Yuan was taken into police custody in Beijing in May of 2008 and then formally arrested on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” the next month. According to the Jixi City People’s Procuratorate, Yuan had “incited subversion” due to several activities, including distributing an article entitled “Save China, Implement (read more…)
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Communiqué to UN Human Rights Special Procedures from Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Alleging Torture and Cruel, Degrading, and Inhumane Treatment of Human Rights Defender Yuan Xianchen, citizen of People’s Republic of China To:Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment The Special Representative on (read more…)
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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…)
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After Torture in Detention, Legal Activist Yuan Xianchen Goes on Trial (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- January 14, 2009) – On January 12, Yuan Xianchen (袁显臣), a human rights activist and “legal worker” (falu gongzuozhe) based in Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province, was tried for “inciting subversion of state power” by Jixi (read more…)
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