Dong Rubin (董如彬)

Dong Rubin (董如彬)

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Chinese blogger and Internet activist Dong Rubin was sentenced to 6 and 1/2 years in prison in July 2014. In addition to handing down a lengthy prison term, the Court fined Dong 350,000 yuan (nearly US$ 57,000). Seized in the previous September, Dong told the judge that he was subjected (read more…)

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Gu Yimin (顾义民)

Gu Yimin (顾义民)

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Gu Yimin, a Jiangsu-based activist, was seized at his workplace on June 1, 2013, days before the June Fourth anniversary, which he had hoped to commemorate with a public gathering. His detention came shortly after he refused to withdraw his application for the event and also posted photos online of (read more…)

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Zhang Baocheng (张宝成)

Zhang Baocheng (张宝成)

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Zhang Baocheng was seized with three other Beijing-based activists, Ma Xinli (马新利), Yuan Dong (袁冬), and Hou Xin (侯欣), in March 2013 after holding a demonstration in Beijing’s Xidan shopping district where they unfurled a banner calling on officials to publically disclose their assets.

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Ilham Tohti (伊力哈木.土赫提)

Ilham Tohti (伊力哈木.土赫提)

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Beijing police seized Ilham Tohti from his home in January 2014. He was arrested in February on a charge of “splittism” after Xinjiang authorities had held him incommunicado for weeks. In September, Ilham Tohti was tried and sentenced to life imprisonment, in a case rife with human rights and due (read more…)

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Yuan Xiaohua (袁小华)

Yuan Xiaohua (袁小华)

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Yuan Xiaohua was detained in Chibi City, Hubei with fellow activists Yuan Fengchu (袁奉初) and Huang Wenxun (黄文勋) in late May 2013 while on an “advocacy tour” that was intended to encourage civic activism and promote democracy and rule of law. Initially detained on “unlawful assembly,” Yuan’s charges were then (read more…)

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Yuan Fengchu (袁奉初)

Yuan Fengchu (袁奉初)

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Yuan Fengchu (aka Yuan Bing 袁兵) was detained in Chibi City in Hubei Province with fellow activists Yuan Xiaohua (袁小华) and Huang Wenxun (黄文勋) in late May 2013 while on an “advocacy tour” that was intended to encourage civic activism and promote democracy and rule of law. He was denied (read more…)

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Zhao Fengsheng (赵枫生)

Zhao Fengsheng (赵枫生)

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Hunan police seized rural activist Zhao Fengsheng (赵枫生) in late 2013 from his home and put him under criminal detention on a charge of “subversion of state power,” confiscating his computer and other materials without a warrant. In January 2014, local authorities formally arrested him for “using dangerous methods to (read more…)

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Liu Ping (刘萍)

Liu Ping (刘萍)

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Liu Ping, a prominent Jiangxi-based activist, was detained in April 2013 as part of a nationwide crackdown on freedom of assembly, association, and expression that began in March of that year. Liu was initially arrested for “inciting subversion of state power,” but local authorities later charged her with three other (read more…)

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Tsondue, Gedun Tsultrim (宗智, 更敦次成)

Tsondue, Gedun Tsultrim (宗智, 更敦次成)

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Tsondue and Gedun Tsultrim were among many Tibetan monks and lay people detained and interrogate shortly after a self-immolation protest on November 19, 2012. Tsondue was sentenced for being the chief chant-master during a prayer service held in honor of the self-immolation victim, Wangchen Norbu (旺青诺布). Gedun Tsultrim was charged (read more…)

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Zhang Xiangzhong (张向忠)

Zhang Xiangzhong (张向忠)

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On July 2, 2013, national security guards took away activist Zhang Xiangzhong (张向忠) for questioning, shortly after they had followed him home from Beijing No. 3 Detention Center, where he had left money for detained activists. He was then criminally detained on charges of “gathering a crowd to disrupt public (read more…)

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Wei Zhongping (魏忠平)

Wei Zhongping (魏忠平)

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Wei Zhongping, born in 1963, is a petitioner-turned-activist from Jiangxi Province. He was detained in April 2013 after calling for the release of other activists arrested in a nationwide crackdown on freedom of assembly, association, and expression that began the previous month. Xinyu City authorities initially arrested Wei for “inciting (read more…)

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Li Sihua (李思华)

Li Sihua (李思华)

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Li Sihua, a rights activist from Jiangxi Province, was initially detained in April 2013 on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” He was formally arrested on charges of “unlawful assembly” in June and was reportedly beaten while in custody. Li was tried alongside Liu Ping (刘萍) and Wei Zhongping (read more…)

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