Hong Kong lawmaker Nathan Law shows photos of his bruises following an attack by pro-Beijing protesters, Jan. 9, 2017. RFA
Human rights in Hong Kong deteriorated to their lowest point ever last year, according to an annual report by Amnesty International. Continue reading
Human Rights in Hong Kong at Lowest Point Since 1997 Handover: Amnesty已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Press Freedom
Tagged AI, Hong Kong, Human Rights
Hunan Province Changsha Municipal People’s ProcuratorateCS Proc Crim Indict [2016] No. 85
Defendant Xie Yang (谢阳), male, [redacted], Han ethnicity, master’s degree education, was a practicing lawyer at Hunan Gangwei Law Firm, [redacted]. Continue reading
Bill of Indictment Against Human Rights Lawyer Xie Yang已关闭评论
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Tagged Indictment, Xie Yang
On December 23, 2016, President Obama signed into law “The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act” (NDAA 2017, section 1261-1265). The law authorizes the U.S. president to levy sanctions against foreign nationals who engage in the following acts: significant corruption, extrajudicial killings, torture, violation of international human rights covenants, and persecution of those who expose government corruption or seek to defend internationally recognized human rights. Continue reading
A Joint Statement Upon the Establishment of ‘China Human Rights Accountability Center’已关闭评论
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Tagged China Human Rights Accountability Center, The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act
CHN 001 / 0117 / OBS 002
Enforced disappearance /
Arbitrary and incommunicado detention /
Judicial harassment
China
January 9, 2017
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in China. Continue reading
China: Incommunicado detention of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong已关闭评论
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Tagged detention, FIDH, incommunicado, Jiang Tianyong, OMCT
Xie Yanyi. Photo: New Citizens Movement.
A lawyer detained in China’s sweeping crackdown in 2015 has been released on bail, but has not yet returned home, according to his wife. Continue reading
Lawyer detained in China crackdown released on bail but still under police surveillance, wife says已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged Inciting Subversion, on bail, Release, surveillance, Tianjin, Xie Yanyi
Poet Lu Yang holds up a sign supporting Deng Xiangchao, a professor who was fired by Shandong Jianzhu University for criticizing Mao Zedong, in the Shandong capital Jinan, Jan 4, 2017. Courtesy of Lu Yang.
Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong have terminated the contract of a university lecturer who criticized late supreme leader Mao Zedong, following protests and violent attacks on campus that were blamed on members of Maoist groups. Continue reading
Lecturer Fired in China’s Shandong After he Criticized Chairman Mao已关闭评论
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Tagged Deng Xiangchao, Jinan, Lu Yang, Mao Zedong, Shandong, violence
Rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, who went missing on Nov. 21, 2016, after meeting relatives of jailed lawyers, in an undated photo.
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer held in an unknown location on suspicion of subversion is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment, an international rights group has warned. Continue reading
Detained Chinese Rights Lawyer ‘At Risk of Torture’: Amnesty International已关闭评论
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Tagged Jiang Tianyong, Torture
The case of a Chinese blogger and activist known as “Super Vulgar Butcher” has been transferred to a court for indictment. Wu Gan, known for his creative protests on sensitive topics, was detained in May 2015 for joining a demonstration staged by lawyers seeking to reopen an old case. Following his detention, state media launched a high-profile attack to discredit him. Continue reading
Chinese blogger-activist ‘Super Vulgar Butcher’ to be indicted; lawyer not given access – report已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Internet Freedom, Subversion
Tagged 709, Indictment, subverting state power, Tianjin, Wu Gan
