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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Beijing Dissident Jiang Qisheng Taken away for Interrogation, Second Time within Two Months (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, May 15, 2009) At about 5:40 in the afternoon on May 15, officers from the National Security Unit under the Haidian District Public Security Bureau in Beijing summoned and searched the home of (read more…)
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Police Beat and Detain Lawyers Representing Family of Man Who Died in RTL Camp (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- May 13, 2009) Around 4 pm on the afternoon of May 13, Beijing lawyers Zhang Kai (张凯) and Li Chunfu (李春富) were beaten by a group of police officers from the Jiangjin (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots May 4-10, 2009 HIGHLIGHTS With the one-year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake approaching, government pressure on activists remains high. CHRD learned this week that Tan Zuoren (谭作人), an environmentalist and writer who was detained on March 28 for mobilizing (read more…)
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Chinese Government, Having Failed to Honor its Previous Commitments, Has Disqualified Itself for UN Human Rights Council Chinese Human Rights Defenders May 8, 2009 On May 12, 2009, the 63rd UN General Assembly will decide in a secret ballot of all member states if China, among other candidates seeking to (read more…)
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One Year after Earthquake, Silence Imposed on Schoolchildren Deaths, Activists Harassed Chinese Human Rights Defenders May 4, 2009 As the first anniversary of the devastating May 12 Sichuan Earthquake approaches, parents of children who died buried under collapsed schools have found little solace as officials continue to obstruct efforts to (read more…)
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Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots April 27- May 3, 2009 Highlights One month before the 20th anniversary of the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, the tension continues to grow. Police in (read more…)
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Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots April 20-26, 2009 HIGHLIGHTS More than four months after it was issued, Chinese officials continue to regard Charter 08 as a threat to their rule. On April (read more…)
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