteriorating human rights situation.

[CHRB] Anti-Corruption Activist Imprisoned, Police Put Down Mass Environmental Protests in Xi’an (10/14-20, 2016)

October 20, 2016 Comments Off

Activist Cheng Kangming was handed a 4½-year prison sentence on October 18, likely in retaliation for exposing official corruption in Zhejiang. Over one thousand armed police in Xi’an crushed a massive protest against a planned waste incinerator plant on October 16.

[CHRB] Young Activist Imprisoned for 5 Years for Political Crime, Guangdong Activist Detained for “Fraud” (10/7-13, 2016)

October 13, 2016 Comments Off

In cases of Guangdong activists, Huang Wenxun has been given a 5-year sentence for exercising his right to peaceful assembly, while Xiao Yuhui was criminally detained after assisting victims of family-planning policies.

[CHRB] Women’s Rights Activist Sentenced, New Cases of Disappearance & Torture (10/4-6, 2016)

October 7, 2016 Comments Off

A Chinese court has sentenced women’s rights activist Shan Lihua to 27 months in prison, while cases of deprived liberty have been reported or seen developments in Fujian, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shandong, and Zhejiang.

[CHRB] Revised Measures on Law Firms Further Curb Independence of Chinese Lawyers (9/21-10/3, 2016)

October 3, 2016 Comments Off

The newly amended “Administrative Measures for Law Firms” will further restrict lawyers from exercising their professional duties in defending clients’ rights involved in high-risk political cases.

China: Bringing Down The House

October 1, 2016 Comments Off

By Victor Clemens | China’s central government has made the construction of more affordable urban housing an official goal, but in China and elsewhere, creating affordable housing should not come at the expense of human rights.

China: Overturn Unjust Verdict & Release Lawyer Xia Lin

September 22, 2016 Comments Off

CHRD denounces the Chinese government’s politically-motivated punishment of human rights lawyer Xia Lin, who was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment on trumped-up charges on September 22.

[CHRB] Police Stamp Out Protests in Wukan Village; New Developments in “709 Crackdown” Cases (9/13-20, 2016)

September 21, 2016 Comments Off

Guangdong police violently put down months-long protests in Wukan Village, injuring many villagers and detaining at least a dozen. Elsewhere, “709 Crackdown” activist Yin Xu’an was tried behind closed doors by a Hubei court.

[CHRB] Chinese Police Seize Dozens of Activists, Petitioners Prior to G20 Summit in Hangzhou (8/19-9/2, 2016)

September 2, 2016 Comments Off

CHRD has documented dozens of cases of deprived liberty of activists and petitioners as part of the Chinese government’s “stability maintenance” measures before the G20 Summit of world leaders opening this Sunday in Hangzhou.

China: End Enforced Disappearances & Provide Redress to Victims

August 29, 2016 Comments Off

Since President Xi Jinping took power, Chinese authorities have stepped up the practice of forcibly disappearing human rights lawyers and other rights defenders. On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, CHRD urges the government to end the use of enforced disappearance to persecute those they want to (read more…)

G20 Heads of State Must Not Ignore China’s Worsening Human Rights

August 15, 2016 Comments Off

Foreign heads of state at the G20 Summit in Hangzhou in September can advance a goal of building economic cooperation by raising human rights concerns with Chinese leaders, just as China’s government is perpetuating the worst human rights crackdown in the country since 1989.