On December 10, another international Human Rights Day will be marked in China by the Chinese government’s ongoing violations of human rights. Many Chinese prisoners of conscience languish in jail, including the world’s only imprisoned Nobel Prize laureate, the dissident writer Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), whose wife Liu Xia (刘霞) has (read more…)
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Chen Kegui (陈克贵), the nephew of activist Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚), has been given 39 months in prison in what is widely seen as retaliation against his uncle, who fled house arrest in Shandong Province in late April. In closed proceedings on November 30, a court in Yinan County convicted Chen (read more…)
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Hunan activist Peng Lanlan (彭兰岚), who was seized in Beijing and reportedly tortured in August, has been formally arrested on a charge of “obstructing official business.” The charge stems from Peng’s attempt to collect signatures on a petition asking the government to disclose information about implementing the country’s second “National (read more…)
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On November 19, Sichuan dissident and poet Li Bifeng (李必丰) was given a 12-year sentence—on a seemingly concocted charge of “contract fraud”—after being targeted by authorities who suspect that he helped finance the escape from China last year of dissident writer Liao Yiwu (廖亦武). This marks the third time Li (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing November 9-16, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention More Tibetan Monks Sentenced for Alleged Involvement in January Protests Harassment of Activists Anhui Dissident Shen Liangqing Harassed Over “Shuanggui” Report Activists Out of Contact After Being Taken Away by Police Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing November 3-8, 2012 Contents Harassment of Activists Shanghai Authorities Detain, Punish Activists Around Party Congress Freedom of Information Gansu Authorities Impose Information Blockade, Other Restrictions After Self-Immolations Law & Policy Watch Environmental Protests Skyrocketing Every Year, Courts Often Refuse Cases Harassment of Activists Shanghai Authorities (read more…)
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In another case of political persecution of free speech, Cao Haibo (曹海波), a manager of an Internet café and organizer of a website that promotes democracy, was given eight years in prison for “subversion against state power” at a closed hearing on October 31. Reportedly, Cao’s alleged “crimes” consisted of (read more…)
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(Chinese Human Rights Defenders – November 1, 2012) – As the 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress approaches, police and other security personnel have ramped up harsh measures against Chinese dissidents, human rights activists and petitioners, depriving them of their liberty and subjecting them to myriad abuses. Citizens have been interrogated, (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing October 18-24, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention Beijing Activist Ni Yulan’s Health Worsening, Medical Parole May Be Sought Shanghai Activist Mao Hengfeng Criminally Detained After Being Seized in Beijing Village Head in Guangdong Criminally Detained After Protest Harassment of Activists Beijing Dissident Hu Jia Under Tighter Restrictions, (read more…)
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The case of Chen Kegui (陈可贵), the nephew of activist Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚), has been sent to a procuratorate in Shandong Province on the charge of “intentional injury,” and not the more serious charge of “intentional homicide” for which he was initially arrested. Also, Chen Guangfu (陈光福), Chen Kegui’s father, (read more…)
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An 80-year-old Jiangsu man is still being held more than three years after his procedurally flawed trial for homicide in 2009 ended without a conviction, and more than four years after he was first detained. Also, police throughout China have aggressively targeted dissidents, activists and petitioners for harassment and control (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing September 20-27, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention Lawyer Yang Zaixin Released Into Bail After 15 Months in Detention Without Trial, Health Has Declined Harassment of Activists Jiangxi Police Physically Abuse Activists Seeking Permits to Hold Rally Forced Eviction & Demolition/Land Expropriation Hunan Man Crushed to (read more…)
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