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A Public Letter by Chinese Citizens Urging the Release of Uyghur Journalist Hailaite Niyazi

July 30, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- July 30, 2010) A group of Chinese lawyers and scholars have made public an open letter expressing concern about the “criminalization of speech” in the case of Uyghur journalist Hailaite Niyazi, who was sentenced on July 23 to 15 years in prison for endangering state security (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly July 20-26, 2010

July 27, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly July 20-26, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Uyghur Journalist Hailaite Niyazi Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison: On July 23, a court in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region sentenced journalist Hailaite Niyazi to 15 years in (read more…)

CHRD Protests Harsh and Unjust Sentence for Uyghur Journalist Hailaite Niyazi

July 23, 2010 Comments Off

CHRD Protests Harsh and Unjust Sentence for Uyghur Journalist Hailaite Niyazi (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- July 23, 2010) On July 23, a court in Urumqi, Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) sentenced journalist Hailaite Niyazi (whose name also sometimes appears as Hairat or Gheyret Niyaz or Niyaze) to 15 years in (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly July 14-19, 2010

July 20, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly July 14-19, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Authorities Order Closure of Over 100 Influential Blogs: A number of well-known and widely-read scholars, lawyers, and activists had their blogs shut down simultaneously by managers at major internet (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing July 6-12, 2010

July 13, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing July 6-12, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Netizens Gather in Support as Sichuan Democracy Activist Liu Xianbin is Formally Arrested for “Inciting Subversion of State Power:” On July 5, Sichuan democracy activist and human rights activist Liu (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing July 1-5, 2010

July 6, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly July 1-5, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Police Raid Home of Human Rights Defender Li Jinfang; Interrogate Her and Daughter: Hebei police raided the home of human rights defender Li Jinfang (李金芳) on July 1, confiscating (read more…)

Human Rights Defender Li Jinfang Summoned by Police, Home Raided and Property Confiscated

July 1, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 1, 2010) Fifteen police officers raided the Xianghe County, Hebei Province home of human rights defender Li Jinfang (李金芳) this afternoon, confiscating 74 items, including human rights-related documents, computer equipment and financial documents. Several officers took Li and her teenage daughter Ar Dan (阿丹) to (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing June 22-30, 2010

June 30, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly June 22-30, 2010 For download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Sichuan Democracy Activist Liu Xianbin Criminally Detained for “Inciting Subversion of State Power:” Having already served two jail terms for his activism, the most recent lasting nearly a decade, (read more…)

Sichuan Democracy Activist Liu Xianbin Criminally Detained for “Inciting Subversion of State Power”

June 29, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- June 29, 2010) Little more than a year after he was released following a decade in prison, convicted of “subversion of state power” in 1999, Sichuan democracy activist Liu Xianbin (刘贤斌) has once again been criminally detained, this time for “inciting subversion of state power.” On (read more…)

Liaoning High People’s Court Must Overturn Death Sentence Given to Street Vendor Xia Junfeng, Victim of Official Violence

June 28, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- June 28, 2010) On June 29, the Liaoning Provincial High People’s Court (Liaoning HPC) will convene an open court session to hear the appeal of Xia Junfeng (夏俊峰), a street vendor in Shenyang City who was sentenced to death for killing two City Administration and Law (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing June 15-21, 2010

June 22, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing June 15-21, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Beijing Activists Harassed Ahead of Dragon Boat Festival: Beijing police, concerned that local activists and netizens would be gathering together during the Dragon Boat Festival, harassed and briefly detained a (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly June 8-14, 2010

June 15, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly June 8-14, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights CHRD Website Suffers Another DDOS Attack: CHRD’s Chinese-language website, https://www.nchrd.org, was once again been targeted by a Directed Denial-of-Service (DDOS) attack. The site was inaccessible between midnight on June (read more…)