From Guangdong Province, Huang Wenxun was arrested in Hubei while on an “advocacy tour” called “Enlightening China,” which was intended to encourage citizen activism and spread democratic ideas and rule of law. The tour, initiated by Huang, began in April 2013 and had stopped at nine cities before arriving at (read more…)
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To: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention CHRD reply to Chinese government’s response regarding the cases of Huang Wenxun, Yuan Bing, and Yuan Xiaohua. The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) hereby respectfully submits this reply to the Government’s response made to you regarding activists Huang Wenxun (黄文勋), Yuan Bing (袁兵), and (read more…)
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Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association 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 Special Rapporteur on torture and (read more…)
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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.
Read more![[CHRB] Young Activist Imprisoned for 5 Years for Political Crime, Guangdong Activist Detained for “Fraud” (10/7-13, 2016)](https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/HWXXYH-CHRB-336x288.png)
In cases of Guangdong activists, Huang Wenxun has been given a 5-year sentence for exercising his right to peaceful assembly, while Xiao Yuhui was criminally detained after assisting victims of family-planning policies.
Read more![[CHRB] Activists Detained or Facing Trial for Exercising Free Expression (6/22-30, 2016)](https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/nantong.jpg)
Since mid-June, Chinese authorities have kept up persecution of activists who have exercised their free expression rights. Three such rights defenders have recently faced trial—and another is set to be tried on June 30—while two citizen journalists were criminally detained for sharing data online about public protests.
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on May 9, 2016 A court in the central Chinese province of Hubei on Monday handed jail terms of four and three-and-a-half years to two members of the anti-graft New Citizens’ Movement following a lengthy pretrial detention, lawyers for the men told RFA. Yuan Fengchu, (read more…)
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CHRD has made submissions to the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of activists who are arbitrarily detained, disappeared, tortured, and/or suffered retaliation for exercising their rights to freedom of assembly, association, and expression among many other human rights.
Read more![[CHRB] China Must Release 5 Activists on Trial: Cases Marred by Abuses (4/13-21/2016)](https://www.nchrd.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/5-trials-in-april-336x300.jpg)
Four detained human rights defenders have been tried since April 15, and a fifth is facing trial on April 22. All have spent lengthy periods of time in detention without seeing a judge, including two who have been held for almost three years. The activists—Liu Shaoming, Yuan Bing, Yuan Xiaohua, (read more…)
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中华人民共和国在本次审议（从2009年到现在）期间，在执行 《禁止酷刑和其他残忍、不人道或有辱人格的待遇或处罚公约》（公约）的有关具体条款方面基本上是失败的。没有严格落实或实施公约以及有关国内法的主要根源是一党专制的威权统治体制、缺乏法治和独立的司法系统。
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The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders & a Coalition of Chinese NGOs Civil Society Report Submitted to The Committee against Torture for its Review at the 56th Session of the fifth periodic report (CAT/C/CHN/5) by the People’s Republic of China on its Implementation of the Convention against Torture and (read more…)
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The Chinese government has systematically failed to prevent torture, hold torturers accountable, and respect the rights of torture victims, a report by CHRD and a coalition of Chinese human rights defenders finds. Torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment remain persistent and widespread in China. Authorities often ignore (read more…)
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