Fujian Activist Detained for Alleging Official Misconduct (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- June 30, 2009) – On June 26, Fan Yanqiong (范燕琼), a human rights defender from Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, was taken into police custody after she posted articles online alleging official misconduct and cover-ups in the case of a (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots June 22-28 Highlights The formal arrest of Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), Charter 08 signatory and prominent intellectual, signals that the Chinese government has taken a hard-line approach towards suppressing the latest wave of the pro-democracy movement ushered in by Charter (read more…)
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Arrested Dissident Writer Liu Xiaobo Meets with Lawyers for First Time Lawyer Mo Shaoping Barred from Handling Case for Having Signed Charter 08 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- June 26, 2009) This afternoon, Shang Baojun (尚宝军) and Ding Xikui (丁锡奎), lawyers from Beijing’s Mo Shaoping Law Firm, met with detained dissident (read more…)
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Environmental Activist Sun Xiaodi and Daughter Detained for “Providing State Secrets Overseas” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- June 25, 2009)- CHRD learned on June 24 that Sun Xiaodi (孙小弟), a Gansu environmental activist and recipient of the 2006 Nuclear-Free Future Award, has been criminally detained on suspicion of “illegally providing state (read more…)
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Liu Xiaobo Formally Arrested for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders—June 24, 2009) – CHRD learned today that Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), signatory of Charter 08 and prominent intellectual, was formally arrested for “inciting subversion of state power” on June 23. He had been detained since December 8, (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots Please click here to download the full CHRB June 15-21, 2009 in PDF format Highlights Author and environmentalist Tan Zuoren (谭作人), detained since March 28, was prevented from meeting with his lawyers by National Security authorities in Chengdu City, (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots June 8-14, 2009 Highlights While the majority of activists and dissidents who suffered detention or surveillance during the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre are now back to living their lives as normal, some continue to be subjected to (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots June 1-7, 2009 HIGHLIGHTS · As feared, at least twenty Beijing lawyers have not had their licenses renewed after officials pressured their employers to “fail” them during their annual performance review, which concluded on May 31. It is believed (read more…)
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Police Detain and Harass Activists on Eve of Tiananmen Anniversary (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 4, 2009) – CHRD has documented the cases of sixty-five activists who have been subjected to harassment from officials in order to prevent them from organizing or taking part in activities commemorating the Tiananmen Massacre. (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots May 18- May 31, 2009 Highlights In the final days before the twentieth anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, officials across the country intensified their efforts to prevent any commemoration of the date. CHRD has documented the cases of 65 (read more…)
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Lawyers Face Revocation of their Licenses for Defending Human Rights (Chinese Human Rights Defenders – May 25, 2009)—CHRD learned today that law firms employing some of the most vocal human rights lawyers in China have been pressed by the local authorities to “fail” the lawyers in the annual evaluation of (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots May 11-17, 2009 HIGHLIGHTS In a startling case of police brutality and disregard for the law, police in Jiangjin District, Chongqing, beat and detained Beijing lawyers Zhang Kai (张凯) and Li Chunfu (李春富) on March 13. Zhang and Li (read more…)
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