China Human Rights Briefing April 24-May 3, 2012

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China Human Rights Briefing April 24-May 3, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Top News Chen Guangcheng Arrangement Uncertain, Concerns Swirl Over Family’s Safety: Conditions negotiated by US and Chinese officials for activist and lawyer Chen Guangcheng and his family to remain in (read more…)

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U.S. Must Voice Concerns over China’s Assault on Human Rights Lawyers During the Upcoming Legal Experts Dialogue with China

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(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 7, 2011) On June 8-9, officials and legal experts from the United States and China will meet in Washington, D.C. for the U.S.-China Legal Experts Dialogue (LED). The U.S. Department of State publicly announced the dates of the LED only yesterday in a terse media (read more…)

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Escalating Crackdown Following Call for “Jasmine Revolution” in China

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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…)

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A Quiet Crackdown, Yet Likely the Harshest in Recent Years

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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…)

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CHRD Condemns Preemptive Strike against Protests

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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…)

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Chinese Police Must End Enforced Disappearances of Human Rights Activists

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(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- February 18, 2011) More than two days after police officers forced open the door to his Beijing home and dragged him away, human rights lawyer Tang Jitian (唐吉田) remains missing. Though officials have stated he is in police custody, they have failed to produce any legal (read more…)

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Police Roughly Handle and Take Away Human Rights Lawyer Jiang Tianyong

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Police Roughly Handle and Take Away Human Rights Lawyer Jiang Tianyong (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 19, 2009) – At 7:40am this morning, Jiang Tianyong (江天勇), a Beijing-based human rights lawyer, was roughly handled and mistreated by the policemen and security guards guarding him during US President Obama’s visit. Following (read more…)

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