China Human Rights Briefing December 12-18, 2009 Arbitrary Detention Shandong RTL Officials Bar Visits to Detained Activist Zhang Jinfeng Detained Sichuan Activist Liu Zhengyou Meets with Lawyer for First Time Update: Activist Chen Yunfei Released After Six Days of Detention Hubei Petitioners Forcibly Returned from Beijing, Detained in Black Jail (read more…)
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Urgent Action Liu Xiaobo to be Tried for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” on December 23 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- December 21, 2009) CHRD has learned that detained activist and intellectual Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) will be tried for “inciting subversion of state power” at 9 am on December 23 at (read more…)
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Procuratorate Delivers Indictment against Liu Xiaobo, Trial Date to Be Set (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 11, 2009)- The Beijing Municipal Procuratorate has formally indicted activist and intellectual Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), initiating prosecution against him for “inciting subversion of state power.” His case will be heard by Beijing Number One (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing December 5-11, 2009 Headlines Freedom of Expression Liu Xiaobo’s Case Transferred to Procuratorate after One Year in Detention Drafting of Charter 08 Called “Criminal” in PSB’s Case against Liu Xiaobo Guangdong Professor Loses Job Because of Political Expression Arbitrary Detention Beijing Court Sentences “Black Jail” Guard (read more…)
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Urgent Action Human Rights Day in China: Liu Xiaobo Accused of “Major Crime” for Drafting Charter 08 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 9, 2009) – According to documents submitted by the Beijing Public Security Bureau (PSB) to the Beijing Municipal Procuratorate at the conclusion of the PSB’s investigation, detained activist (read more…)
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Urgent Action In Letters Smuggled out of Prison, Journalist Qi Chonghuai Details Abuses (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- December 9, 2009) CHRD has obtained copies of letters written by imprisoned journalist Qi Chonghuai (齐崇淮) which detail the torture, beatings, and hard labor to which he has been subjected over the past (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing November 27-December 4, 2009 Headlines Freedom of Expression Hunan Rights Activist Seized for Reporting on Official’s Death Xi’an Activist Harassed after Interviews with Foreign Media Guangzhou Human Rights Lawyer Interrogated by Police for Lecturing on Twitter Freedom of the Press British TV Reporters Seized by Police (read more…)
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As Charter 08 Anniversary Nears, Liu Xiaobo Languishes Behind Bars without Trial (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 3, 2009) On the official website of Charter 08, two numbers are prominently displayed. One—over 10,000—documents the number of individuals who have signed the document and lent their support to its call for (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing November 21-27, 2009 Headlines Arbitrary Detention Despite Scheduled Surgery, Police Detain Activist during Obama’s Visit Qianjiang Police Detain One, Injure at Least Two in Clash with Villagers Shenzhen Police Detain Workers Petitioning over Workplace-Related Illness Hubei Petitioner Released after Fourth Detention in Psychiatric Hospital Former Tiananmen (read more…)
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Police Roughly Handle and Take Away Human Rights Lawyer Jiang Tianyong (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 19, 2009) – At 7:40am this morning, Jiang Tianyong (江天勇), a Beijing-based human rights lawyer, was roughly handled and mistreated by the policemen and security guards guarding him during US President Obama’s visit. Following (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing November 14-20, 2009 Headlines Arbitrary Detention Update: Jiang Tianyong Released after “Summons For Questioning on Suspicion of ‘Beating Others’” Former Student Leader Zhou Yongjun Hastily Tried in Sichuan after More than One Year of Detention Court to Announce Verdict in Trial of Sichuan Activist Huang Qi (read more…)
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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…)
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