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‘Investigation Period’ Extended for Detained Activist Intellectual Liu Xiaobo

September 30, 2009 Comments Off

‘Investigation Period’ Extended for Detained Activist Intellectual Liu Xiaobo (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, September 1, 2009) – On August 31, detained Beijing writer and intellectual Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) met with his lawyers Ding Xihui (丁锡奎) and Shang Baojun (尚宝军) for the third time since his detention began last December. The (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing August 31-September 6, 2009

September 10, 2009 Comments Off

To download this edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots August 31- September 6, 2009 Highlights: Human Rights and Democracy Activist Xie Changfa Receives Harsh Sentence: After over a year of detention, Xie Changfa (谢长发), a (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing August 24-30, 2009

September 2, 2009 Comments Off

To download this edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots August 24-30, 2009 Highlights: Torture and Arrest of Lawyer Latest Attack on Legal Professionals by Officials This week brought yet another case of a human rights (read more…)

Debarred Lawyer Tortured and Arrested in Northeastern China

August 27, 2009 Comments Off

Debarred Lawyer Tortured and Arrested in Northeastern China (Chinese Huma Rights Defenders, August 27, 2009)- CHRD learned today that Wang Yonghang (王永航), a former lawyer from Dalian City, Liaoning Province, has been formally arrested for “using a cult to damage social and legal system”. When Wang was taken into police (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing August 17-23, 2009

August 26, 2009 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots August 17-23, 2009 To download this edition of CHRB as a PDF file, please click here HIGHLIGHTS Persistent torture: Ten months after the UN Committee against Torture recommended the Chinese government “take immediate steps to prevent acts of torture (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing August 10-16, 2009

August 18, 2009 Comments Off

To download this edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots August 10-16, 2009 Highlights Xu Zhiyong Reportedly Arrested: According to one unconfirmed source, Xu Zhiyong (许志永), the detained director of the Open Constitution Initiative (Gongmeng), has (read more…)

Police Bar Public from Attending Trial of Earthquake Investigator Tan Zuoren

August 12, 2009 Comments Off

Police Bar Public from Attending Trial of Earthquake Investigator Tan Zuoren (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 12, 2009)– Tan Zuoren (谭作人), a Sichuan activist detained for “inciting subversion of state power”, was tried today by the Chengdu City Intermediate People’s Court in Sichuan Province. The trial was practically closed to (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing August 3-9, 2009

August 11, 2009 Comments Off

To download this edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots August 3-9, 2009 Highlights Gongmeng Prevented from Paying Fines; Director and Staffer Still Held: Gongmeng’s remaining organizers are calling for donations to help pay the banned (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing July 27- August 2, 2009

August 4, 2009 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots July 27- August 2, 2009 Highlights · Targeting of Rights Organizations: Just as activists are coming to grips with the news that the well-known legal-aid organization Open Constitution Initiative (OCI) was given an enormous fine and then forcibly closed (read more…)

Three Fujian Activists Formally Arrested for Alleging Official Misconduct

August 4, 2009 Comments Off

Three Fujian Activists Formally Arrested for Alleging Official Misconduct (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 4, 2009)— CHRD has learned that three veteran human rights activists from Fujian — Fan Yanqiong (范燕琼), Wu Huaying (吴华英) and You Jingyou (游精佑, known online as He Suoge [赫索格]) — have been formally arrested for (read more…)

Police Take Away Xu Zhiyong, Leader of Barred NGO

July 30, 2009 Comments Off

CHRD learned today that Xu Zhiyong (许志永), director of the recently-banned legal aid center Open Constitution Initiative (also known as Gongmeng [公盟]), was taken away by the police around 5am on July 29, Beijing local time. His whereabouts are currently unknown. Efforts to contact him have been unsuccessful as his (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing July 20-26, 2009

July 29, 2009 Comments Off

To download this edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots July 20-26, 2009 Highlights In the latest case of an activist being punished merely for planning to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, CHRD (read more…)