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Heilongjiang Activist Yang Chunlin Arrested for Organizing Open-Letter Campaign: “We Want Human Rights, not the Olympics”

September 4, 2007 Comments Off

Heilongjiang Activist Yang Chunlin Arrested for Organizing Open-Letter Campaign: “We Want Human Rights, not the Olympics” (Heilongjiang, August 31, 2007) – Yang Chunlin (杨春林), a resident of Jiamusi City (佳木斯市), Heilongjiang Province, was detained on July 6 and formally arrested on suspicion of “subversion of state power” on August 3. (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing July 1 – August 31, 2007

August 31, 2007 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing A monthly newsletter of CRD Special July and August Edition, 2007 Editors’ note: The Chinese government pledged to improve human rights in its bit for hosting the 2008 Olympics, but reality indicates the contrary. This summer, the government intensified putting behind bars activists who openly criticized (read more…)

Pro-democracy Activist Detained for “Inciting Subversion”Government must end criminalization of free speech

August 27, 2007 Comments Off

Pro-democracy Activist Detained for “Inciting Subversion” Government must end criminalization of free speech (Hangzhou, August 25, 2007) – Police have notified the family of Hangzhou-based activist Lu Gengsong of his detention on suspicion of “inciting subversion of the state power” and “illegal possession of state secrets” on 24 August 2007. (read more…)

Police bar wife of imprisoned rights defender from leaving China to collect award

August 27, 2007 Comments Off

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) Web: https://www.nchrd.org/ Email: networkcrd@gmail.com Promoting human rights and empowering grassroots activism in China Police bar wife of imprisoned rights defender from leaving China to collect award Officials assault Yuan Weijing at Beijing airport, block her from leaving for the Philippines to receive award on behalf (read more…)

Environmentalist Wu Lihong sentenced to 3 years in jail on “extortion” charges

August 10, 2007 Comments Off

Environmentalist Wu Lihong sentenced to 3 years in jail on “extortion” charges (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, August 10, 2007) – CHRD is informed that the environmentalist Wu Lihong, of Jiangsu province, was sentenced to three years in jail today, August 10, 2007. In an unusual move, the court pronounced the (read more…)

Shandong: Human rights lawyer denied renewal of license

July 30, 2007 Comments Off

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…)

Human Rights Lawyer Zheng Enchong blocked by police from attending church, on hunger strike at its 10th hour

July 29, 2007 Comments Off

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…)

Mass arrests to crush protests over power plant

July 18, 2007 Comments Off

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…)

Zhu Yufu Sentenced to Two Years

July 12, 2007 Comments Off

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…)

Wife & child of prisoner at risk of abduction

July 7, 2007 Comments Off

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…)

Human Rights Defender Mao Hengfeng Tortured in Prison

July 5, 2007 Comments Off

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…)

China Human Rights Briefing June 1 – June 30, 2007

June 30, 2007 Comments Off

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…)