Olympics | Chinese Human Rights Defenders

Crackdown before 17th CCP Congress Raises Fear for Olympics

October 16, 2007 Comments Off

Pre-Congress Crackdown Raises Fear for Olympics The government must reverse its policy of intimidating and terrorizing dissent (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 15, 2007) – The 17th Communist Party Congress opens today in Beijing in the wake of a two-month crackdown. Since August, authorities have closed down websites, tightened surveillance (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…)

Heilongjiang Activist Yang Chunlin Arrested for Organizing Open-Letter Campaign: “We Want Human Rights, not the Olympics”

September 4, 2007 Comments Off

Heilongjiang Activist Yang Chunlin Arrested for Organizing Open-Letter Campaign: “We Want Human Rights, not the Olympics” (Heilongjiang, August 31, 2007) – Yang Chunlin (杨春林), a resident of Jiamusi City (佳木斯市), Heilongjiang Province, was detained on July 6 and formally arrested on suspicion of “subversion of state power” on August 3. (read more…)