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As Obama Arrives in China, Police “Tuck away” Activists for Fear of Contact

November 16, 2009 Comments Off

As Obama Arrives in China, Police “Tuck away” Activists for Fear of Contact (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 16, 2009) Police across the country have clamped down on activists, veteran petitioners, and dissidents as US President Obama arrives in China to begin a four-day visit, placing individuals under “soft detention,”[1] (read more…)

Land Rights Activist Liu Zhengyou Criminally Detained on Suspicion of “Fraud”

November 12, 2009 Comments Off

Land Rights Activist Liu Zhengyou Criminally Detained on Suspicion of “Fraud” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 12, 2009) – Around one on November 11, Sichuan activist Liu Zhengyou (刘正有) was taken from his home by local police, and shortly thereafter criminally detained on suspicion of “fraud.” Eight officers also searched (read more…)

Trial of Three Fujian Rights Activists Marred by Irregularities

November 11, 2009 Comments Off

Trial of Three Fujian Rights Activists Marred by Irregularities Case Hinges on Internet Reporting; Free Speech on Trial (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 11, 2009) – A Fuzhou court tried three human rights activists—Fan Yanqiong (范燕琼), Wu Huaying (吴华英), and You Jingyou (游精佑)—for “making false accusations” this afternoon in Fujian (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefings November 7-13, 2009

November 9, 2009 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing November 7-13, 2009 Contents: Harassment of Activists Sichuan Activist Chen Yunfei Twice Briefly Detained, Interrogated for Anti-Corruption Billboard Obstruction of Justice Seeking Justice in Court, Father of Tainted Milk Victim Detained Briefly Arbitrary Detention Guizhou Activists Liao Shuangyuan and Wu Yuqin Detained Activist Liu Zhengyou Formally (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefings October 31-November 6, 2009

November 7, 2009 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing October 31-November 6 Week in Review The plight of petitioners detained in ‘black jails’, as well as their resistance against such form of arbitrary detention, were highlighted by three cases CHRD documented this week: Liaoning petitioner Wang Tianlai, who were severely beaten in a Beijing black (read more…)

Several Activists and Dissidents Languish in Detention despite Serious Illnesses

November 5, 2009 Comments Off

Several Activists and Dissidents Languish in Detention despite Serious Illnesses Yang Tongyan’s case highlights official practice to delay or deny requests for release for treatment (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 5, 2009) – Several cases that CHRD has recently documented, including the latest news that imprisoned dissident writer Yang Tongyan (read more…)

Torture Victim Denied Justice as Authorities Refuse to Investigate Allegations

November 2, 2009 Comments Off

Torture Victim Denied Justice as Authorities Refuse to Investigate Allegations (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 2, 2009)- It has been nearly three years since Wang Jinyong (王进勇) was allegedly subjected to eight days and nights of torture while in police custody in Linyi City, Shandong Province. And yet, despite clear (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefings October 24-30, 2009

October 30, 2009 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Reporting Human Rights Developments from the Grassroots October 24-30, 2009 Week in Review Chongqing courts heard two important appeals cases this week, though both concluded without verdicts. On October 28, the Fuling District Number Three Intermediate Court heard an administrative lawsuit filed by activist Chen Yang (read more…)

Has China Relaxed Media Control since the Beijing Olympics?

October 20, 2009 Comments Off

Has China Relaxed Media Control since the Beijing Olympics? Synopsis of a Recent CHRD-Assisted Report on Evolving Trends in Public Discourse, Released Last Week (in Chinese Only) The Olympic Games did not prove to be a catalyst for increased media freedom domestically as some had hoped. However, as this new (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefings October 17-23, 2009

October 19, 2009 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Reporting Human Rights Developments from the Grassroots October 17-23, 2009 Week in Review Duan Chunfang, a Shanghai petitioner-turned-activist who has been detained since July, was sentenced to eighteen months in prison for “obstructing official business” by a Shanghai court on October 23. Court officials barred nearly (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefings October 10-16

October 12, 2009 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefings October 5-9

October 6, 2009 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Reporting Human Rights Developments from the Grassroots Highlights from the Past Week Scale of Pre-October 1st Crackdown Unprecedented: CHRD now estimates that over one thousand (and possibly several thousand ) activists, dissidents, and petitioners were detained in relation to the October 1 celebration of the 60th (read more…)