For immediate release CRD, March 29, 2007 Lawyer at Risk of Losing License, Facing Punishment for Defending Farmers On March 28, 2007, Xi’an lawyer Zhang Jiankang (张鉴康) found that he was denied membership with the local Lawyers’ Association and he is now at risk of losing his license to practice (read more…)
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In China’s Arbitrary Detention System – “Reform Through Labor” CRD, for immediate release March 27, 2007 CRD Protests Detention of Cai Aiming: In China’s Arbitrary Detention System – “Re-education Through Labor” The utterly arbitrary nature of the detention system – Re-education Through Labor (RTL, lao jiao) system – is accentuated (read more…)
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Chen Guangcehng, Human Rights Defender in Prison, Update: Officials Ignored Requests for Medical Parole and for Filing Complaints to Higher Court about Verdict CRD obtained information from Chen Guangcheng’s lawyers that, on March 20, the imprisoned human rights defender was allowed to meet with his lawyers at the Linyi Prison (read more…)
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CRD, for immediate release March 22, 2007 China’s Press Czar vs. Authors of Censored Books To put China’s press control authority on a trial stand? It would be a good idea. That idea came very close to a Chinese court hearing this month. The Press and Publication Administration (PPA) of (read more…)
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CRD Open Letter to the NPC, Urging Constitutional Review of the Crime of “Inciting Subversion” and Abolition of Law Criminalizing Free Expression On March 12, 2007, CRD released an open letter, urging the National People’s Congress to authorize review procedures to examine the constitutionality of an article in the PRC (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing A monthly newsletter of CRD February 2007 While the Chinese took most days off in February to observe the incoming “Year of the Pig”, human rights problems failed to gain any respite. The courts did not miss a beat in convicting independent writers and rights activists. (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing (A monthly Chinese human rights information update) January 2007 Table of Contents Arrests, Trails, Sentences, and Imprisonment 1. Activist Mao Hengfeng sentenced to 2.5 years 2. Activist Chen Guangcheng loses appeal 3. Cyber activist Li Hong tried on subversion charge 4. Detained rights activist Yang Maodong (read more…)
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Immediate release The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders January 18, 2007 The Conviction of Mao Hengfeng: Trump-up Charges against a Human Rights Defender On January 12, 2007, Shanghai authorities convicted activist/petitioner Mao Hengfeng, female, for “damaging hotel property” and sentenced her to two-and-half years in jail. CRD condemns the (read more…)
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Immediate Release The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders January 12, 2007 Show Trials Highlight Deep Flaws in System: Court Upheld Unfair Prison Term for Chen Guangcheng The Linyi Municipal Intermediate People’s Court announced its verdict today of uphelding the 4-year and 3-month sentence of Chen Guangcheng for “gathering crowds (read more…)
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Table of Contents Crackdown on mass protests exacerbating “social unrest” 1. End-of-year survey found social unrest the top concern for officials 2. CCP admits social unrest threatens its rule 3. Social unrest unabated as government clams down on protests The Death Penalty: Executions sped up before Supreme Court review kicks (read more…)
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Immediate release CRD, December 27, 2006 CRD Condemns Violent Attack on Lawyers Representing China’s Blind Prisoner of Conscience Apparently as part of the persistent efforts by local authorities at intimidation and retaliation against independent lawyers, unidentified hit-men violently attacked lawyers for Chen Guangcheng, the blind prisoner of conscience, who is (read more…)
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Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Tried Behind Closed Door, without Lawyers Authorized by Family CRD protests the illegal trial of Gao Zhisheng, the human rights lawyer, by the Beijing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court on December 12, 2006. Lawyers authorized by Gao’s family, Mo Shaoping and Ding Xikui, were (read more…)
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