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, 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 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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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, 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, 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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Peng Lanlan, a leader of the campaign for civil society participation in China’s Universal Period Review and disclosure of China’s implementation of the government’s “National Human Rights Action Plan,” was detained in August 2012 on suspicion of “obstructing official business” and only released after nearly one year. From Hunan, Peng (read more…)
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Kalsang Dhondup, Jigme Thabkey, and Lobsang were sentenced to six years, five years, and four years of imprisonment, respectively, in March 2013, on charges of “inciting splittism.” The verdict was handed down four months after a self-immolation protest near a monastery in Donghai Prefecture in Qinghai Province. The victim of (read more…)
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Wang Hanfei, editor of the Hong Kong-based journal “China Special Report” (中国观察), was sentenced to four years in prison in April 2013, likely for publishing articles that authorities deemed to be politically sensitive. Activists were blocked from observing the hearing, and authorities have warned Wang’s wife to keep silent about (read more…)
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Lobsang Jinpa, a monk at the Nyitso Zilkar monastery in the Tridu region of Keygudo in Qinghai, was sentenced to five years in prison on unknown charges in February 2013. The sentence appears to be politically motivated, and in retaliation for his alleged role in protesting Chinese authorities’ policies and (read more…)
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A popular Tibetan singer, Lolo was sent to prison in February 2013 in apparent retaliation for releasing a music album titled “Raise the Tibetan Flag, Children of the Snowland.” The song lyrics are political in nature, and refer to Tibetan independence, the national flag, the Dalai Lama, and Tibetans who (read more…)
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Activist Pei Fugui (裴富贵), who founded “Petitioners’ House” in Beijing to provide services to petitioners, was given a 15-month Re-education through Labor (RTL) punishment in September 2012, on a charge of “creating a disturbance.” The punishment is in apparent retaliation for his long-term charitable efforts and anti-corruption work.
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