Activist Zhao Zhenjia (赵振甲) was seized at the Beijing South Railway Station in June 2013 and held incommunicado for weeks before his family members in Liaoning Province received his detention notice. Zhao’s detention stemmed from his participation in public gatherings that commemorated June Fourth. He is suffering from poor health (read more…)
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Karma Tsewang, 38, also known as Khenpo Kartse, is a senior monk from the Gongya Monastery in Nangchen (CH: Nangqian) County in the Yulshul (Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Qinghai Province. He is very well known among younger Tibetan Buddhists, particularly for his support for environmental protection and his work (read more…)
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Xu Zhiyong (许志永), a prominent Beijing professor and rights activist, had his home searched and personal properties confiscated by police before he was taken away in July 2013. Before that, Beijing police had subjected Xu to unlawful house arrest for over four months. One of his lawyers has consistently been (read more…)
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Shanghai-based activist Wei Qin was seized along with activist Wang Kouma (王扣玛) in September 2012 on charges of “gathering a crowd to disturb order of a public place.” She was detained for nearly a year before being convicted of a different crime, for which she was sentenced to 2 years (read more…)
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Ding Jiaxi (丁家喜), a Beijing-based rights lawyer, was taken into custody in April 2013 after police raided his home, office, and car. Ding was involved in an anti-corruption campaign that started that spring with calls for the disclosure of top Chinese officials’ financial assets. Police had been closely monitoring his (read more…)
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Activist Zhao Changqing (赵常青), originally from Shaanxi Province, has been incarcerated and put under soft detention many times for his longtime political activism. His current detention is part of a nationwide crackdown on civil society that started in late March 2013. Born in 1969, Zhao has been active in pro-democracy (read more…)
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Shanghai police initially detained Wang Kouma on charges of “gathering a crowd to disturb order of a public place” but then convicted him of “creating a disturbance.” He was held for nearly a year before receiving a hearing, and tried along with fellow activist Wei Qin (魏勤).
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Three monks from Wonpo Monastery in Kardze (Ch: Ganzi) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, Choedar, Sonam Gonpo, and Sonam Choedar, were sentenced in September 2013 for unknown crimes after being held incommunicado for nearly a year. Since the Tibetan uprising in 2008, the Wonpo area has been under tight (read more…)
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Communique on Behalf of Ge Zhihui, Citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Torture, Violation of Freedom of Religion or Belief, Assembly and Association, and Reprisals against Human Rights Defenders. Ge Zhihui (葛志慧), a petitioner, was a victim of a violent forced demolition of her home that (read more…)
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Liu Yuandong (刘远东), a longstanding supporter of democracy activists, was seized at Guangzhou’s People’s Park while participating in a protest against North Korea’s third nuclear test conducted in February 2013. He was first held for 15 days under administrative detention on a charge of “unlawful assembly and demonstration” before being (read more…)
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Wang Gongquan, a prominent Beijing-based financier and philanthropist, was criminally detained and arrested during a nationwide crackdown on freedom of assembly, association, and expression that began in March 2013. More than 20 police officers searched Wang’s home before taking him away. They also confiscated his computer and “New Citizen Movement” (read more…)
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Guo Feixiong (also known as Yang Maodong, 杨茂东) is a prominent human rights lawyer from Guangzhou. He was criminally detained in August 2013 and formally arrested a month later in a nationwide crackdown on freedom of assembly, association, and expression that began the previous March. Guo was not allowed access (read more…)
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