CHRD has submitted allegations of human rights violations to Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council on behalf of Wang Yonghang (王永航), a former lawyer and outspoken advocate for Falun Gong practitioners. Wang is serving a seven-year prison sentence in Liaoning Province. Detained in July 2009, Wang was (read more…)
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CHRD have submitted allegations of human rights violations to Special Procedures of the United Nations Human Rights Council on behalf of petitioners believed to be currently held against their will in psychiatric institutions. Most of the seven individuals have also been forcibly medicated or subjected to other cruel and inhuman (read more…)
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Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression September 17, 2012 Update to Communique submitted on behalf of Ms. MA Lijun, citizen (read more…)
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Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Special Rapporteur on the (read more…)
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To: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) hereby respectfully submits an update concerning the imprisoned Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mr. LIU Xiaobo (read more…)
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To: UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) hereby respectfully submits an update concerning the enforced disappearance of Mr. GAO Zhisheng (高智晟), following the urgent appeal on behalf of Mr. Gao that we submitted on April 15, 2009. (See: “Communication on a Victim (read more…)
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To: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) hereby respectfully submits an update to its urgent appeal in the case of democracy activist Mr. LIU Xianbin, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, who was sentenced to 10 years imprisonment on March 25, 2011 for “inciting (read more…)
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Communiqué on behalf of XIE Fulin, citizen of the People’s Republic of China ALLEGING ARBITRARY ARREST OR DETENTION, TORTURE, and VIOLATION OF RIGHT TO FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Special Rapporteur on torture and (read more…)
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To: Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights, Reprisals Unit Ms. Margaret Sekkaya, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders Date: March 6, 2012 For the sixth consecutive year, Chinese officials have threatened, harassed, and physically prevented Chinese human rights defenders from attending an annual training (read more…)
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Communiqué on behalf of Li Hongwei, citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Arrest or Detention, Torture, and Violation of Right to Freedom of Expression To: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and (read more…)
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Communiqué on behalf of Ma Lijun, citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Arrest of Detention, Torture, and Violation of Right to Freedom of Expression To: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and (read more…)
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Communiqué on behalf of Wang Lihong, citizen of People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Arrest or Detention and Persecution of Human Rights Defenders and Violation of Right to Freedom of Peaceful Assembly I. IDENTITY 1. Family name: WANG (王) 2. First name: Lihong (荔蕻) 3. Sex: Female 4. Birth date (read more…)
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