Excerpted from AsiaNews:
Shanghai residents are increasingly victims of police intimidation, including arbitrary arrest, physical and psychological abuse and even torture for protesting and organising petition drives against local authorities over housing disputes that involve forced evictions and demolitions of homes, this according to Human Rights in China, a New York-based organisation that monitors human rights in China.
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For more information on this issue:
- HRIC Press Release:
Three Shanghai Petitioners go to Trial, Others Abused in Detention - HRIC News Update:
Shanghai Update: House Arrest of Zheng Enchong, Mass Detention of Petitioners for Party Congress - HRIC Press Release:
Shanghai Petitioners Appeal to Central Discipline Inspection Committee over Renewed Crackdown - HRIC News Update:
Concern over Fate of Petitioner Chen Xiaoming, Missing for Three Months - HRIC Press Release:
Roundup of Shanghai Rights Activists on Eve of NPC Session - HRIC Press Advisory:
Shanghai Petitioner Fu Yuxia Detained - HRIC Press Advisory:
Shanghai Rounds Up Petitioners for Party Plenums - HRIC Trends Bulletin:
January 2006: China responds to increasing social unrest with greater repression
