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Detained for Resisting Forced Eviction, Beijing Activist Ni Yulan Goes on Trial

July 29, 2008 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 28, 2008) – CHRD learned that Ni Yulan (倪玉兰), a Beijing-based housing rights activist and former lawyer, will be tried on August 4 for “obstructing official business” by the Beijing Xicheng Court. Ni is currently held at the Beijing Xicheng District Detention Center. Ni, 47, (read more…)

More Villagers Evicted to Make Way for Beijing Olympic Venues

March 21, 2008 Comments Off

More Villagers Evicted to Make Way for Beijing Olympic Venues (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 21, 2008) – About 60 to 70 households in Beiding Village, Datun Township, have received an ultimatum from the authorities to leave their homes by the end of March. Beiding Village lies at the heart (read more…)

Victims of Beijing Olympics: Villagers’ Rights Abused in Preparations for the Game

February 4, 2008 Comments Off

Victims of Beijing Olympics: Villagers’ Rights Abused in Preparations for the Game (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 4, 2008) — According to a report released on February 3 by Citizens’ Rights and Livelihood Watch (CRLW), a Hubei-based grassroots organization, corruption and human rights abuses were involved in the Beijing government’s (read more…)

Son and Brother of Ye Guozhu, the “Olympics Prisoner,” Detained

September 30, 2007 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, September 30, 2007)—Ye Mingjun (叶明君), son of the “Olympics Prisoner” Ye Guozhu ( 叶国柱), was criminally detained this morning on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power”. He is incarcerated at the Beijing Xuanwu District Detention Center. Ye Guoqiang （叶国强）, brother of Ye Guozhu, has also (read more…)