THE RIGHT TO BASIC EDUCATION OF RURAL CHILDREN IN SUIZHOU, HUBEI PROVINCE Report on an investigation conducted in 2005 Education policy is a fundamental and essential part of every government’s long-term strategy. It is every citizen’s basic human right to receive an education and have access to education on (read more…)
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The Perils of Defending Rights A Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2006) Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) May 4, 2007 Table of Contents: Introduction Recommendations Part I. Risks and Retaliation for Defending Rights Norms and Definitions Persecuted as Political Crime (a) Defenders in Prison (read more…)
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“China vs a Blind Human Rights Defender,” published by CHRD on February 20, 2007, details the illegal house arrest, detention, imprisonment, torture and other rights violations directed against Shandong rights activist Chen Guangcheng, as well as his family and supporters, since April 2005. Read this report as a PDF
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Victims of “Development”: Extensive Violations of Human Rights in Forced Evictions of Rural People in China Urgently Need Effective Remedies For immediate release CRD， July 6， 2006 Victims of “Development：” Human Rights Violations Widespread in Land/Housing Eviction of Internally Displaced Persons in the PRC CRD has submitted this report to (read more…)
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Pre-meditated Use of Lethal Force against Villagers Defending Their Land – Field Investigation of “December 3rd” Extra-judicial Killings in Dongzhou, Guangdong Province The Civil Rights Defence Network (Release No. 2006-1) Published on March 4, 2006 “…the police shooting to kill did not have any legal standing, nor any excuses of (read more…)
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Violence in Enforcing Family Planning in Linyi, Shandong A Report by Citizens Rights Defense Network, a project in collaboration with CRD June 11, 2005 In late April 2005, the Chinese Rights Defenders (CRD) network received several reports of serious rights violations in enforcing the family planning policy by local officials (read more…)
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