Skip to content Skip to navigation

Citizens' Square

Protestors Calling for Disclosure of Official Assets are Taken Away by Beijing Police (video & essay on Hou Xin)
In this article, Beijing lawyer Xiao Guozhen provides a portrait of rights advocate Hou Xin, one of four individuals detained by police in Beijing, following their March 31, 2013 protest calling for disclosure of official assets. The other three individuals detained were Yuan Dong, Zhang Baocheng,...
April 1, 2013
Citizens' Square
Zhang Baocheng
Essay: “No Hope for Rule of Law; ‘Abnormal Petitioning’ Will Intensify”
Ma Yalian (马亚莲), a Shanghai rights defender, went to Beijing to petition during the period of the Two Congresses, and had planned to protest on Tiananmen Square. But to avoid being harassed by the police, Ma had to hide at a friend’s home where she used her friend’s computer to send out the essay.
March 10, 2013
Citizens' Square
Ma Yalian
Open Letter to NPC Deputies and CPPCC Members Regarding Freedom of Religion
The Beijing-based house church leader and rights defender urges NPC deputies and CPPCC members currently attending the Two Congresses—particularly those from Liaoning, Zhejiang and Beijing—to guarantee citizens’ right to freedom of religion as protected by the Chinese Constitution.
March 6, 2013
Citizens' Square
Docudrama of Black Jail Experience
Based on real-life experiences and enacted by a group of petitioners and rights activists from Nantong, Jiangsu, this docudrama shows what typically happens to petitioners when they are detained—often in unofficial places of detention, black jails—without formal charges, and sometimes without...
March 5, 2013
Citizens' Square
Rights Defenders and Activists Issue New Petition to Ratify ICCPR
Following a petition first released in late February urging the National People’s Congress to ratify the International Convent on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) , a group of 151 people have signed a new petition similarly addressed to the NPC. This group of signers includes many petitioners,...
March 4, 2013
Citizens' Square
Protest Against Hefei Police for Illegal Search of My Residence and Harm Inflicted on Zhang Anni
Yao Cheng, a friend of Zhang Lin’s and the owner of the apartment in Hefei where Zhang temporarily lived, said in his article that the police came to search his apartment without legal permission and advance notice, and then kidnapped Zhang’s daughter. Photos of Zhang Anni and Zhang Lin.
March 1, 2013
Citizens' Square
Account of the Kidnapping of Zhang Anni by Hefei Police
In his article , rights activist Zhang Lin describes the kidnapping of his 10-year-old daughter and her 20-hour illegal detention in Hefei and Bengbu, Anhui Province, on February 27 and 28. Police also searched Zhang’s home in Hefei, took away his keys, mobile, and computer. Photos of Zhang Anni...
March 1, 2013
Citizens' Square
Legal Documents Related to Wang Dengchao’s Case
Lawyers for Wang Dengchao, a former Shenzhen police sentenced for 14 years in prison for “obstructing official business” and “embezzlement,” issued two complaints against 23 provincial and local officials.
February 25, 2013
Citizens' Square
Defending Wang Dengchao in the Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court of Guangdong Province
Two short articles by Li Jinglin, one of the two former lawyers who represented Shenzhen police officer Wang Dengchao in his appeal against his 14-year prison sentence for “embezzlement” and “obstructing official business.”
February 12, 2013
Citizens' Square
Account of Beating of Xinjiang Resident Zhao Haitong after Visiting Wuhan Activist Qin Yongmin
In a series of text messages , Zhao Haitong, a Xinjiang resident, describes his beating by two unidentified persons after visiting veteran pro-democracy activist Qin Yongmin in Wuhan. Zhao suffered an asthma attack after the beating. Qin calls on the authorities to investigate the case and bring...
February 21, 2013
Citizens' Square

Pages

Subscribe to Citizens' Square
Error | Human Rights in China 中国人权 | HRIC