Shandong: Human rights lawyer denied renewal of license (Qingdao, Shandong, July 30, 2007) – The Shandong Provincial Bureau of Judicial Affairs rejected Li Jianqiang’s application for renewing his license for practicing law in June 2007, the month for the annual renewal of lawyers’ licenses in China. Mr. Li has represented (read more…)
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Human Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong blocked by police from attending church, on hunger strike at its 10th hour (Shanghai, July 29, 2007) – In the early morning today, Shanghai human rights lawyer Zheng Enchong and his wife Jiang Meili were stopped by policemen at the gate of their housing compound (read more…)
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Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Web: https://www.nchrd.org/ Email: networkcrd@gmail.com Promoting human rights and empowering grassroots activism in China Authorities meet mass civil disobedience of protesting villagers in power plant dispute with arrests, nine may face criminal charges Government must protect economic rights by reforming system that breeds corruption and brutality (read more…)
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Zhejiang Veteran Democracy Activist Sent back to Jail A rare public trial failed to adhere to fair trial principle Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Web: https://www.nchrd.org/ Email: networkcrd@gmail.com Promoting human rights and empowering grassroots activism in China Veteran Democracy Activist Sent back to Prison A rare public trial failed to (read more…)
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Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Web: https://www.nchrd.org/ Email: networkcrd@gmail.com Promoting human rights and empowering grassroots activism in China Yuan Weijing, wife and child of jailed activist Chen Guangcheng at risk of police abduction in Beijing Government must end collective punishment of family members of imprisoned activists (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, (read more…)
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Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Web: /Article/ShowClass.asp?ClassID=9 Email: networkcrd@gmail.com Promoting human rights and empowering grassroots activism in China Human Rights Defender Mao Hengfeng Tortured in Prison The Chinese government must investigate accusations of torture and ill-treatment in the Shanghai prison (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 4, 2007) – According to (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing A monthly update of human rights news June 2007 Like the past 18 years, there is no dull moment in the month of June, as “6.4” marks the anniversary of the 1989 military suppression of student protests. Activists take the opportunity to mobilize when many commemorated (read more…)
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Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Web: https://www.nchrd.org/ Email: networkcrd@gmail.com Promoting human rights and empowering grassroots activism in China Human rights defender beaten in prison (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 20, 2007) – Imprisoned human rights defender Chen Guangcheng （陈光诚）reports that he has been beaten in jail by fellow inmates at (read more…)
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Eighteen Years Later, Tiananmen Protesters from Beijing Remain in Prison The Chinese government must allow independent investigation and prison visits by international human rights bodies (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 3, 2007) – At least thirteen Beijing civilians sentenced to life in prison or a suspended death sentence for participating (read more…)
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Detained Human Rights Defender YANG Maodong Reports Being Tortured during Interrogation The Chinese government must honor its treaty obligations 19 years after it ratified the Convention Against Torture Yang Maodong (a.k.a. Guo Feixiong) told his lawyer that he has been tortured and punished by cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment while (read more…)
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Authorities must impose no restrictions on freedom of movement and expression Chinese Human Rights Defenders Promoting human rights & empowering grassroots activism in China Environmental Rights Activist Released but Declining any Contacts Authorities must impose no restrictions on freedom of movement and expression (Hangzhou, April 30, 2007) – Tan Kai (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Human rights news update for the month of April 2007 China has explicitly vowed to take measures to control incidents of social unrest and crime in the run-up to the 17th Communist Party Congress in the fall and the Summer 2008 Olympics in Beijing. At a (read more…)
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