(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- March 11, 2010) On March 10, Beijing police interrogated human rights defender Xie Qiang (谢强) for the second time in as many weeks. Nine days earlier, on March 1, police raided his home, seizing computers and personal property. Xie, a signatory to and promoter of Charter (read more…)
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Urgent Action Human Rights Day in China: Liu Xiaobo Accused of “Major Crime” for Drafting Charter 08 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 9, 2009) – According to documents submitted by the Beijing Public Security Bureau (PSB) to the Beijing Municipal Procuratorate at the conclusion of the PSB’s investigation, detained activist (read more…)
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Arrested Dissident Writer Liu Xiaobo Meets with Lawyers for First Time Lawyer Mo Shaoping Barred from Handling Case for Having Signed Charter 08 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- June 26, 2009) This afternoon, Shang Baojun (尚宝军) and Ding Xikui (丁锡奎), lawyers from Beijing’s Mo Shaoping Law Firm, met with detained dissident (read more…)
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Liu Xiaobo Formally Arrested for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders—June 24, 2009) – CHRD learned today that Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), signatory of Charter 08 and prominent intellectual, was formally arrested for “inciting subversion of state power” on June 23. He had been detained since December 8, (read more…)
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