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Jul 13 2012 9:28PM
China Human Rights Briefing July 7-12, 2012

Arbitrary Detention Shandong Police Interrogate Guards About Chen Guangcheng’s Escape, Determine Activist Escaped on His Own Hunan Activist Zhu Chengzhi Still Detained Incommunicado Beijing Authorities Detain Residents Over Demolition...

Jul 6 2012 8:36PM
China Human Rights Briefing June 27-July 6, 2012

Contents • Arbitrary Detention ◦ Chen Kegui Remains Detained, Family Warned as Officials Offer Token Compensation ◦ Activist Song Ze Remains Held in Undisclosed Location ◦ UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Finds Chen Wei’s...

Jul 5 2012 8:06AM
China: Dozens still subject to enforced disappearance three years after crackdown on unrest in Urumqi

Amnesty Internatio nal Public Statement: Dozens still subject to enforced disappeara nce three years after crackdown on unrest in Urumqi

Jun 30 2012 2:56PM
China Human Rights Briefing June 20-26, 2012

Top News • Controls Tighten Around Activist Feng Zhenghu: Feng Zhenghu, the activist who now has been under house arrest in Shanghai for four months, continues to face heightened harassment. Most recently,authorities cut down branches...

Jun 20 2012 10:48PM
Friends, Family of Li Wangyang Under Soft Detention, Remain Out of Contact; Guangdong Labor NGOs Under Threat

China Human Rights Briefing June 12-19, 2012 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Top News Authorities Maintain Suppression Over Deceased Activist Li Wangyang’s Friends, Family: Many friends and relatives of...

Jun 13 2012 9:33AM
Activist Li Wangyang's Death Sets Off Controversy, Suppression; Lawyer's Health Severely Declining in Prison

China Human Rights Briefing June 5-11, 2012 Top News • Shady Circumstances Envelope Death of Activist Li Wangyang: The death of Hunan activist Li Wangyang, a labor leader during the 1989 pro-democracy movement, was immediately met with...

Jun 13 2012 9:24AM
Amnesty International calls for a prompt, thorough and independent investigation into Li Wangyang’s death

Ref: TG ASA 17/2012.002 AI index: ASA 17/015/2012 To Wu Bangguo Weiyuanzhang Chairperson of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress Quanguo Renda Changwu Weiyuanhui Bangongting 23 Xijiaominxiang Xichengqu Beijingshi...

Jun 7 2012 11:00PM
Urgent Appeal for Credible Investigation into the Truth of Li Wangyang’s Death

Urgent Appeal for Credible Investigation into the Truth of Li Wangyang(李旺阳)’s Death Hunan labor movement leader Mr.Li Wangyang (李旺阳, see below for bio) was found dead in the morning of June 6th, 2012, in Daxiang Hospital, Shaoyang...

Jun 7 2012 8:41PM
Amnesty International: China must investigate veteran dissident's death

7 June 2012 China must investigate veteran dissident's death Activists have called for an investigation into Li Wangyang's death “ Li Wangyang was a tireless human rights campaigner who suffered at the hands of the government - his...

Jun 6 2012 5:31AM
Chinese Citizens Suppressed Around June Fourth; Netizen's Lawyers Still Barred From Visit Due to "Secret Case"

China Human Rights Briefing May 29-June 4, 2012 Top News • Authorities Suppress, Harass Citizens Around June Fourth Anniversary: As the Chinese government maintains a general policy of silence about the Tiananmen Massacre, authorities...

Jun 5 2012 1:49AM
Photos June Fourth 2012 in London

Photos June Fourth 2012 in London

Jun 3 2012 4:36PM
Protestors to Mark the 23rd Anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre

On Monday the 4th of June, 8pm-10pm, protestors will gather outside the Chinese Embassy in London to hold a candlelight vigil commemorating victims of the Tiananmen Massacre in 1989. Protestors will read out the names of known victims...

Jun 1 2012 4:18PM
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL: Tiananmen – 23rd Anniversary

On the eve of the 23rd anniversary of the Chinese military’s violent suppression of peaceful demonstrators in and around Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, Amnesty International again calls on the government to hold an open and independent...

Jun 1 2012 9:01AM
Tiananmen Massacre: Citizens Continue to Press for Truth and Justice despite Suppression

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 1, 2012) – For more than two decades, the Chinese government has pursued a policy of denial and silence regarding the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre: discussion of the massacre is systematically censored...

May 30 2012 9:50AM
Chen Guangcheng’s Relatives, Family Supporters in Tough Straits; Ship Captain Imprisoned for Helping Families of Dead Crew; and

China Human Rights Briefing By CHRD May 23-28, 2012 Top News • Chen Guangcheng’s Relatives, Family Supporters in Tough Straits: Chen Guangfu, Chen Guangcheng’s brother tortured by Shandong police in April, recently fled Dongshigu...

May 24 2012 11:53AM
Activist Feng Zhenghu's Illegal House Arrest Proves No Lessons Learned From Chen Guangcheng Abuses

Activist Feng Zhenghu's Illegal House Arrest Proves No Lessons Learned From Chen Guangcheng Abuses (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, May 24, 2012) – Two months before Chen Guangcheng (陈光诚) dramatically escaped from illegal house arrest...

May 22 2012 10:25AM
Lawyers for Chen Kegui Challenge Local Police’s Unlawful Obstruction of Efforts to Defend Client

China Human Rights Briefing: Special Edition May 22, 2012 Lawyers for Chen Kegui Challenge Local Police’s Unlawful Obstruction of Efforts to Defend Client CHRD has obtained a letter addressed to the police chief of the Yinan County...

May 17 2012 10:19AM
News Alert: Shandong Police Torture Chen Guangfu, Brother of Chen Guangcheng; Relatives Live in Fear

China Human Rights Briefing: Special Edition May 16, 2012 Shandong Police Torture Chen Guangfu, Brother of Chen Guangcheng; Relatives Live in Fear CHRD has learned that Chen Guangfu (陈光福), the elder brother of activist Chen Guangcheng...

May 16 2012 9:08AM
China Human Rights Briefing May 9-14, 2012

Top News • Harassment Rampant Against Individuals With Ties to Chen Guangcheng: The nephew of Chen Guangcheng has confirmed to be formally arrested, and lawyers, activists, and others are facing unabated harassment and rights abuses...

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