To download this edition of CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots August 3-9, 2009 Highlights Gongmeng Prevented from Paying Fines; Director and Staffer Still Held: Gongmeng’s remaining organizers are calling for donations to help pay the banned (read more…)
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Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots April 27- May 3, 2009 Highlights One month before the 20th anniversary of the 1989 military crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators, the tension continues to grow. Police in (read more…)
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Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots April 20-26, 2009 HIGHLIGHTS More than four months after it was issued, Chinese officials continue to regard Charter 08 as a threat to their rule. On April (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots January 1-15, 2009 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS As Charter 08 continues to spread across the internet and its signatories and supporters refuse to back down under pressure, Chinese authorities continue (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots December 15-31, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS · The crackdown on Charter 08 continues to widen as more activists are harassed by the police for signing the public appeal. Since (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots December 1-15, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS · On December 9, a group of 303 Chinese citizens launched Charter 08, a declaration that outlines a vision for a democratic China (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots November 16-30, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS · Three large protests occurred, one in Gansu Province, the others in Beijing. In Gansu Province, thousands of demonstrators surrounded the government building (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots November 1-15, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS · While village elections have long been regarded by some in the international community as signs of gradual “democratization” in China, recent elections (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots October 16-31, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS · CHRD congratulates the imprisoned human rights defender, Hu Jia, for being awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots October 1-15, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF EDITORIAL In the past two weeks, CHRD has received shocking reports of torture and arbitrary detention around China. Examining these reports, activists within CHRD’s (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots September 16-30, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS · CHRD continues to receive testimonies by activists, petitioners and applicants to protest at the Beijing Olympics which indicate human rights abuses on (read more…)
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China Human Rights Briefing Reporting human rights development from the grassroots September 1-15, 2008 Please click here for the full China Human Rights Briefing in PDF HIGHLIGHTS · Jiamusi Intermediate People’s Court upheld the five-year sentence of Yang Chunlin, the Olympics Prisoner imprisoned for collecting signatures for the petition “We (read more…)
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