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Yuan Xianchen Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for “Inciting Subversion of State Power”

March 6, 2009 Comments Off

Yuan Xianchen Sentenced to Four Years in Prison for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- March 6, 2009) – Human rights activist and “barefoot lawyer” Yuan Xianchen (袁显臣), of Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province, was found guilty on March 4 of “inciting subversion of state power” and (read more…)

Detained Activist Hu Jia Denied Access to Lawyer, His Family Harassed

January 5, 2008 Comments Off

Detained Activist Hu Jia Denied Access to Lawyer, His Family Harassed (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, January 5, 2008) – Hu Jia (胡佳), the Beijing-based activist, Detained on Suspicion of “Inciting Subversion“ on December 27, 2007, is denied access to lawyers by police, citing the case’s involvement of “state secret.” Hu’s (read more…)

Guangxi Dissident Writer Jing Chu Detained for “Inciting Subversion of State Power”

December 15, 2007 Comments Off

Guangxi Dissident Writer Jing Chu Detained for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, December 15, 2007)- Internet writer, Jing Chu (荆楚, also known as Wang Dejia ( 王德佳)), of Quanzhou County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province, was criminally detained on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” early (read more…)

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

August 27, 2007 Comments Off

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…)

CRD Open Letter to the NPC, Urging Constitutional Review of the Crime of “Inciting Subversion”

March 23, 2007 Comments Off

CRD Open Letter to the NPC, Urging Constitutional Review of the Crime of “Inciting Subversion” and Abolition of Law Criminalizing Free Expression On March 12, 2007, CRD released an open letter, urging the National People’s Congress to authorize review procedures to examine the constitutionality of an article in the PRC (read more…)