Hu Jia on Trial: Rights to Free Speech and Due Process Violated

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Hu Jia on Trial: Rights to Free Speech and Due Process Violated CHRD calls for the activist’s immediate and unconditional release (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 18, 2008) – The trial of Hu Jia (胡佳), the prominent human rights defender arrested on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power,” took (read more…)

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Activist Yang Chunlin Tried for Demanding Human Rights Prior to the Olympics

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Activist Yang Chunlin Tried for Demanding Human Rights Prior to the Olympics CHRD protests the use of “Inciting Subversion of State Power” to Prosecute Free Speech (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 19, 2008)- Yang Chunlin (杨春林), a Heilongjiang farmers’ representative detained since July 6, 2007, on suspicion of “inciting subversion (read more…)

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Writer/Activist Lu Gengsong Sentenced to Four Years in Prison

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Writer/Activist Lu Gengsong Sentenced to Four Years in Prison CHRD protests the use of “Inciting Subversion of State Power” to Prosecute Free Speech (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 5, 2008)- Lu Gengsong (吕耿松), a Hangzhou-based freelance writer and human rights defender detained since August 24, 2007, was sentenced to four (read more…)

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Hu Jia Formally Arrested: Authorities Impervious To International Protest

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Hu Jia Formally Arrested: Authorities Impervious To International Protest China must be held accountable for its Olympic pledge “to improve human rights” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 31, 2008)– Hu Jia (胡佳 or 胡嘉), the Beijing-based human rights defender detained since December 27, 2007, was formally arrested and charged with (read more…)

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Hu Jia Detained on Suspicion of “Inciting Subversion of State Power”

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Hu Jia Detained on Suspicion of “Inciting Subversion of State Power” Chinese Government Must Stop Pre-Olympics Crackdown (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 28, 2007) – Beijing-based activist, Hu Jia (胡佳), has been detained by police on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” CHRD investigated the “disappearance” of Hu Jia (read more…)

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Pro-democracy Activist Detained for “Inciting Subversion”Government must end criminalization of free speech

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Pro-democracy Activist Detained for “Inciting Subversion” Government must end criminalization of free speech (Hangzhou, August 25, 2007) – Police have notified the family of Hangzhou-based activist Lu Gengsong of his detention on suspicion of “inciting subversion of the state power” and “illegal possession of state secrets” on 24 August 2007. (read more…)

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