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Chinese, Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK Press Release for Human Rights Day, 10 December 2012 China’s new leadership urged to end tyranny and grant human rights, freedom and democracy to the people under its rule [10 December 2012] On...
(Chinese Human Rights Defenders – December 7, 2012) – Another international Human Rights Day is being marked in China by the Chinese government’s ongoing violations of human rights. Many Chinese prisoners of conscience languish in jail...
China Human Rights Briefing November 29-December 3, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention • Chen Kegui Gets 39-Month Sentence in Apparent Retaliation Against Chen Guangcheng • Petitioners Forcibly Held in Psychiatric Hospitals More Than 5...
Chinese, Uyghur & Tibetan Solidarity UK (of which Tibet Society is a founding member) is hosting two events in London to mark Human Rights Day 2012: • Monday 10 December: Solidairty vigil at the Chinese Embassy • Wednesday 12 December...
China Human Rights Briefing November 19, 2012 Arbitrary Detention Sichuan Dissident Li Bifeng Issued 12-Year Prison Term for Alleged Fraud Sichuan dissident and poet Li Bifeng (李必丰) was given a 12-year sentence on a seemingly concocted...
China Human Rights Briefing November 19, 2012 Arbitrary Detention Sichuan Dissident Li Bifeng Issued 12-Year Prison Term for Alleged Fraud Sichuan dissident and poet Li Bifeng (李必丰) was given a 12-year sentence on a seemingly concocted...
China Human Rights Briefing November 3-8, 2012 Contents Harassment of Activists • Shanghai Authorities Detain, Punish Activists Around Party Congress Freedom of Information • Gansu Authorities Impose Information Blockade, Other...
The Chinese authorities must immediately release prominent women’s rights activist, Mao Hengfeng, who has been sentenced to one and a half years in a labour camp, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. Mao Hengfeng is a relentless...
Arbitrary Detention Cao Haibo, Founder of Online Democracy Discussion Group, Sentenced to 8 Years for “Subversion” In another case of political persecution of free speech, Cao Haibo (曹海波), a manager of an Internet café in Yunnan...
China Human Rights Briefing October 25-November 2, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention Cao Haibo, Founder of Online Democracy Discussion Group, Sentenced to 8 Years for “Subversion” Enforced Disappearance Shanghai Petitioner-Activist Out...
(Chinese Human Rights Defenders – November 1, 2012) - As the 18th Chinese Communist Party Congress approaches, police and other security personnel have ramped up harsh measures against Chinese dissidents, human rights activists and...
China Human Rights Briefing October 25, 2012 Contents Enforced Disappearance Shanghai Petitioner-Activist Out of Contact for Nearly Two Months Harassment of Activists More Activists, Petitioners Seized in Crackdown Before Party...
China Human Rights Briefing October 18-24, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention • Beijing Activist Ni Yulan’s Health Worsening, Medical Parole May Be Sought • Shanghai Activist Mao Hengfeng Criminally Detained After Being Seized in...
Human Rights Briefing October 11-17, 2012 Contents Arbitrary Detention • Chen Kegui’s Case Sent to Procuratorate, Father Seeks Information Disclosure on Home Invasion • Artists in Beijing Detained After Calling for Abolition of RTL...
Contents Arbitrary Detention Elderly Jiangsu Man Wrongfully Detained Over 4 Years for Murder Four Tibetans Given Harsh Prison Sentences After Secret Trials in Sichuan Harassment of Activists “Stability Maintenance” and Harassment...
Contents Disability Rights • UN Committee Addresses Involuntary Psychiatric Commitment in China Special Notice • CHRD Makes UN Submission on Behalf of Imprisoned Activist Guo Quan Disability Rights UN Committee Addresses Involuntary...
Contents Arbitrary Detention • Lawyer Yang Zaixin Released Into Bail After 15 Months in Detention Without Trial, Health Has Declined Harassment of Activists • Jiangxi Police Physically Abuse Activists Seeking Permits to Hold Rally...
Contents Arbitrary Detention • Lawyer Yang Zaixin Released Into Bail After 15 Months in Detention Without Trial, Health Has Declined Harassment of Activists • Jiangxi Police Physically Abuse Activists Seeking Permits to Hold Rally...
Contents • Arbitrary Detention Henan Petitioner Now Held Incommunicado More Than Seven Weeks • Harassment of Activists Activists Harassed for Actions Related to Anti-Japan Protests • Harassment of Human Rights Lawyers Guangzhou Lawyer...
Contents Arbitrary Detention • Retrial Held for Seven Villagers Sentenced Over Election Protest • Media Coverage of RTL Case Adds to Public Debates on Extralegal System & Violations of Speech Rights Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or...
About this blog
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).