Countdown for China

Contents Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Arrested Uyghur Scholar Ilham Tohti Suffering From Multiple Illnesses, Mistreatment Detained Tibetan Monk in Worsening Health, Lawyers’ Visitation Denied...

Depriving medical treatment to individuals in custody is a life-threatening form of torture. Authorities’ failure or refusal to provide adequate medical care for detainees violates Chinese law and, among other international standards...

(The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 20, 2014) – CHRD condemns the harsh punishments issued to Jiangxi activists Liu Ping ( 刘萍 ) , Wei Zhongping ( 魏忠平 ) , and Li Sihua ( 李思 华 ) and demands their immediate release. The...

Contents Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Imprisoned Guizhou Dissident Chen Xi Suffering From Untreated Illness Arbitrary Detention 3 Xinyu Activists Sentenced After Over-Extended Detention, Sham...

On 17 June, 2014, around 300 activists campaigning for freedom, human rights and democracy.staged a colorful protest against lLi Keqiang near Downing Street, fighting for free Tibet, free Eastern Turkistan, free China. https://www...

Chinese Premier to visit UK 17-19 June 2014 [16 June 2014, UPDATED] Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is due to visit the UK on 17-19 June, during which time he is expected to meet the Queen, Prime Minister Cameron and various business...

On the occasion of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's visit to the UK, the following concerns on China's institutional abuses of human rights should be highlighted: Li Keqiang helped cover up AIDS scandal while he was Party Secretary and...

(The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders – June 13, 2014) – Prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang ( 浦志强 ) has been formally arrested after more than a month in detention, charged on June 13 with “creating a disturbance” and...

The Chinese authorities must drop spurious charges against a prominent human rights lawyer and immediately release him, said Amnesty International.

 Pu Zhiqiang was formally arrested yesterday, 13 June, for “picking quarrels” and...

At the panel discussion "Reclaiming Tiananmen" organized by Amnesty International UK on 3 June 2014, Wu Renhua discusses his trilogy on the 1989 Beijng (Tiananmen) massacre. The publications include: Tiananmen Massacra in 24 Hours...

http://shaojiang1989.blogspot.com/2014/06/reclaiming-tiananmen-2014-rep… Reclaiming Tiananmen 2014: Report [10 June 2014] To mark the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, Amnesty International UK...

[CHRB] Nearly 100 Detained, Restricted in Movement Around 25th Tiananmen Anniversary (5/30-6/5/2014) China Human Rights Briefing May 30 – June 5, 2014 Contents Arbitrary Detention Harshest 6/4 Anniversary Yet: More Than 40 Criminal...

Press Release issued by Chinese Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK [3 June 2014] On the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, Chinese Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK calls on the Chinese government to end its censorship of the...

On Wednesday the 4th of June, 7pm-9pm, over 100 protestors gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in London to commemorate victims of the Tiananmen Massacre (Beijing Massacre) in 1989. Protestors read out the names of known victims of...

Li Haocheng (李浩成) 天津师范大学中文系本科生, #八九 学生绝食期间，李随该校五千余名师生前往北京声援，6月2日后留守广场。六四日晨戒严部队进入天安门广场时，李正在广场东南角拍摄现场照片，遭戒严部队射击连中两弹，致命一弹位于肝部，死时 20岁。 # 李浩成 天津师范大学中文系本科生, 学生绝食期间，李随该校五千余名师生前往北京声援，6月2日后留守广场。 # 六四 晨戒严部队进入天安门广场时，李正在广场东南角拍摄现场照片，遭戒严部队射击连中两弹...

At 5:00 pm, Liu Xiaobo, Hou Dejian, Zhou Duo and Gao Xin start a hunger strike in Tiananmen Square. Around 11.30pm, a speeding military jeep smashed into pedestrians, killing three at the scene on Chang'an Avenue. The driver was...