China Human Rights Briefing A monthly newsletter of CHRD October Edition, 2007 Editors’ Note The crackdown on activists in the lead-up to the 17th Party Congress continued into October. By the start of the month, authorities had rounded up many of those considered threatening to a smoothly run, unblemished Party (read more…)
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Wife of Jailed Human Rights Defender Barred from Seeking Medical Treatment (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 29, 2007)— Yuan Weijing (袁伟静), wife of the jailed human rights defender, Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚), was prevented from seeking medical treatment and roughly handled by policemen from the local Public Security Bureau this morning (read more…)
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Jail Sentences Upheld for Nanhai Protesters of Forced Land Eviction (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 27, 2007)- The Foshan City Intermediate Court has rejected the appeal of seven villagers from Sanshan Township, Nanhai County, Guangdong Province. The villagers were activists in local protests against forced land eviction and were convicted (read more…)
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Police Detain Organizers of Open Letter to 17th Party Congress Government must fulfil pledge to protect human rights defenders (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 22 , 2007)- Liu Jie (刘杰), of Beian City, Heilongjiang Province, was detained on October 13 for suspicion of “gathering crowds to disturb social order.” She (read more…)
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Zheng Mingfang, Petitioner and Activist, Taken into Police Custody (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 21, 2007) – Zheng Mingfang (郑明芳), petitioner turned activist from Ji County, Tianjin, was taken away by the Ji County Public Security Bureau (PSB) on the evening of October 19. Ms. Zheng is now detained at (read more…)
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Pre-Congress Crackdown Raises Fear for Olympics The government must reverse its policy of intimidating and terrorizing dissent (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 15, 2007) – The 17th Communist Party Congress opens today in Beijing in the wake of a two-month crackdown. Since August, authorities have closed down websites, tightened surveillance (read more…)
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(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Oct 11, 2007)- Liu Jie (刘杰) was seized by Beijing police around noon on October 11. Ms. Liu, 55, an activist for the rights to complain and to seek justice, was the lead organizer of a public letter signed by 12,150 petitioners calling on Chinese Communist (read more…)
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(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 10, 2007)- Yao Lifa (姚立法) and Lu Banglie （吕邦列）, two activists promoting local democratic elections in Hubei Province, disappeared several days ago in two separate incidents． Yao is said to have been taken into custody by Hubei police. Mr. Yao’s son, Yao Yao, who is (read more…)
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(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 7, 2007)— Detained Heilongjiang activist, Yang Chunlin (杨春林), is said to be tortured and mistreated in Heitong Detention Center, Heilongjiang Province. Yang is still being denied access to a lawyer after three months in custody. According to Yang’s family, who obtained information from a detainee (read more…)
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Thousands of Petitioners Demand the 17th Party Congress to Improve Human Rights (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 8, 2007) – On October 8, a letter with the signatures of 12,150 petitioners from China‘s thirty provinces (except Tibet) was sent to the Chinese Communist Party leaders. In the letter, made public (read more…)
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Beijing Police Suspected of Abduction and Torture of Human Rights Lawyer Li Heping Chinese government must investigate accusations, honoring its obligation to Torture Convention (Beijing, October 1, 2007) – On September 29, Beijing-based human rights lawyer, Li Heping (李和平), was assaulted by unidentified men, believed to be police from the (read more…)
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(Hangzhou, September 30, 2007) – Detained writer and activist, Lu Gengsong (吕耿松), has been formally arrested on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” Lu is incarcerated at the Xihu (West Lake) Detention Center in Hangzhou City. The arrest notice was issued by the Hangzhou City Public Security Bureau, dated (read more…)
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