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Leader of “Chain Gate” Protest, Bao Junsheng, Released from Prison
Bao Junsheng (鲍俊生) , organizer of a 2009 protest in front of a courthouse in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, was released on February 22, after completing a three-year sentence on conviction of “gathering a crowd to disturb social order.” He was met by some three dozen friends outside the Leshan...
February 23, 2012
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Rights Activist Wang Yi Still under Surveillance after Release from RTL
Rights activist Wang Yi ( 王译 ) , also known as Chen Jianping ( 程建萍 ), was released today from a Henan Reeducation-Through-Labor (RTL) facility where she served one year of RTL as punishment for re-tweeting a sarcastic message in October 2010. Wang said that she is staying at a guesthouse in Henan,...
November 9, 2011
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Dozens of People Beaten while Attempting to Visit Blind Legal Advocate Chen Guangcheng
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned from eyewitnesses that on October 30, 2011, 37 rights defenders and netizens who attempted to visit the blind legal advocate Chen Guangcheng ( 陈光诚 ) in Linyi, Shandong Province, were beaten by around 100 unidentified individuals. Many of them were injured,...
October 31, 2011
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Defense Lawyer in High-Profile Beihai Case Beaten while Police Watch
Eyewitnesses told Human Rights in China (HRIC) that on Friday, October 21, 2011, a group of defense lawyers and supporting colleagues who are working on a high-profile murder case in Beihai, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, were surrounded by dozens of people outside the Beihai Municipal...
October 21, 2011
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Lawyers Report Procedural Irregularities at Trial of Rights Activist Wang Lihong
On August 12, 2011, the trial of Wang Lihong (王荔蕻) on the charge of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” (寻衅滋事) at Beijing’s Chaoyang District People’s Court ended without a verdict. Wang is a well-known and well-respected activist in Beijing who began her rights defense activities after...
August 13, 2011
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Sichuan Barefoot Lawyer Speaks Out against Trumped-up Charge
Upon his release after a four-month jail term, Li Shuangde (李双德) , a legal worker in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, describes how the authorities turned an instance of credit card overdraft into the charge of “credit card fraud” (信用卡诈骗) against him and coerced a guilty plea from him by threatening his...
July 22, 2011
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Direct Elections Advocate Yao Lifa Missing
Human Rights in China has learned that Yao Lifa (姚立法) , a school teacher and a prominent advocate of direct local elections, has been missing since Monday, June 20.
June 23, 2011
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Guangxi Rights Defense Lawyer Detained for “Witness Tampering”
Huang Zhongyan (黄仲琰) , the wife of detained rights defense lawyer Yang Zaixin (杨在新) , told Human Rights in China (HRIC) that when she came home on June 14, at 11 a.m., she found it in complete disarray. Taped to the refrigerator door was a “List of items seized” issued by the Haicheng substation of...
June 16, 2011
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Ai Weiwei’s Sister: Meeting between Artist and Wife Was “No Charity from the Government”
Ai Weiwei (艾未未) ’s sister Gao Ge (高阁) told Human Rights in China (HRIC) that the brief meeting on Sunday evening, May 15, between Ai Weiwei and his wife, Lu Qing (路青) , was “no charity from the government” (不是什么政府给我们的恩赐). Gao said, “Lu Qing and our family have made numerous emphatic requests to the...
May 16, 2011
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Two Years of Reeducation-Through-Labor for Rights Activist Yang Qiuyu
Beijing rights activist Yang Qiuyu (杨秋雨) has been ordered to serve two years of Reeducation-Through-Labor (RTL) for “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” (寻衅滋事).
April 14, 2011
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