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[CHRB] Lawyer Detained for Driving Car with Anti-Corruption Slogans upon Arriving at Ding Jiaxi’s Trial (4/11-4/17/2014)

April 17, 2014 Comments Off

Guangdong lawyer Wang Quanping (王全平) was criminally detained on a charge of “creating a disturbance” by Beijing police. Wang had driven to Beijing all the way from Jiangmen City in Guangdong with his car painted with sarcastic messages mocking the government’s persecution of New Citizens’ Movement members. Shenzhen labor rights (read more…)

人权捍卫者(CHRD)声明: 中国政府必须制止对律师的暴力侵害－调查酷刑事件、追究罪责、保障律师安全

April 8, 2014 Comments Off

人权捍卫者 (CHRD)对近日发生在黑龙江的多名律师及他们的声援者遭到来自警察和暴徒的暴力侵害感到震惊。这是又一起维权律师因捍卫被代理人的权利而遭到报复性攻击的恶性事件。3月21日，黑龙江省建三江市的警察关押了四名代理遭到非法羁押的法轮功学员的律师：张俊杰、江天勇、唐吉田和王成。随后，警察又抓了赶来呼吁要求释放四名律师的其他律师和公民。前后共有至少23人被行政拘留。截至目前，仍有15位公民被关押。CHRD强烈要求中国政府调查这一系列事件件中所涉及的暴力侵害、任意羁押、和对这些律师和公民实施的恐吓威胁，并追究相关人员的刑事责任。

China: The Widening Attack on Rights Activism

September 10, 2013 Comments Off

Chinese authorities have criminally detained two more activists involved in peaceful assembly while rounding up hundreds of microbloggers, as part of the government’s assault on “Western ideals” such as rule of law, a free press, and other officially disparaged “universal values.” Last week, police in Anhui Province criminally detained Zhou (read more…)

[CHRB] Details of Lawyers’ Torture Emerge, 3 Tibetan Villagers Given Long Sentences (4/4-4/10/2014)

April 10, 2014 Comments Off

Three human rights lawyers recently released from detention in Heilongjiang Province—Jiang Tianyong (江天勇), Tang Jitian (唐吉田), and Wang Cheng (王成)—have confirmed reports of being torture in police custody, adding to the spate of violence against lawyers and activists in Jiansanjiang since late March. In addition, delayed trials for three activists (read more…)

[CHRB] “Chinese Citizens vs. The Government” Over Participation in Universal Periodic Review (8/29-9/5, 2013)

September 6, 2013 Comments Off

A court in Beijing has refused to hear an administrative lawsuit filed by dozens of activists against the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) seeking disclosure of information related to Universal Periodic Review, the latest move by authorities to block civil society efforts to participate in the UN Human Rights Council (read more…)

China Has Obligation to End Violence Against Lawyers

April 3, 2014 Comments Off

CHRD is alarmed at the recent violent attacks by police and thugs against dozens of lawyers and their supporters in Heilongjiang Province, in another episode of human rights lawyers being assaulted in retaliation for defending their clients. Since initially detaining four lawyers on March 21—Zhang Junjie (张俊杰), Jiang Tianyong (江天勇), (read more…)

CHRD Releases Report on Rights of the Child in China: “‘Flowers of the Country’: Mistreated and Abused”

September 3, 2013 Comments Off

Three weeks before the UN review of China’s record in protecting the rights of the child (set for September 26-27), CHRD has released its own report on the subject, “‘Flowers of the Country’: Mistreated and Abused.” The report documents ongoing violations of children’s rights in China, examines their causes, and (read more…)

[CHRB] Two Dozen Detained Over Black Jail Case, Former RTL Abuse Victim Under Criminal Detention (3/28/-4/3/2014)

April 3, 2014 Comments Off

More than two dozen individuals, including human rights lawyers, activists, and relatives of detained Falun Gong practitioners, now have been physically assaulted or given detentions in Heilongjiang Province in connection to a black jail investigation. Jiansanjiang City authorities have admitted to administratively detaining 11 people on March 22 on suspicion (read more…)

[CHRB] Law Professor Suspended in Reprisal for Representing Detained Activists (8/22-28, 2013)

August 29, 2013 Comments Off

Law professor and lawyer Zhang Xuezhong (张雪忠) has been suspended from his teaching post at East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai, apparently in a move to retaliate against him for an article he wrote promoting constitutional reform in China and for representing activists who have been (read more…)

Human Rights Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang Arrested, Poor Health of Great Concern

June 13, 2014 Comments Off

Prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (浦志强) has been formally arrested after more than a month in detention, charged on June 13 with “creating a disturbance” and “illegally obtaining personal information.” A notice issued by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau said that “police are conducting further investigation of other (read more…)

[CHRB] Tibetan Dies From Torture Suffered in Prison; Lawyers Detained for Exposing Black Jail (3/21-3/27/2014)

March 27, 2014 Comments Off

Tibetan political prisoner Goshul Lobsang died on March 19 in Gansu Province following torture that he suffered in prison, about five months after being released on medical parole. Reportedly, Lobsang, 43, was brutally tortured while detained, including being shackled and beaten. Also, four human rights lawyers were seized on March (read more…)

[CHRB] Six Months after Mental Health Law Took Effect, Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment Continues (11/8-13, 2013)

November 14, 2013 Comments Off

China’s first Mental Health Law took effect on May 1, 2013 with the aim to regulate the mental health industry. One of the most significant provisions in the law is that psychiatric commitment must be voluntary, thus only a certified psychiatrist would have the authority to commit a person suffering (read more…)