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[CHRB] Lawyer Released Into Bail Awaiting Trial After Being Held for 15 Months; Villager Crushed to Death Over Property Dispute, and more (9/20-27, 2012)

September 27, 2012 Comments Off

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…)

[CHRB] Activists Suppressed Around Anti-Japan Protests; Shanghai’s Vague Psychiatric Surveying; and more (9/13-19, 2012)

September 19, 2012 Comments Off

Activists have used the opportunity presented by the heated popular responses to the Japanese government’s purchase of the disputed Diaoyu Islands to publicly voice pointed views on broader issues of China’s legitimacy and human rights. In response, the police moved against some of these activists, including the detention of one (read more…)

[CHRB] Revised Mental Health Law Draft Still Discriminatory; RTL Case Sparks More Debate in Chinese Media; and more (9/6-12, 2012)

September 14, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing September 6-12, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention Retrial Held for Seven Villagers Sentenced Over Election Protest Media Coverage of RTL Case Adds to Public Debates on Extralegal System & Violations of Speech Rights Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Democracy Leader Yang Tongyan (read more…)

China’s Revised Draft Mental Health Law Still Permits Discrimination Against People With Disabilities

September 12, 2012 Comments Off

On August 27, the National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) issued a revision of the October 2011 draft Mental Health Law, which unfortunately still falls far short of complying with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

[CHRB] Activist Zhou Decai Given Five-Year Sentence; Elderly Man Loses Hands in Attack Over Land Conflict, and more (8/31-9/5, 2012)

September 6, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing August 31-September 5, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention Henan Activist Zhou Decai Given Five-Year Sentence for Rights Defense Advocacy Harsh Punishment After Tiananmen Square Protest: Four Petitioners Imprisoned, Two Dozen Sent to RTL Dongshigu Village Again Under Surveillance, Nearby Residents Still Face Intimidation Shanxi Woman Imprisoned (read more…)

[CHRB] Supreme People’s Court Proposes Judges Can Ban Lawyers; Gansu Man to Be Tried for “Incitement” Over Blog Posts (8/24-30, 2012)

August 31, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing August 24-30, 2012 Contents Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Shandong Man Forcibly Held in Psychiatric Hospital, More Such Revelations in CHRD Report Forced Eviction & Demolition/Land Expropriation Several Detained as Land Conflict Poses Guangdong Villagers Against Officials, Police Freedom of (read more…)

[CHRB] Armed Officers Sent Out to Prevent Protests at Tibetan Festival; CHRD Issues Report on Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment; and more (8/17-23, 2012)

August 23, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing August 17-23, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention Senior Monk in Sichuan Tortured, Sentenced to Seven Years for Disseminating Information Chongqing Official Serving RTL for Online Posts, Lawyer’s Visit Blocked Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association Gansu Officials Send Out Armed Forces to Tibetan Festival, (read more…)

“The Darkest Corners”: Abuses of Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment in China

August 22, 2012 Comments Off

CHRD’s latest report details the grim conditions and human rights abuses faced by hundreds of thousands of people detained against their will in China’s psychiatric hospitals because they have, or are alleged to have, psychosocial disabilities. Involuntary commitment and forced medical treatment of such persons violates the Convention on the (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing August 10-16, 2012

August 16, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing August 10-16, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Contents Arbitrary Detention Activist Zhu Chengzhi Arrested for “Inciting Subversion,” Had Questioned Circumstances of Li Wangyang’s Death Activist Detained, Tortured for Seeking Information on China’s Human Rights Action Plan (read more…)

Chinese Human Rights Briefing August 3-9, 2012

August 9, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing August 3-9, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Contents Arbitrary Detention Villagers Detained and Tortured for Not Giving Back Demolition Compensation, One Given 10.5-year Sentence Harassment of Activists’ Family Members Chinese Authorities’ Familiar Tactic: Threaten, Investigate (read more…)

Chinese Human Rights Briefing July 27-August 2, 2012

August 3, 2012 Comments Off

Chinese Human Rights Briefing July 27-August 2, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Contents Arbitrary Detention Chongqing Official Severely Sentenced for “Inciting Subversion” During Reign of Bo Xilai Beijing Court Throws Out Fraud Charge Against Ni Yulan, Cuts Sentence by (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing July 20-26, 2012

July 27, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing July 20-26, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Contents Arbitrary Detention Hunan Activist Xiao Yong Given 18-Month RTL Punishment Fujian Petitioners Punished in Beijing, One Sent to RTL After Trying to Visit Ai Weiwei (read more…)