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Apr 27 2010 8:54AM
The environment for human rights advocacy in China has deteriorated substantially in the past year 2009

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 26, 2010) – In its Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2009) , released today, Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) findsthatthe environment for human rights...

Apr 27 2010 8:36AM
AI URGENT ACTION: HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER AT RISK OF TORTURE

Chinese human rights defenderMao Hengfeng is at risk of being tortured or otherwise ill-treated in policecustody. She is believed to be held incommunicado in Yangpu District policedetention centre in the port city of Shanghai. She is a...

Apr 22 2010 11:01AM
China: Ensure rule of law by ending harassment of lawyers

Amnesty International 21 april 2010 Escalating harassment of Chinese lawyers as they carry out their work is seriously undermining the rule of law, and risks further lowering public trust in the Chinese legal system. Two prominent...

Apr 21 2010 1:22PM
AI URGENT ACTION: LIFE SENTENCE FOR 18-YEAR-OLD, UNFAIR TRIAL

18-year-old Noor-Ul-IslamSherbaz was sentenced to life imprisonment on 13 April 2010, followingdemonstrations and subsequent violence in western China in July 2009. Histrial was unfair and his confession may have been extracted under...

Apr 21 2010 1:14PM
AI URGENT ACTION: THOUSANDS AT RISK OF FORCED STERILIZATION

Local officials aim tosterilize 9559 people by 26 April, some against their will, in a driveto meet family planning targets in Puning City, Guangdong Province, southernChina. According to reports in theChinese media, on 7 April the...

Apr 19 2010 1:54PM
Earthquake in Tibet, A Tibetan Blogger Asks...

The death toll from an earthquake in Tibetan area last week reached 1,944 today according to official statistics. HighPeaks Pure Earth has translated a blogpost originally written in Chinese by a Tibetan blogger calling themselves "The...

Apr 19 2010 1:00PM
Three Fujian Digital Activists Convicted as Thousands Gather in Landmark Protest

(ChineseHuman Rights Defenders- April 16, 2010) Fujianactivists Fan Yanqiong (范燕琼),Wu Huaying (吴华英),and You Jingyou (游精佑)were convicted of "slander" today forposting articles and video online urging government officials...

Apr 14 2010 7:42AM
China Human Rights Briefing Weekly  April 7-12, 2010

Highlights Home of Activist Gu Chuan Raided: Police interrogated Beijing human rights activist Gu Chuan (古川) for seven hours on April 9. While he was in detention, another group of officers raided his home, seizing computers, personal...

Apr 10 2010 10:30AM
Police Raid Home of Beijing Activist Gu Chuan as Pressure on Human Rights Defenders Increases

(ChineseHuman Rights Defenders- April 9, 2010)Plainclothes police officers seized writer and human rights activist GuChuan (古川)as he left his Beijing home this morning, taking him in for seven hoursofinterrogation. While Gu was being...

Apr 8 2010 5:42PM
Free Hu Jia

Human Rights defender Hu Jia, handcuffed and shackled in legchains, was barely able to move when his mother visited him in a prisonhospital in Beijing in the end of this March. Doctors discovered a growth on Hu’s liver last month. Hu...

Apr 7 2010 11:38AM
China Human Rights Briefing Weekly  March 31-April 6, 2010

Highlights CHRD’s website still inaccessible, temporary website also attacked: CHRD’s Chinese-language website, www.crd-net.org , remains inaccessible following directed denial of service (DDoS) attacks which began on March 25. On...

Apr 1 2010 9:27AM
China Human Rights Briefing 23-30 March 2010

Highlights CHRD Website Hacked on Heels of Google, Go Daddy Statements : CHRD’s Chinese-language website, www.crd-net.org , was targeted for the second time this year by a series of directed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. These...

Mar 23 2010 10:42PM
China Human Rights Briefing Weekly 16-22 March 2010

Highlights Surprising those who were expecting a verdict to be issued, the Mawei District Court in Fuzhou sent the case against rights activists Fan Yanqiong (范燕琼), Wu Huaying (吴华英), and You Jingyou (游精佑) back to the procuratorate for...

Mar 17 2010 8:27AM
China Human Rights Briefing 9-15  March  2010

Contents FreedomofAssembly Police in Hong Kong Arrest Members of HK Alliance over December Protest for Liu Xiaobo Police Interfere with Meeting on Forced Eviction in Hangzhou ArbitraryDetention Mawei District Court to Announce Verdict...

Mar 12 2010 9:05AM
Police Raid Home of Human Rights Defender and Charter 08 Signatory Xie Qiang

(ChineseHuman Rights Defenders- March 11, 2010) OnMarch 10, Beijing police interrogated human rights defender Xie Qiang (谢强)for the second time in as many weeks. Ninedays earlier, on March 1, police raided his home, seizing computers...

Mar 10 2010 9:22AM
China Human Rights Briefing 2-8 March 2010

Highlights Harassment of Sensitive Individuals Continues as Government Meetings Begin: CHRD has documented 60 cases of individuals around the country who have been harassed, detained, or subjected to restrictions on their movement by...

Mar 8 2010 8:00AM
Recognizing Women Human Rights Defenders

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders,March 8, 2010) – Whilewomen make significant contributions to the promotion of human rightsin China,their efforts are often overlooked. Many women human rights defenders(HRDs) aregrassroots activists...

Mar 7 2010 4:42PM
London commemorated the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising

London commemorated the 51st anniversary of the Tibetan National Uprising : News and More Photos:

Mar 3 2010 8:34AM
China Human Rights Briefing 2 March 2010

Headlines Sichuan Democracy Activist She Wanbao to Be Released after Lengthy Prison Terms Chongqing Family Continue Quest for Justice following Son’s Suspicious Death in Prison Beijing Police Summon Activist Chen Tianshi after...

Mar 2 2010 8:04AM
China Human Rights Briefing  26 February to 1 March 2010

Headlines Jilin Government Website Details Targeting of Political Publications during “Anti-Pornography” Campaign Hubei Teachers’ Organizer Released from RTL, Compensated after 3 Months of Detention Hunger Strike by Death Row Inmates...

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