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U.S. Must Underscore Importance of Human Rights Issues at Strategic and Economic Dialogue

May 6, 2011 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, May 6, 2011) Officials from the U.S. and Chinese governments will meet to discuss a range of issues during the third U.S.-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue (S&ED), which will be held in Washington, D.C. on May 9 and 10. Following last week’s U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly April 28-May 3, 2011

May 3, 2011 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly April 28-May 3, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Li Fangping Abducted in Beijing: Around 5 pm local time on April 29, human rights lawyer Li Fangping (李方平) was kidnapped by unidentified individuals (read more…)

Human Rights Lawyer Li Fangping Abducted in Beijing, Whereabouts Unknown

April 29, 2011 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 29, 2011) Around 5 pm local time on April 29, Beijing-based human rights lawyer Li Fangping (李方平) was kidnapped by unidentified individuals outside the offices of the health rights NGO Beijing Yirenping Center, of which he is a legal advisor. Li was able to speak (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing April 20-27, 2011

April 28, 2011 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly April 20-27, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Sixth Arrest Related to “Jasmine Crackdown” Reported; Returned Lawyer Alleges Torture: CHRD learned this week that prominent activist Wang Lihong (王荔蕻) has been formally arrested by officials in Beijing. (read more…)

U.S. Must Give Teeth to Human Rights Dialogue with Chinese Government

April 26, 2011 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 26, 2011) The two-day U.S.-China human rights dialogue will convene tomorrow in Beijing, despite worries by human rights activists about the hazards of repeating an exercise which allows both governments to claim credit for making efforts to improve human rights without producing any meaningful reforms. (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing April 13-19, 2011

April 20, 2011 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly April 13-19, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Activist Ni Yulan Becomes Latest Victim of “Jasmine” Crackdown: CHRD learned this week that housing rights activist and former lawyer Ni Yulan (倪玉兰) has been criminally detained in Beijing (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing April 6-12, 2011

April 15, 2011 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly April 6-12, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights “Jasmine” Crackdown Continues as Veteran Activist Zhu Yufu is Arrested: Pro-democracy activist Zhu Yufu (朱虞夫) was formally arrested this week for “inciting subversion of state power” by officials in (read more…)

Activist Ni Yulan Becomes Latest Victim of “Jasmine” Crackdown

April 14, 2011 Comments Off

Former Lawyer, Handicapped from Torture, is Criminally Detained (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 14, 2011) Housing rights activist and former lawyer Ni Yulan (倪玉兰) has been criminally detained in Beijing for “creating a disturbance,” CHRD learned today. No information is currently available regarding the fate of her husband Dong (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing March 31-April 5, 2011

April 6, 2011 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly March 31-April 5, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights With Disappearance of Ai Weiwei, Crackdown Continues to Escalate: On Sunday, artist and activist Ai Weiwei (艾未未) was seized by police at Beijing’s Capital Airport and prevented from (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing March 9-30, 2011

March 31, 2011 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly March 9-30, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Harsh 10-Year Sentence Handed Down to Sichuan Activist Liu Xianbin: On March 25, the Suining City Intermediate Court in Sichuan Province convicted activist Liu Xianbin (刘贤斌) of “inciting subversion (read more…)

Escalating Crackdown Following Call for “Jasmine Revolution” in China

March 31, 2011 Comments Off

International Community Must Take Strong and Clear Stance Condemning Rights Violations by the Chinese Government (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 31, 2011) – The Chinese government has criminally detained a total of 26 individuals, disappeared more than 30, and put more than 200 under soft detention since mid-February after anonymous (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing March 1-8, 2011

March 9, 2011 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly March 1-8, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Detentions Continue as Police Remain on High Alert over Protest Calls: With anonymous online postings calling for a third round of “Jasmine Revolution” protests this past weekend, police continued (read more…)