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(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...
China Human Rights Briefing August 29-September 5, 2013 Contents UPR Watch Court Ruling Shields Official Refusal to Disclose Information on UPR Arbitrary Detention Police in Yunnan Detain Individuals Linked to Company Founded by...
(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, September 3, 2013) – Three weeks before the UN review of China’s record in protecting the rights of the child (September 26-27), Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) has released its own report on the...
China Human Rights Briefing August 22-28, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Updates on Crackdown on Peaceful Assembly & Association Activist Xu Zhiyong Formally Arrested; 3 Others Arrested, Criminally Detained Arrested Jiangxi Activist...
[CHRB] Activist Guo Feixiong Detained in Crackdown as Known Arrests Reach 25 (8/15-21, 2013) Aug 22, 2013 • 12:40 am China Human Rights Briefing August 15-21, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Updates on Crackdown: Activist Guo...
China Human Rights Briefing August 8-14, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Update: More Detentions in Ongoing Crackdown on Freedom of Assembly & Association Hangzhou Activist Criminally Detained for “Obstructing Official Business”...
China Human Rights Briefing August 1-7, 2013 UPR Watch No Verdict Announced 2 Months After Trial of Activist Peng Lanlan, Detained for Seeking Participation in China’s UPR Arbitrary Detention Five Tibetans Sentenced for Alleged...
China Human Rights Briefing July 26-31, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention More Than 30 Petitioners Seized for Supporting Anti-Corruption Campaign Activist Detained in Guangdong in Apparent Retaliation for Lawsuit Torture and Other...
China Human Rights Briefing July 19 -25, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention, Torture, and Reprisals Against Human Rights Defenders 16 Activists in Police Custody After Uncovering “Black Jail” Activist Zhang Lin Criminally Detained for...
This partial data has been compiled by Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD). It is based on information collected from reports by human rights organizations working in mainland China. Launched in March 2013, this data documentation...
Updated: July 17, 2013 Since late March of 2013, Chinese police have taken into custody activists, lawyers, and other citizens in a crackdown triggered by an advocacy campaign waged against official corruption and other politically...
(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 17, 2013) – CHRD has confirmed that Xu Zhiyong （许志永）, a leading activist pushing for constitutional democracy and rule-of-law reform, was criminally detained on suspicion of “gathering a crowd to...
[CHRB] Chinese Court Set to Put Anti-Corruption Activists on Trial (7/5-11, 2013) on Jul 11, 2013 China Human Rights Briefing July 5-11, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention First Trial Set To Open for Anti-Corruption Activists; One More...
China Human Rights Briefing June 28-July 4, 2013 Content Arbitrary Detention Imprisoned Activist Ni Yulan’s Health Worsening, Authorities Reject Request for Medical Parole Police Refuse Lawyer’s Application for Bail for Photographer Du...
(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, July 3, 2013) – CHRD has learned from activists in Beijing that, at around 9 a.m. on July 1, Beijing public security forces swept up and detained a large number of activists who had been taking part in...
China Human Rights Briefing June 21-27, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention 3 More Anti-Corruption Activists Formally Arrested Filmmaker Detained For Recording Petitioners in Black Jail UPR Watch Activists Rally at Ministry of Foreign...
China Human Rights Briefing June 13-20, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Five More Anti-Corruption Activists Criminally Detained Activist Secretly Detained for Calling for Disclosure of Officials’ Assets For Insisting on Marking...
China Human Rights Briefing June 7-June 12, 2013 Contents Reprisals Against Activists’ Family Members Liu Xiaobo’s Brother-in-law Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison Arbitrary Detention Du Bin Held Incommunicado After Documenting Forced...
China Human Rights Briefing May 31-June 6, 2013 Contents Reprisals Against Human Rights Lawyers Dozens of Human Rights Lawyers Face Hurdles in Getting Licenses Renewed Arbitrary Detention UN Right Experts Ruled Dissident Guo Quan’s...
On Tuesday the 4th of June, 7pm-9pm, around 120 protesters gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in London to commemorate victims of the Tiananmen (Beijing) Massacre in 1989. Protesters read out the names of known victims of the...
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).