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On Tuesday the 4th of June, 7pm-9pm, 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...
(Chinese Human Rights Defenders – June 1, 2013) – For nearly a quarter-century, the Chinese government has maintained an impervious approach to the truth about its 1989 military suppression against pro-democracy protests. Authorities...
China Human Rights Briefing May 24-30, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Update on Anti-Corruption Crackdown: Two More Arrests in Beijing, Another Looming in Jiangxi Chongqing Activist Detained After Rally in Support of Beijing...
China Human Rights Briefing May 18-23, 2013 Contents Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Imprisoned Journal Editor Severely Beaten, Forced to Work Long Hours Young Child Held in Black Jail For 4 Years...
China Human Rights Briefing May 15-17, 2013 Contents Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Worsening Health of Ailing Political Prisoners Zhu Yufu, Xie Fulin Arbitrary Detention Detentions on “Inciting...
China Human Rights Defenders May 9-14, 2013 Contents Reprisals Against Human Rights Defenders Sichuan Activist Chen Yunfei Beaten by “Thugs” as Police Look On Sichuan Police Detain, Physically Assault Human Rights Lawyers Lawyer...
China Human Rights Briefing May 2-8, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Update on Ongoing Crackdown: Anti-Corruption Campaigners Formally Arrested, Criminally Detained Guangdong Activist Arrested on Concocted Charge Reprisals Against...
China Human Rights Briefing April 26-May 1, 2013 Contents Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Police Torture Activists Involved in Anti-Corruption Campaign Film Documents Torture, Other Abuses in...
China Human Rights Briefing April 19-25, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Wave of Detentions in Several Cities Across China Reprisals Against Activists Chinese Authorities Restrict Activists Responding to Earthquake AIDS Protest...
Chinese Authorities Must Release Activists, End Escalating Crackdown on Free Expression on Apr 19, 2013 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 19 2013) – Police in China have begun detaining activists, lawyers, and ordinary citizens in...
[CHRB] Courts Sentence 12 Tibetans on Trumped-up Charges (April 11-18, 2013) on Apr 18, 2013 China Human Rights Briefing April 11-18, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Qinghai Courts Sentence 12 Tibetans for “Inciting Splittism,”...
China Human Rights Briefing April 4-10, 2013 Contents Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Diary Exposes Torture, Other Horrendous Abuses at Labor Camp for Women Arbitrary Detention Journal Editor...
China Human Rights Briefing March 28-April 3, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Activists Detained After Staging Protest Calling for Leaders to Disclose Wealth Elderly Petitioner Held in Black Jail for 3 Months Special Notice Citing...
China Cites “State Secrets” in Rejecting Civil Society Participation in Universal Periodic Review (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 2, 2013) – The Chinese government must stop harassing and persecuting activists for requesting to...
China Human Rights Briefing March 21-27, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention 20 Uyghurs Harshly Sentenced for “Inciting Splittism” Death Penalty Chinese NGO Publishes 2012 Report on Capital Punishment in China Special Notice CHRD Makes...
China Human Rights Briefing March 16-20, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention Three Tibetans Imprisoned for “Inciting Splittism” Fujian Petitioner Held Illegally in Government Building for Nearly 5 Months Freedom of Expression Shanghai...
China Human Rights Briefing March 18, 2013 Content Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment Beijing Police Torture Activist Hu Jia During Interrogation, Restrict His Freedom & Access to Medical Care Special...
on Mar 15, 2013 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, March 15, 2013) – With a major change of the guard at the top echelon of China’s one-party power, 2012 was marked by authorities’ intensified attempts to thwart human rights activism but...
on Mar 15, 2013 China Human Rights Briefing March 9-15, 2013 Contents Arbitrary Detention • Several Tibetan Monks, Singer Sentenced to Prison in Qinghai Reprisals Against Activists • Petitioners Formally Detained During “Sensitive”...
China Human Rights Briefing March 1-8, 2013 Contents Reprisals Against Activists Political Repression Envelopes China as People’s Congress Opens Police are rounding up and restricting the movement of Chinese activists as the annual...
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).