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U.S. Must Deliver on Promise of Making Human Rights the Guiding Principle of its China Policy

January 17, 2011 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 17, 2011) In a speech before the United Nations last fall, President Obama emphasized that “part of the price of our own freedom is standing up for the freedom of others,” stating that “this belief will guide America’s leadership in this 21st century.” During Chinese (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly, January 4-10, 2011

January 11, 2011 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly January 4-10, 2011 China Human Rights Briefing January 4-10, 2011 Highlight Hong Kong Activist and Legislator Szeto Wah Passes Away: On January 2, Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator and activist Szeto Wah (司徒华) passed away at the age of 79. Among those honoring his memory this (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing December 28, 2010 – January 3, 2011

January 4, 2011 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly December 28, 2010 – January 3, 2011 To download this edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Children’s Rights and Food Safety Activist Zhao Lianhai Believed to Be Released: Zhao Lianhai (赵连海), founder of the online advocacy group Kidney Stone (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing December 22-27, 2010

December 28, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly December 22-27, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here. Highlights Happy Birthday Liu Xiaobo: December 28 is the 55th birthday of Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), activist, intellectual and 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate. This is the third consecutive birthday Liu (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing December 14-21, 2010

December 22, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly December 14-21, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here. Highlights Unidentified Group Attacks Lawyer Zhang Kai on Beijing Road: Beijing human rights lawyer Zhang Kai (张凯) was driving on Beijing’s Third Ring Road the night of December 14 when (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly December 8-13, 2010

December 15, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly December 8-13, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Nobel Award Ceremony Marked by Empty Chair and Crackdown Domestically: As the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee Thorbjørn Jagland symbolically placed the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize medal on (read more…)

Chinese Government Must Release Food Safety Activist Zhao Lianhai

December 15, 2010 Comments Off

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Should Raise Zhao’s Case During his Mission to China (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 15, 2010)- On December 15, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, begins a 10-day mission to China, the first official visit to (read more…)

Charter 08 Co-Organizer Zhang Zuhua Abducted by Police ahead of Nobel Ceremony

December 9, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- December 9, 2010) Zhang Zuhua (张祖桦), Beijing-based human rights and pro-democracy activist and one of the co-drafters and organizers of Charter 08, was abducted off the street this afternoon by Chinese police officers. His kidnapping comes amid a wave of disappearances and threats as the government (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing December 1-7, 2010

December 8, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly December 1-7, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights As Petitioners Mark Legal Publicity Day with Mass Gathering, Thousands Seized: The government-organized “Legal Publicity Day,” held annually on December 4 since 2001, has taken on special meaning for (read more…)

China Must End Political Repression, Release Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo

December 8, 2010 Comments Off

The International Community Must Reject the Chinese Government’s Open Challenge to Universal Values, Demand Release of All Chinese Prisoners of Conscience (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 9, 2010) – On December 10, Human Rights Day, the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony will celebrate the dedication and personal sacrifices of 2010 laureate (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing November 24-30, 2010

December 2, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing November 24-30, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights 12 Years Later, Democracy Leader Qin Yongmin Released from Prison: Prominent democracy activist and human rights defender Qin Yongmin (秦永敏) was released from prison this week following 12 years of (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing November 16-23, 2010

November 24, 2010 Comments Off

To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Weekly November 16-23, 2010 Highlights Little-Known Wuhan Activist Charged with “Subversion of State Power:” CHRD learned this week that Li Tie (李铁), a Wuhan City, Hubei Province-based democracy activist and online freelance writer, has (read more…)