Category Archives: Headlines

Update to UN on Gao Zhisheng – July 23, 2012

Jul 23, 2012 • 12:37 pm
To: UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) hereby respectfully submits an update concerning the enforced disappearance of Mr. GAO Zhisheng (高智晟), following the urgent appeal on behalf of Mr. Gao that we submitted on April 15, 2009. (See: “Communication on a Victim of an Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance,” http://chrdnet.com/2009/04/15/un-work-on-cases-gao-zhisheng-april-15-2009/.) Continue reading

Submission to UN on Gao Zhisheng – April 15, 2009

Apr 15, 2009 • 9:27 pm

Communication on a Victim of an Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance

To: Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

1. Identity of the disappeared person: Continue reading

Submission to UN on Gao Zhisheng – November 15, 2006

Nov 15, 2006 • 1:09 am

Communique to UN Special Procedures on Behalf of Gao Zhisheng, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Interference in Independency of Lawyers, Retaliation against a Human Rights Defender, Violation of Freedom of Expression, and Torture or Cruel, Inhumane, Degrading Treatment

To: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Continue reading

Li Huaping Indictment

Published: July 10, 2014

Li Huaping (李化平), known online as “Norwegian Wood” (挪威森林), is a dissident and activist based in Shanghai. A key figure in the New Citizens Movement, Continue reading

Li Huaping’s Indictment-Hefei Municipality Shushan District People’s Procuratorate

May 5, 2014

In this indictment against Li Huaping (李化平), the Hefei Municipality Shushan District People’s Procuratorate urges the criminal prosecution of Li for “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place.” Continue reading

Xiao Guozhen: Meet Guo Feixiong

By Xiao Guozhen, published: July 23, 2014

This is China Change’s second profile of Guo Feixiong. Read the one by Xiao Shu.

 

On August 8, 2013, Guangzhou-based rights activist Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄, a.k.a. Yang Maodong) disappeared. Ten days later following a sustained uproar on social media, his sister finally confirmed his criminal detention upon receiving a notice of such from the Chinese police for allegedly “assembling a crowd Continue reading

ChinaFile:Can Chinese Journalists Still Push Boundaries?

What new regulations might mean for China’s beleaguered reporters.

BY DAVID SCHLESINGER , ORVILLE SCHELL , ROGIER CREEMERS , WEN YUNCHAO JULY 22, 2014

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On June 30, China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television posted a statement on its website warning Chinese journalists not to share information with Continue reading

Journalist Fired Over Work for Hong Kong Website

July 22, 2014 2:30 AM

Posted By: Samuel Wade

The New York Times’ Kiki Zhao reports the sudden firing of journalist Song Zhibiao over commentaries he wrote for a Hong Kong website. China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Film, Continue reading