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China Human Rights Briefing August 24-30, 2010

August 31, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly August 24-30, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Villagers Detained over Election Protest: Nine residents of Raolefu Village, located on the outskirts of Beijing, have been detained for participating in a protest on July 27 over the (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly June 8-14, 2010

June 15, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly June 8-14, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights CHRD Website Suffers Another DDOS Attack: CHRD’s Chinese-language website, https://www.nchrd.org, was once again been targeted by a Directed Denial-of-Service (DDOS) attack. The site was inaccessible between midnight on June (read more…)

Chinese internet activists take protests to the real world

May 18, 2010 Comments Off

A video produced by Jamil Anderlini for The Financial Times looks at the case of Fan Yanqiong (范燕琼), Wu Huaying (吴华英), and You Jingyou (游精佑) as a means of examining contemporary internet activism in China.

Three Fujian Digital Activists Convicted as Thousands Gather in Landmark Protest

April 16, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- April 16, 2010) Fujian activists Fan Yanqiong (范燕琼), Wu Huaying (吴华英), and You Jingyou (游精佑) were convicted of “slander” today for posting articles and video online urging government officials to investigate the alleged rape and murder of a young woman. Fan, who is seriously ill, was (read more…)

Submission to UN on Fan Yanqiong – March 10, 2010

March 10, 2010 Comments Off

Questionnaire Completed by Chinese Human Rights Defenders Alleging Torture, Arbitrary Detention of Human Rights Defender, PRC Citizen Fan Yanqiong To: The Special Rapporteur on Torture or Cruel, Inhumane and Degrading Treatment or Punishment The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention I. Identity 1. Family name: Fan (范) 2. First (read more…)

Trial of Three Fujian Rights Activists Marred by Irregularities

November 11, 2009 Comments Off

Trial of Three Fujian Rights Activists Marred by Irregularities Case Hinges on Internet Reporting; Free Speech on Trial (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 11, 2009) – A Fuzhou court tried three human rights activists—Fan Yanqiong (范燕琼), Wu Huaying (吴华英), and You Jingyou (游精佑)—for “making false accusations” this afternoon in Fujian (read more…)

Several Activists and Dissidents Languish in Detention despite Serious Illnesses

November 5, 2009 Comments Off

Several Activists and Dissidents Languish in Detention despite Serious Illnesses Yang Tongyan’s case highlights official practice to delay or deny requests for release for treatment (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 5, 2009) – Several cases that CHRD has recently documented, including the latest news that imprisoned dissident writer Yang Tongyan (read more…)

Fujian Activist Detained for Alleging Official Misconduct

June 30, 2009 Comments Off

Fujian Activist Detained for Alleging Official Misconduct (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- June 30, 2009) – On June 26, Fan Yanqiong (范燕琼), a human rights defender from Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, was taken into police custody after she posted articles online alleging official misconduct and cover-ups in the case of a (read more…)