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Open letter requesting Supreme People’s Court immediately to open an investigation into the use of torture in the Chongqing anti-mafia campaign

August 23, 2010 Comments Off

The following is a translation of a public letter signed by a group of Chinese lawyers, activists, and writers concerned over allegations of torture in the Chongqing anti-mafia campaign. For the original text, in Chinese, please click here. Open letter requesting Supreme People’s Court immediately to open an investigation into (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing August 3-9, 2010

August 10, 2010 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly August 3-9, 2010 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Liu Xianbin Case on Verge of Transfer to Courts: CHRD learned this week from lawyer Ma Xiaopeng (马小鹏) that the “inciting subversion of state power” case against Sichuan Province (read more…)

China’s Highest Court Must Overturn Death Sentence Based on Confession Extracted by Torture

August 3, 2010 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders- August 3, 2010) Last week, following the transfer of Fan Qihang’s (樊奇杭) case to the Supreme People’s Court for a review of his death sentence, Zhu Mingyong (朱明勇), lawyer for the alleged Chongqing mob boss, made public secret recordings in which Fan describes being subjected to (read more…)