European diplomats visit the parents of detained rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong at their home in Xinyang city, Henan province, Dec. 19, 2016.
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hunan are preparing to try a top lawyer on subversion and public order charges, amid an ongoing crackdown on human rights lawyers and activists nationwide. Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged Changsha, Inciting Subversion, Xie Yang
Wu Gan stages protest outside Jiangxi High Court, May 19, 2015. Photo courtesy of Boxun
Detained rights activist Wu Gan, known by his online nickname “The Butcher,” has suffered torture while being held under investigation in a police detention center in the northern port city of Tianjin, his lawyers have complained after visiting him last week. Continue reading
Chinese Rights Activist ‘Tortured’ in Police Detention: Lawyers已关闭评论
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Last Saturday was Human Rights Day, the 68th anniversary of the United Nations’ adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The occasion brought a chorus of protests over abuses in China, from detentions and prosecutions of rights lawyers to measures against citizen journalists and NGOs. Among the critical statements was an open letter from Pen International, signed by 125 writers including Margaret Atwood, Neil Gaiman, Yann Martel, and Salman Rushdie. From The Guardian: Continue reading
China Dismisses Critics’ Human Rights Day Statements已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Support Liu Xiaobo
Tagged Human Rights Day
Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin have indicted prominent rights lawyer Li Heping on unknown charges, paving the way for a trial, while other lawyers detained in a July 2015 crackdown remain in pretrial detention. Continue reading
China to Try Top Human Rights Lawyer, Delays Three Other Cases已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
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Every year on 10 December the international community celebrates the anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This anniversary is an opportunity for both the EU and China to examine their progress in protecting the human rights of all persons. Continue reading
The European Union Delegation in China issues the following statement in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in China已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Support Liu Xiaobo
Tagged EU, Ilham Tohti, Li Heping, Liu Xiaobo, statement, Tashi Wangchuk, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Wang Quanzhang, Xie Yang, Zhang Haitao
Detained Chinese rights lawyer Xie Yang, in undated photo. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.
Concerns are mounting over the continued detention of three prominent Chinese rights defenders all detained or “disappeared” last month, rights group said. Continue reading
Three Human Rights Defenders Held in Unknown Locations, ‘at Risk of Torture’已关闭评论
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Tagged disappearance, HUANG QI, Jiang Tianyong, Liu Feiyue
China Lawyers Crackdown: In this Wednesday, July 6, 2016 photo, Yuan Shanshan, the wife of detained Chinese lawyer Xie Yanyi, holds an official notice of Xie’s detention from the Tianjin Public Security Bureau in their apartment in Miyun, on the outskirts of Beijing.
As China hosts high-level political meetings in Beijing, the families of five jailed human rights lawyers have written President Xi Jinping an open letter, urging the top leader to stop a controversial nationwide crackdown of lawyers. Continue reading
Joyce Huang: Detained Lawyers’ Families Send Open Letter to China’s Xi Jinping已关闭评论
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Tagged Blast, Joyce Huang, open letter, wife, Xi Jinping, Xie Yanyi
Family members and lawyers of detained lawyers and their colleagues gather after another attempt to seek answers about China’s biggest-ever crackdown on human rights lawyers in Tianjin, Jan. 8, 2016. AFP
Prominent rights activists and campaigners have called on democratic members of the United Nations to block China’s re-election on Friday for another two-year term on its Human Rights Council. Continue reading
Rights Groups Slam China’s Record Ahead of U.N. Council Vote已关闭评论
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Tagged Human Rights Council, United Nations
