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Dec 27 2012 9:33AM
“Rule of law”: a ring to bind China's internet

党国新一轮以“法治“的名义”紧箍”中国互联网 @cmphku Rule of law: a ring to bind China's internet http://bit.ly/VAt5vQ

Dec 27 2012 8:51AM
Disabled Rural Worker Reportedly Beaten to Death by Police

China Human Rights Briefing December 21-27, 2012 Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Disabled Rural Worker Dies After Police Beating A disabled man looking for work in rural Hunan Province recently...

Dec 21 2012 12:25PM
[CHRD] Activist Sentenced for Exposing Land Rights Abuses; NGO Sues After Being Forced to Cancel Conference

China Human Rights Briefing December 19-20, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention • Inner Mongolia Activist Sentenced for Revealing Government’s Illegal Land Grabs Freedom of Peaceful Assembly & Association • Authorities Pressured Hotel to...

Dec 18 2012 10:36AM
Police Take Action Against Citizens on Human Rights Day; Uyghur Student Demands Explanation Over Denied Passport

China Human Rights Briefing December 14-18, 2012 Contents Harassment of Activists • Police Take Action Against Citizens Appealing for Justice on Human Rights Day Equal Rights • Uyghur Student Demands Explanation After Passport Denied...

Dec 14 2012 10:29AM
[CHRD] Hubei Activists Sentenced for Defending Land Rights; Elections Report Documents Abuses Against Independent Candidates, et

China Human Rights Briefing December 11-13, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention • Hubei Activists Sent to Prison for Defending Land Rights Harassment of Activists • Hunan Police Makes Death Threat to Activist for Campaigning to Abolish...

Dec 13 2012 6:53PM
Voices of Freedom

To highlight cultural resistance in PR China and to coincide with Human Rights Day, Chinese, Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK presented an evening of imprisoned voices and banned works from Tibet, East Turkestan and China. http://is.gd...

Dec 12 2012 6:19AM
Police Raid Home of Activist Feng Zhengfu; Authorities Try to Silence Professor by Locking Him Up in Psychiatric Hospital, more

China Human Rights Briefing December 6-10, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention • Activists Sentenced Over Signature Campaign That Supported Political Reforms • Five People Sent to RTL for Questioning Police Investigation of Girl’s Death...

Dec 10 2012 11:47PM
Human Rights Day 2012 London

Today around one hundred protesters from Chinese, Uighur and Tibetan Solidarity UK gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in London to marks the 64th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Photos RFA in Chinese Press...

Dec 9 2012 11:54PM
Press Release for Human Rights Day, 10 December 2012

Chinese, Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK Press Release for Human Rights Day, 10 December 2012 China’s new leadership urged to end tyranny and grant human rights, freedom and democracy to the people under its rule [10 December 2012] On...

Dec 7 2012 11:21AM
Human Rights Day 2012: Free Liu Xiaobo!

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders – December 7, 2012) – Another international Human Rights Day is being marked in China by the Chinese government’s ongoing violations of human rights. Many Chinese prisoners of conscience languish in jail...

Dec 4 2012 7:07AM
Chen Kegui Sentenced in Apparent Retaliation Against Chen Guangcheng; Petitioner Killed Over Land Grab Conflict; and more

China Human Rights Briefing November 29-December 3, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention • Chen Kegui Gets 39-Month Sentence in Apparent Retaliation Against Chen Guangcheng • Petitioners Forcibly Held in Psychiatric Hospitals More Than 5...

Dec 1 2012 1:52PM
Human Rights Day 2012

Chinese, Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK (of which Tibet Society is a founding member) is hosting two events in London to mark Human Rights Day 2012: • Monday 10 December: Solidairty vigil at the Chinese Embassy • Wednesday 12 December...

Nov 20 2012 2:45PM
[CHRD] Dissident Poet Li Bifeng Given 12 Years on Concocted Fraud Charge

China Human Rights Briefing November 19, 2012 Arbitrary Detention Sichuan Dissident Li Bifeng Issued 12-Year Prison Term for Alleged Fraud Sichuan dissident and poet Li Bifeng (李必丰) was given a 12-year sentence on a seemingly concocted...

Nov 20 2012 2:45PM
[CHRD] Dissident Poet Li Bifeng Given 12 Years on Concocted Fraud Charge

China Human Rights Briefing November 19, 2012 Arbitrary Detention Sichuan Dissident Li Bifeng Issued 12-Year Prison Term for Alleged Fraud Sichuan dissident and poet Li Bifeng (李必丰) was given a 12-year sentence on a seemingly concocted...

Nov 9 2012 7:57AM
[CHRD] Shanghai Activists Detained, Punished Around Party Congress; Tibetan Areas Face Information Blockade, and more

China Human Rights Briefing November 3-8, 2012 Contents Harassment of Activists • Shanghai Authorities Detain, Punish Activists Around Party Congress Freedom of Information • Gansu Authorities Impose Information Blockade, Other...

Nov 8 2012 2:19PM
Labour camp sentence for women's activist MAO Hengfeng

The Chinese authorities must immediately release prominent women’s rights activist, Mao Hengfeng, who has been sentenced to one and a half years in a labour camp, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Mao Hengfeng is a relentless...

Nov 8 2012 2:08PM
China Human Rights Briefing November 2, 2012

Arbitrary Detention Cao Haibo, Founder of Online Democracy Discussion Group, Sentenced to 8 Years for “Subversion” In another case of political persecution of free speech, Cao Haibo (曹海波), a manager of an Internet café in Yunnan...

Nov 8 2012 2:02PM
[CHRB] Democracy Website Founder Gets 8 Years for Subversion, Rights Abuses Escalate Before Party Congress, and more 10/25-11/2

China Human Rights Briefing October 25-November 2, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention Cao Haibo, Founder of Online Democracy Discussion Group, Sentenced to 8 Years for “Subversion” Enforced Disappearance Shanghai Petitioner-Activist Out...

Nov 1 2012 9:54AM
Weighty Times, Aggressive Measures: China Must End Heightened Crackdown Ahead of Party Congress

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders – November 1, 2012) - As the 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress approaches, police and other security personnel have ramped up harsh measures against Chinese dissidents, human rights activists and...

Oct 26 2012 8:45AM
Suppression Ramps Up Before Party Congress; Activist Zhu Jindi Missing for Almost 2 Months

China Human Rights Briefing October 25, 2012 Contents Enforced Disappearance Shanghai Petitioner-Activist Out of Contact for Nearly Two Months Harassment of Activists More Activists, Petitioners Seized in Crackdown Before Party...

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