Gou Hongguo 勾洪国 (released on suspended sentence, under police control) Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: Three years, suspended for three years Court: Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court Trial Date: August 5, 2016 Sentencing Date: August 5, 2016 Dates of Detention/Arrest: July 10, 2015 (detained); January 8, (read more…)
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A group of unidentified men seized Beijing-based activist Liu Yongping (also known as Lao Mu, 老木) from his home on July 10, 2015, the same day activists Hu Shigen (胡石根) and Gou Hongguo (勾洪国) were seized. All three had planned to attend the same underground church gathering that day.
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Seized and formally arrested by Ji’nan City Public Security Bureau on January 2, 2016, human rights lawyer Shu Xiangxin was abruptly tried and sentenced six days later. His lawyers were not allowed into the courtroom for the hearing, which lasted just 30 minutes before a guilty verdict was announced. Police (read more…)
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Lawyer Zhou Shifeng, the director of Beijing Fengrui Law Firm, was detained in July 2015 during a nationwide crackdown on human rights lawyers that particularly targeted his firm. Police initially took Zhou into custody on July 10 at a hotel in Songzhuang, on the outskirts of Beijing, where Zhou had (read more…)
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Mi Chongbiao 糜崇标 & Li Kezhen 李克珍 Crime: N/A Length of Punishment: N/A Court: N/A Trial Date: N/A Sentencing Date: N/A Dates of Detention/Arrest: May 2012 Place of Incarceration: house arrest/enforced disappearance in black jails (May 2012-April 2017); Baihuashan Detention Center in Yunyan District, Guizhou (April 2017 – unknown date) [only (read more…)
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Beijing-based activist Tang Zhishun disappeared on October 6, 2015, in Mong La, Myanmar, along with fellow activist Xing Qingxian (幸清贤) and Bao Zhuoxuan (包卓轩), the 16-year old son of detained lawyers Wang Yu (王宇) and Bao Longjun (包龙军).
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Chengdu-based activist Xing Qingxian disappeared on October 6, 2015, in Mong La, Myanmar, along with fellow activist Tang Zhishun (唐志顺) and Bao Zhuoxuan (包卓轩), the 16-year old son of detained lawyers Wang Yu (王宇) and Bao Longjun (包龙军).
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CHRD profiles on several individuals who have been sent to prison or Re-education through Labor in retaliation for their human rights activism or exercising their universal rights. Some of them have already been released.
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CHRD has released partial data on human rights defenders (HRDs) who have been detained or subjected to torture and other forms of mistreatment since January 1, 2012. Compiling information through December 31, 2015, the data include records on approximately 704 new cases from 2015. The data is based on reports (read more…)
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Li Heping 李和平 (released on suspended sentence) Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: Three years, suspended for four years Court: Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court Trial Date: April 25, 2017 Sentencing Date: April 28, 2017 Dates of Detention/Arrest: July 10, 2015 (disappeared); January 8, 2016 (arrested) Place (read more…)
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Wang Yu 王宇 (released) Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: N/A Court: N/A Trial Date: N/A Sentencing Date: N/A Dates of Detention/Arrest: July 9, 2015 (detained); January 8, 2016 (arrested); July 2016 (released on bail) Place of Incarceration: Tianjin No. 1 Detention Center Background “She is a brave, forthright, selfless (read more…)
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Bian Xiaohui 卞晓辉 (released) Crime: Using a cult to undermine implementation of law Length of Punishment: 3 years and six months Court: Shijiazhuang Chang’an District People’s Court Trial Date: August 21, 2014 (suspended); December 12, 2014 (resumed) Sentencing Date: April 10, 2015 Dates of Detention/Arrest: March 12, 2014 (detained); April 17, 2014 (arrested) (read more…)
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