Gu Chuan | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

Escalating Crackdown Following Call for “Jasmine Revolution” in China

March 31, 2011 Comments Off

International Community Must Take Strong and Clear Stance Condemning Rights Violations by the Chinese Government (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 31, 2011) – The Chinese government has criminally detained a total of 26 individuals, disappeared more than 30, and put more than 200 under soft detention since mid-February after anonymous (read more…)

A Quiet Crackdown, Yet Likely the Harshest in Recent Years

February 25, 2011 Comments Off

Five Confirmed Criminally Detained in China (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 25, 2011) Only a few days after police began targeting human rights defenders across the country in response to anonymous calls for “Jasmine Revolution” protests, signs are emerging to indicate that the current crackdown may be one of the (read more…)

CHRD Condemns Preemptive Strike against Protests

February 21, 2011 Comments Off

Chinese Government Must Respect Freedoms of Assembly, Expression (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 21, 2010) – After anonymous calls for protests in support of pro-democracy movements in the Middle East and protection for human rights appeared online in the past week, Chinese officials responded with a sweeping crackdown on human (read more…)

Submission to UN on Xie Qiang, Gu Chuan, Wang Debang, Zhou Weilin – June 6, 2010

June 6, 2010 Comments Off

Communique on Harassment of Human Rights Defenders Affiliated with the NGO CHRD TO: The Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, and The Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression In the past three months, police in Beijing and (read more…)

Police Raid Home of Beijing Activist Gu Chuan as Pressure on Human Rights Defenders Increases

April 9, 2010 Comments Off

Police Raid Home of Beijing Activist Gu Chuan as Pressure on Human Rights Defenders Increases (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- April 9, 2010) Plainclothes police officers seized writer and human rights activist Gu Chuan (古川) as he left his Beijing home this morning, taking him in for seven hours of interrogation. (read more…)

Submission to UN on Xie Qiang, Gu Chuan, Wang Debang, Zhou Weilin – June 10, 2008

June 10, 2008 Comments Off

Harassment of Human Rights Defenders affiliated with the NGO CHRD TO: The Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders The Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to Freedom of Opinion and Expression In the past three months, police in Beijing and Hefei City, Anhui (read more…)