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[CHRB] Activist Guo Feixiong Detained in Crackdown as Known Arrests Reach 25 (8/15-21, 2013)

August 22, 2013 Comments Off

On August 8, Guangzhou-based activist Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄) was criminally detained on suspicion of “gathering a crowd to disrupt order of a public place” as part of the ongoing crackdown on peaceful assembly and association. Alleging that Guo’s case involves “state security,” Guangzhou police on August 21 did not allow (read more…)

Chinese Government Must Be Held Accountable for Death of Activist Cao Shunli – Chinese version

March 17, 2014 Comments Off

我们沉痛哀悼一位无畏的人权捍卫者，曹顺利。她用自己的生命向中国政府对内暴力镇压人权和人权捍卫者、对外虚假承诺“保护人权”标榜“人权进步”发出她最后的一次挑战。曹顺利之死再次证明了中国政府对人权捍卫者的残酷打压、对争取民间参与联合国人权机制运作竭尽全力的报复

Chinese Government Must Be Held Accountable for Death of Activist Cao Shunli

March 14, 2014 Comments Off

We are overwhelmed with grief over the death of Cao Shunli (曹顺利), a fellow human rights defender. Cao Shunli will be remembered by those in China and elsewhere for the sacrifices that she made in unflinchingly promoting human rights, especially her leading role in a campaign to demand the Chinese (read more…)

[CHRB] (3/7-3/13/2014) Guangdong Activists Going to Trial, Jiangsu Police Assault Pregnant Petitioners

March 13, 2014 Comments Off

The pre-trial meeting for Guangdong activists Huang Wenxun (黄文勋), Yuan Fengchu (袁奉初) (aka Yuan Bing, 袁兵) and Yuan Xiaohua (袁小华) will reportedly begin on March 13 at the Chibi City People’s Court in Hubei Province. In late May of 2013, the three men were seized in Chibi while taking part (read more…)

[CHRB] More Activists Detained for Peaceful Assembly & Association (8/8-8/14, 2013)

August 15, 2013 Comments Off

Authorities have arrested one more activist and criminally detained two others in the crackdown on peaceful assembly and association that the Chinese government has waged since March. Shenzhen-based activist Yang Lin (杨林, aka Yang Mingyu, 杨明玉), was arrested on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” on July 19. In (read more…)

[CHRB] Activist Now Detained One Year for Seeking Participation in UPR (8/1-7, 2013)

August 8, 2013 Comments Off

Hunan activist Peng Lanlan (彭兰岚) has been detained for one year after pushing for civil society participation in China’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR). Peng, who has reportedly been very weak and had difficulty eating, was tried in June 2013 for “obstructing official business,” but no verdict has been handed down. (read more…)

[CHRB] More Than 30 Petitioners Detained for Joining Anti-Corruption Campaign (7/26-31, 2013)

August 1, 2013 Comments Off

CHRD has been able to verify that, in May and June, Beijing police swept up more than 30 petitioners who had joined the drive calling for top Chinese officials to disclose their wealth while also appealing for the release of other detained anti-corruption activists. Most of the petitioners were freed (read more…)

[CHRB] Activists Detained, Disappeared, and Tortured After Uncovering Illegal Detention Cell (7/19 -25, 2013)

July 25, 2013 Comments Off

Police in Jiangsu Province have criminally detained five activists–and 11 others have disappeared–following the group’s discovery of an illegal detention cell (a “black jail”) and after they had broken in and rescued five people unlawfully detained there. One activist informed his lawyer that he was tortured to confess to his (read more…)

[CHRB] Police Seize Lawyer After Blocking Visit to Detained Activist Xu Zhiyong (7/12-18, 2013)

July 19, 2013 Comments Off

The crackdown on peaceful assembly and free expression has taken an even more disturbing turn with the detention of Beijing professor and activist Xu Zhiyong (许志永), and the subsequent seizure and beating of his lawyer, Liu Weiguo (刘卫国). Taken into custody on July 16, Xu has been charged with “gathering (read more…)

China: End Escalating Crackdown Criminalizing Peaceful Assembly and Free Expression

July 17, 2013 Comments Off

Xu Zhiyong, a leading activist pushing for constitutional democracy and rule-of-law reform, was criminally detained on suspicion of “gathering a crowd to disrupt public order” by Beijing police on July 16. With Xu’s detention and those of two other activists on July 12 in Beijing, China’s newest crackdown on freedom (read more…)

[CHRB] Chinese Court Set to Put Anti-Corruption Activists on Trial (7/5-11, 2013)

July 11, 2013 Comments Off

The trial of three activists from Jiangxi Province is scheduled to open on July 18, the first cases to be heard of those detained in the crackdown on anti-corruption campaigners. Liu Ping (刘萍), Li Sihua (李思华), and Wei Zhongping (魏忠平) were formally arrested on June 4 on charges of “illegal (read more…)

[CHRB] Updates on Activist Ni Yulan, Photographer Du Bin & Torture Victim Zhu Guiqin (6/28-7/4, 2013)

July 5, 2013 Comments Off

Ni Yulan (倪玉兰), a housing rights activist imprisoned in Beijing, is suffering from deteriorating illnesses, and authorities this spring rejected a request for her to be released on medical grounds. In mid-June, Ni’s daughter visited her at Beijing Women’s Prison and found that Ni’s thyroid tumor, which was detected last (read more…)