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[CHRB] Activists Suppressed Around Anti-Japan Protests; Shanghai’s Vague Psychiatric Surveying; and more (9/13-19, 2012)

September 19, 2012 Comments Off

Activists have used the opportunity presented by the heated popular responses to the Japanese government’s purchase of the disputed Diaoyu Islands to publicly voice pointed views on broader issues of China’s legitimacy and human rights. In response, the police moved against some of these activists, including the detention of one (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing June 27-July 6, 2012

July 6, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing June 27-July 6, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please clickhere Contents Arbitrary Detention Chen Kegui Remains Detained, Family Warned as Officials Offer Token Compensation Activist Song Ze Remains Held in Undisclosed Location UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing May 23-28, 2012

May 30, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing May 23-28, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Top News Chen Guangcheng’s Relatives, Family Supporters in Tough Straits: Chen Guangfu, Chen Guangcheng’s brother tortured by Shandong police in April, recently fled Dongshigu Village for Beijing to (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing: Special Edition – Lawyers Pose Challenge After Police Prevent Meeting With Chen Kegui

May 22, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing: Special Edition May 22, 2012 Lawyers for Chen Kegui Challenge Local Police’s Unlawful Obstruction of Efforts to Defend Client CHRD has obtained a letter addressed to the police chief of the Yinan County Public Security Bureau (PSB) in Shandong Province contesting the police’s (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing: Special Edition – Shandong Police Torture Chen Guangfu, Brother of Chen Guangcheng, As Relatives Live in Fear

May 16, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing: Special Edition May 16, 2012 Shandong Police Torture Chen Guangfu, Brother of Chen Guangcheng; Relatives Live in Fear CHRD has learned that Chen Guangfu (陈光福), the elder brother of activist Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚), was reportedly tortured while in the hands of Yinan County police in (read more…)