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Apr 20 2014 8:47AM
Four New Citizens’ Movement Activists Sentenced in Beijing

The Haidian District People’s Court announced guilty verdicts on April 18 for lawyer Ding Jiaxi (丁家喜) as well as activists Li Wei (李蔚) , Zhao Changqing (赵常青) , and Zhang Baocheng (张宝成) who were all tried last week in Beijing (see...

Apr 20 2014 8:46AM
[CHRB] Lawyer Detained for Driving Car with Anti-Corruption Slogans upon Arriving at Ding Jiaxi’s Trial (4/11-4/17/2014)

China Human Rights Briefing April 11-17, 2014 Contents Arbitrary Detention Lawyer Driving Car with Anti-Corruption Slogans from Guangdong to Beijing, Detained upon Arriving at Ding Jiaxi’s Trial Shenzhen NGO Workers Detained in...

Apr 20 2014 8:42AM
1989 Protester's Profile: Hu Jian (胡践)

Hu Jian (胡践) lecturer from Taiyuan Industrial University, organised protests on campus and in the local central square. He set up local independent student unions. After 4th June, he went to Beijing, submitting a petition letter to the...

Apr 20 2014 8:34AM
Today in 1989: Police Voilently Dispersed Protesters

At 3am, hundred peaceful demonstrators at Xinhuamen were suddenly set upon by police wielding belts and clubs who attempted to disperse the protesters, and numerous students were injured. thousand students at noon marched to Tiananmen...

Apr 19 2014 8:37PM
1989 Protester's Profile: Wen Jie (温杰)

Wen Jie (温杰), instructor from Beijing Fashion Institute, received a master's degree in Chinese from Beijing University in 1988, posted Big Character Posters here and Peking Univ on 19 April 1989, contacting students and teachers in...

Apr 19 2014 7:59PM
1989 Protester's Profile: Yan Wen (严文)

Yan Wen (严文) joined in Big Character Poster campaign in Peking Univ on 18 April, giving public support to the sit-ins. In the evening on the New Year's day 1987, Yan and thousdand students marched to Tiananmen, demanding immediate...

Apr 19 2014 7:25PM
1989 Protester's Profile: Xiao Jie (肖杰)

Xiao Jie (肖杰, aka 肖峰杰), student at People's University in China, one of student representatives, handed in the Seven-Point Demands in the Great Hall of People. Xiao organized a society, invesigating social and political phenomena and...

Apr 19 2014 5:55AM
Today in 1989: set up an independent student's union and sit in at Xinhuamen

In the evening, about four thousand students gathered at The Triangle at the center of the campus in Beida, to listen to a few speakers taking their turns on a stool. With a voice vote, the crowd "disbanded" the official student union...

Apr 16 2014 10:06AM
Today on 16 April 1989: public speeches in Tiananmen Square

Today in 1989, people gathered in front of the People's Monument in Tiananment Square, giving speeches and posting poems. More images in Tweets in Chinese ==Tweets in Chinese=== 25年前的今天(4月16日), # 天安门 # 纪念碑 前人群开始聚集,讲演和张贴诗文。 # 八九六四 #8964...

Apr 15 2014 10:41AM
Today on 15 April 1989 : Big Character posters Appeared in Campuses

This year is the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Pro-democracy Movement and the June 4 Massacre. 25 years ago, Hu Yaobang's death triggered Student Movement. Big Character posters in memory of Hu, criticism of the government and of overt...

Apr 11 2014 10:01PM
Briefing: UK-China Human Rights Dialogue

April 2014 A joint briefing by the China NGO Network, London On the occasion of the upcoming UK-China human rights dialogue, the China NGO Network wishes to draw attention to a number of key concerns. Key concerns: Crackdown on freedom...

Apr 11 2014 9:29PM
China calls off human rights dialogue with UK

[10 April 2014] Tibet Society has learned that the UK-China Human Rights Dialogue, due to take place on 14-15 April, has been cancelled. Sources say that the Chinese government unilaterally called the meeting off due to disagreements...

Apr 11 2014 6:21PM
[CHRB] Details of Lawyers’ Torture Emerge, 3 Tibetan Villagers Given Long Sentences (4/4-4/10/2014)

China Human Rights Briefing April 4-10, 2014 Contents Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Details of Torture Emerge, Released Lawyers Underwent Medical Exam Update on Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly...

Apr 3 2014 7:43PM
[CHRB] Two Dozen Detained Over Black Jail Case, Former RTL Abuse Victim Under Criminal Detention (3/28/-4/3/2014)

China Human Rights Briefing March 28 – April 3, 2014 Contents Arbitrary Detention Two Dozen Detained, Many Assaulted Over Black Jail Investigation in Heilongjiang Former Masanjia RTL Torture Victim Detained for Seeking Justice Detained...

Mar 28 2014 7:57AM
[CHRB] Tibetan Dies From Torture Suffered in Prison; Lawyers Detained for Exposing Black Jail (3/21-3/27/2014)

China Human Rights Briefing March 21-27, 2014 Contents Arbitrary Detention Jiangsu Activist Sentenced in Ongoing Crackdown on Civil Society Four Human Rights Lawyers Detained Over Black Jail Investigation Cao Shunli’s Body “Disappeared...

Mar 20 2014 6:24AM
[CHRB] Rebuttal to Chinese Authorities’ Claims About Death of Cao Shunli (3/14-3/20/2014)

Rebuttal to China’s Claims at Human Rights Council on Death of Cao Shunli CHRD wishes to respond to the Chinese government delegation’s declaration to the 25 th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva during a general debate...

Mar 16 2014 6:11AM
Petition to Condemn the Chinese Government’s Persecution of Cao Shunli that Led to Her Death 关于严厉谴责中国政府将曹顺利女士迫害致死的紧急联署

Petition to Condemn the Chinese Government’s Persecution of Cao Shunli that Led to Her Death At about 4pm on March 14, 2014, prominent human rights activist Cao Shunli died at the 309 Military Hospital in Beijing. On September 14, 2013...

Mar 16 2014 5:47AM
Chinese Government Must Be Held Accountable for Death of Activist Cao Shunli

(The Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 14, 2014) – We are overwhelmed with grief over the death of Cao Shunli (曹顺利) , a fellow human rights defender. Cao Shunli will be remembered by those in China and elsewhere for the sacrifices...

Mar 14 2014 6:05AM
China: Authorities have "blood on their hands" after Cao Shunli's death

China: Authorities have "blood on their hands" after activist's death Chinese human rights activist Cao Shunli who passed away after being denied medical treatment “ Cao Shunli's death exposes just how callous and calculating the...

Mar 13 2014 10:24AM
[CHRB] (3/7-3/13/2014) Guangdong Activists Going to Trial, Jiangsu Police Assault Pregnant Petitioners

China Human Rights Briefing March 7-13, 2014 Contents Arbitrary Detention Uyghur Public Health Worker Arrested on State Security Charges Guangdong Activists Going to Trial, Had Been Seized on “Advocacy Tour” in Hubei Jiangxi Activist...

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