Pu Zhiqiang

Detention Notice of Pu Zhiqiang

Pu Zhiqiang ( 浦志強) was detained on May 6, 2014 on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” (寻衅滋事) by the Haidian branch of the Beijing Public Security Bureau. He was taken from his home at 4 a.m. on May 5. Later that day, the Public Security officials confiscated files, books, and...

May 6, 2014

Citizens' Square

Arbitrary Detention

Pu Zhiqiang

China Escalates Persecution before 25th Anniversary of June Fourth

Human Rights in China has learned that Chinese authorities are preventing Ding Zilin ( 丁子霖 ) , a key member of the Tiananmen Mothers , and her husband from returning to Beijing until after June 4, the 25th anniversary of the violent government crackdown on the 1989 Democracy Movement. According to...

May 8, 2014

Press Release

June Fourth

Ding Zilin

"Uphold the Bottom Line of the Rule of Law" -- an open letter to all delegates of the Twelfth National People’s Congress about the prosecution of New Citizens Movement advocates

Prior to the start of the 12th National People's Congress, the lawyers of Xu Zhiyong, Ding Jiaxi, Zhao Changqing , and other activists—who have been prosecuted for their participation in the New Citizens Movement—as well as domestic intellectuals, business people, and journalists, jointly issued an...

March 2, 2014

Citizens' Square

National People's Congress (NPC)

Ding Jiaxi

Police Beat and Detain Supporters of Sichuan Earthquake Critic Morning before Trial

The trial of Tan Zuoren (谭作人) , writer and environmental activist, in the Intermediate People’s Court in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, ended without a court decision today, August 12, 2009. Tan was tried for “incitement to subvert state power.” Before the trial, the well known artist Ai Weiwei (艾未未),...

August 12, 2009

Press Work

Pu Zhiqiang

Chinese Rights Defense Lawyers Under All-out Attack by the Authorities

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that in recent days, the Chinese authorities have used various procedural obstacles, harassment, and even kidnapping to launch an all-out attack on rights defense lawyers. As of June 1, at least 17 Chinese rights defense lawyers did not receive their “annual...

June 4, 2009

Press Work

Cheng Hai

Rights Defense and "Non-Violent Non-Cooperation"

Zan Aizong Zan Aizong interviews lawyer Tang Jingling regarding his involvement in the rights defense movement and non-violent methods of resistance. On His Involvement in the Citizens' Rights Defense Movement Zan Aizong: You were involved in t

April 1, 2009

China Rights Forum

Pu Zhiqiang

Chinese intellectuals petition the Chinese government on behalf of condemned Tibetans

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has received a petition from 24 Chinese intellectuals to the National People’s Congress, the Chinese Supreme People's Court, and the Sichuan Province Supreme People’s Court calling for a fair retrial for Tibetan lama Tenzin Delek Rinpoche and his follower Lobsang...

December 12, 2002

Press Work

Pu Zhiqiang