China Human Rights Briefing (Aug. 13 – Sep. 13, 2006) September 12: Rights activist Guo Qizhen tried for sedition The activist Guo Qizhen, based in Changzhou City, Hebei Province, was tried on the charge of “sedition to overthrow state power” by the Changzhou Municipal Intermediate People’s Court on September 12. (read more…)
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RAPID ACTION NETWORK 25 August 2006 Update #2 to RAN 43/04 CHINA：Journalist Zhao Yan acquitted of revealing state secrets but convicted of fraud The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN welcomes the announcement on 25 August 2006 that the charge of revealing state secrets has been dropped against journalist (read more…)
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Urgent Petition: Stop Illegal Detention of Gao Zhisheng and Harassment of His Family China’s most prominent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng has been arrested. Gao is widely regarded by various international organizations, including the UN Human Rights Commission as an important and respected human rights lawyer. Recently, both the US (read more…)
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For immediate release, August 17, 2006 Chen Guangcheng Trial Opens Tomorrow: CRD Calls for Justice for the Advocate for Rights of Family Planning Victims and People with Disability As the trial of Chen Guangcheng opens tomorrow, CRD calls for international monitoring, urging a fair trial, and asking the Chinese court (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing (June 20-Aug. 13, 2006) August 11: HIV/AIDS activist Li Xige released on bail Li Xige, an HIV/AIDS activist from rural Henan Province who is the director of the group Healthy Happy Home, was released on bail after 21 days in detention. On July 18, Li Xige (read more…)
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Urgent Plea to the Standing Committee of the NPC, the Standing Committee of the Shandong People’s Congress, the SPP, the Shandong People’s Procuratorate, the Ministry of Supervision, and the Shandong Supervision Bureau Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress and Standing Committee of the Shandong People’s Congress: People’s Republic of (read more…)
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Monsieur Pascal Clément Garde des Sceaux Ministère de la Justice Place Vendôme Paris Paris, le 19 juillet 2006 Monsieur le ministre, Alors que le ministre chinois de la Sécurité publique Zhou Yongkang est actuellement en France, nous souhaitons attirer votre attention sur la situation d’un avocat chinois emprisonné, Chen Guangcheng. (read more…)
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For immediate release CRD July 14, 2006 With trial of Chen Guangcheng imminent, activists issue urgent appeal calling for his immediate release and for launch of investigation into illegal acts committed in Linyi City In an urgent petition issued on July 13, 2006, independent groups and individuals, including a number (read more…)
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Holding China Accountable for Its Failures to Honor its Commitments to International Human Rights: Appeal to the UN’s Human Rights Bodies on Behalf of Chen Guangcheng, Calling for Urgent Action and Country Visit Chen Guangcheng, male, 35, the blind self-taught lawyer and human rights activist, who became internationally known for (read more…)
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For immediate release, June 16, 2006 Joint Statement on Criminal Detention of Chen Guangcheng On June 11, Yuan Weijing, wife of human rights defender Chen Guangcheng, was notified by the Linyi City Yinan County Public Security Bureau that her husband had been charged with “deliberate destruction of property” and “gathering (read more…)
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The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders For immediate release June 12, 2006 Nanhai farmers abducted by plainclothes officials, trumped up charges likely to follow CRD condemns the abduction of six villagers by men in plainclothes presumed to be security personnel in Sanshan Township, Nanhai, Guangdong Province, on June 8-9, (read more…)
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June 13: After 89 days of illegal detention, Shandong rights activist Chen Guangcheng faces charges On June 11, Yuan Weijing, wife of the human rights activist Chen Guangcheng, was notified by the Yinan County Public Security Bureau that her husband had been charged with “deliberate destruction of property” and “organizing (read more…)
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