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China Human Rights Briefing November 14 – 20, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Henan Church Leader Seized, Supporters and Family Members Beaten Tibetans in Biru County Continue to Face Crackdown Law & Policy Watch Chinese Lawyers...
China Human Rights Briefing November 8 – 13, 2013 Special Edition China’s first Mental Health Law took effect on May 1, 2013 with the aim to regulate the mental health industry. One of the most significant provisions in the law is that...
China Human Rights Briefing November 1 – 7, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Xinjiang-Based Activist’s Arrest Confirmed After Months-Long Disappearance Petitioners Detained in Black Jails in Xinjiang & Beijing Torture and Other Cruel...
(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, November 7, 2013) – Chinese Human Rights Defenders is concerned that the government of China, which is seeking a seat on the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) for a third time, has clearly...
(Chinese Human Rights Defender, November 4, 2013) – CHRD is deeply concerned about the safety of activist Chen Jianfang and the imminent danger of torture she faces. Shanghai-based activist Chen Jianfang has been missing for more than...
China Human Rights Briefing October 24 – 31, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Updates on Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly, Association & Expression Lawyer Met Cao Shunli, Confirmed Arrest and Serious Illness Detained Activist Sun...
(Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 29, 2013) – A Chinese court had to suspend the trial of activists Liu Ping (刘萍), Wei Zhongping (魏忠平), and Li Sihua (李思华) on October 28 in Jiangxi Province after defendants and lawyers...
China Human Rights Briefing October 17 – 23, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention More Activists Arrested in Crackdown, Cao Shunli’s Detention Confirmed Another Journalist Detained for Exposing Corruption Clampdown Ramps Up on Peaceful...
China Human Rights Briefing October 10 – 16, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Updates on Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly, Association & Expression Formal Arrests, Denied Access to Lawyers, Prolonged Pre-Trial Detention Plight of...
China Human Rights Briefing October 10 – 16, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Updates on Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly, Association & Expression Formal Arrests, Denied Access to Lawyers, Prolonged Pre-Trial Detention Plight of...
China Human Rights Briefing October 3 – 9, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Updates on Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly, Association & Expression Denied Access to Lawyers, Rejected Bail Request & Trials to Begin Newest Detainee in...
CHRD Suggestions for UPR Recommendations to China Universal Periodic Review, China, Second Cycle Human Rights Council, October 22, 2013 Chinese Human Rights Defenders (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, October 15, 2013) – In the run-up...
(Chinese Human Rights Defenders – October 7, 2013) – Two weeks before China undergoes a UN human rights review known as the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), Beijing police once again suppressed demonstrations demanding civil society’s...
China Human Rights Briefing September 26-October 2, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Updates on Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly & Association Activist Cao Shunli Reportedly Under Criminal Detention on Order of Ministry of Foreign...
(Chinese Human Rights Defenders – September 24, 2013) – The Chinese government must halt the imminent execution of Mr. Xia Junfeng (夏俊峰), a street vendor who was convicted of “intentional homicide” and sentenced to death for killing...
China Human Rights Briefing September 12-19, 2013 View this issue on CHRD ’s website. Contents Arbitrary Detention Two Shanghai Activists Sent to Prison for Rights Activism Three Monks Sentenced to Prison in Sichuan Updates on...
(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, September 17, 2013) – Authorities in China have stopped two activists from boarding their flights for a training on UN human rights mechanisms in Geneva, and one of them has since been disappeared after...
Chinese Human Rights Briefing September 13, 2013 Arbitrary Detention Wang Gongquan, Government Critic & Supporter of New Citizens’ Movement, Criminally Detained in Crackdown On September 13, Wang Gongquan (王功权), a prominent...
China Human Rights Briefing September 6-11, 2013 View this issue on CHRD ’s website. Contents Arbitrary Detention Yunnan Activist Criminally Detained Following Detention of Two Colleagues Law & Policy Watch Judicial Authorities...
(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, September 10, 2013) – Chinese authorities have criminally detained two more activists involved in peaceful assembly while rounding up hundreds of microbloggers, as part of the government’s assault on...
About me
Shao Jiang, a former prisoner of conscience for his active role in the 1989 pro-democracy movement, is a committed activist-scholar, who lives and works in exile in London. The academic interests focus on politics and media, social movement, democratisation, feminism, law in PRC and Hong Kong, autonomy & sovereignty & self-determination, international Human Rights mechanisms, comparative studies on development models and political institutions, theory and practice of Civil Society. Publications include Citizen Publications in China before the Internet (Palgrave, 2015).