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Former 1989 Pro-Democracy Figures Currently Incarcerated for Continued Human Rights Activism

May 30, 2019 Comments Off

Ahead of the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, CHRD has documented 19 cases involving 1989 protests leaders and participants who are currently detained or imprisoned in China for post-Tiananmen human rights activism. In further incomplete figures, we have found 3 individuals have been persecuted to death, and 6 former (read more…)

Why the wives of China’s persecuted human-rights lawyers shaved their heads

January 6, 2019 Comments Off

Originally published by Quartz on December 19, 2018 Among the most visible advocates of human rights in China are the wives of those languishing in prison. Four wives of human-rights lawyers shaved their heads this week to protest the government’s persecution of their husbands, who were arrested during a concerted crackdown against 300 activists (read more…)

CHRD Demands Accountability & Justice for Victims of Torture

June 22, 2017 Comments Off

For International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, CHRD demands that China live up to its obligations contained in the UN Convention against Torture, including to investigate allegations of torture by state agents and provide compensation, rehabilitation, and redress to victims.

Civil Society Follow-Up Report Submitted to UN Committee against Torture – June 2017

June 19, 2017 Comments Off

Civil Society Follow-Up Report Submitted to the UN Committee Against Torture: Responses to the Committee’s Requests & to China’s Follow-up Report Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) in Collaboration with a Consortium of Chinese Civil Society Groups June 2017 Read as PDF Table of Contents Introduction 1. Restrictions on (read more…)

Free 1989 Pro-Democracy Figures Incarcerated Today for Keeping Up Fight for Justice

May 31, 2017 Comments Off

CHRD calls for freedom for participants in the 1989 protests who are currently in detention or prison for continuing their advocacy for human rights, rule of law, and democratic reforms.

Lü Gengsong (吕耿松)

July 22, 2016 Comments Off

Lü Gengsong 吕耿松 *Under medical watch Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: 11 years Court: Hangzhou City Intermediate People’s Court, Zhejiang Province Trial Date: September 29, 2015 Sentencing Date: June 14, 2016 Dates of Detention/Arrest: July 7, 2014 (detained); August 13, 2014 (arrested) Verdict: Zhejiang Province Hangzhou (read more…)

Chen Shuqing (陈树庆)

July 22, 2016 Comments Off

Chen Shuqing 陈树庆 Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: 10.5 years Court: Hangzhou City Intermediate People’s Court, Zhejiang Province Trial Date: September 29, 2015 Sentencing Date: June 14, 2016 Dates of Detention/Arrest: September 11, 2014 (detained); October 21, 2014 (arrested) Place of Incarceration: Qiaosi Prison in Hangzhou City, (read more…)

#RememberJune4th: Former 1989 Participants Currently Detained/Jailed for Continued Rights Activism

June 2, 2016 Comments Off

27 years after the Chinese government’s bloody suppression of the pro-democracy movement, a number of participants in the 1989 movement are currently detained or in prison for continuing their advocacy for human rights and democratic reforms. These individuals played leadership roles or joined the protests in 1989 as young students, (read more…)

Li Heping (李和平)

August 11, 2015 Comments Off

Li Heping 李和平 (released on suspended sentence) Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: Three years, suspended for four years Court: Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court Trial Date: April 25, 2017 Sentencing Date: April 28, 2017 Dates of Detention/Arrest: July 10, 2015 (disappeared); January 8, 2016 (arrested) Place (read more…)

[CHRB] End Persecution of Participants in 1989 Pro-democracy Movement for Their Ongoing Activism

June 3, 2015 Comments Off

On the 26th anniversary of the Chinese government’s bloody suppression of the 1989 pro-democracy demonstrations, scores of individuals who took part in the movement are detained or in prison today for their continuing efforts to promote human rights and democratic reforms. Several activists and lawyers seized last year for marking (read more…)

[CHRB] Labor Camp Victims Jailed for Seeking Justice; Accused “Illegal Demonstrator” Testifies to Torture in Court Trial (June 28 – July 3, 2014)

June 30, 2013 Comments Off

Eight women once held at the notorious Masanjia Women’s Re-education through Labor camp in Liaoning Province were sentenced in mid-June to prison terms ranging from one year to 18 months in retaliation for seeking remedies for abuses they suffered. Ten more individuals have been formally arrested in the crackdown tied (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing February 7-13, 2012

February 15, 2012 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing February 7-13, 2012 To read this issue as a PDF, please go here. Top News Dissident’s Sentence Adds to String of Recent Harsh Punishments: On February 10, Hangzhou dissident Zhu Yufu was issued a seven-year sentence for “inciting subversion of state power.” Zhu’s punishment is (read more…)