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Mao Hengfeng Criminal Detention Notice
On September 30, 2012, Shanghainese rights defender and petitioner Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤) was intercepted and returned to Shanghai. She was subsequently criminally detained on suspicion of "gathering a crowd to disturb public order." She is currently held at the Yangpu District Detention Center.
October 2, 2012
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Mao Hengfeng
Open letter protests police brutality against two independent candidates in Xinyu, Jiangxi Province; account of incident
The open letter (in Chinese) says that on September 19, Liu Ping ( 刘萍) and Wei Zhongping ( 魏忠平) , rights defenders and independent candidates for the People’s Congress in Xinyu, Jiangxi, were detained, strip-searched, verbally abused, and beaten by the local police in an 11-hour-long ordeal. The...
September 22, 2012
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Guo Feixiong
Hangzhou Citizens Applying for Permit to March; Democratic Party Members Told to Stay Home
In the afternoon of September 14, Lü Gengsong and other democracy activists in Hangzhou were warned by the police that they will not be allowed to leave their homes beginning on September 15. Earlier, 10 Hanzhou citizens, including Zou Wei, submitted an application to the Hangzhou Public Security...
September 14, 2012
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Zou Wei
Signature Campaign to Support Chen Pingfu and Oppose Criminalization of Speech
This open call (Chinese only) protests the prosecution of Chen Pingfu (陈平福) and calls for people to add their names in support for his case. Chen is a former teacher who was tried for "inciting subversion of state power" on September 4, 2012. The prosecution's charges were based on articles that...
September 8, 2012
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Chen Pingfu
Qi’s Cultural Foundation of Australia Announces Fifth "Make a Better China Award" Special Prize
The Special Prize of AUD$3,000 ($3,068) was awarded to Mr. Dhondup Wangchen, cinematogpher and producer of the documentary film “Leaving Fear Behind,” on September 2 on the occasion of the Tibetan Democracy Day in Dharamsala. Nominated by the Tibetan writer Woeser, Mr. Dhondup is currently serving...
September 2, 2012
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Dhondup Wangchen
Qin Yongmin Statement: I Will Not Commit Suicide
Increasingly concerned that he will be arrested, the Wuhan activist releases a statement , dated July 5, 2012, saying that he will not commit suicide and that he and his wife Wang Xifeng have retained two lawyers. Since May 2012 when Qin and Wang performed their marriage ceremony, the authorities...
August 9, 2012
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Qin Yongmin
Qin Yongmin’s Wife Harassed by Local Police at Home
Wang Xifeng, wife of Qin Yongmin, refused to go with the police who came to the couple’s home to take her away for questioning. The couple had their marriage ceremony in May, but the authorities have refused to issue them a marriage certificate.
August 7, 2012
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Qin Yongmin
Hunan Woman, 24, Dies Five Days after Tubal Ligation Surgery
Authorities in Leiyang, Hunan Province, ordered Liang Konglian (梁孔莲), a woman from Guangxi who had given birth to a boy in May 2012, to undergo tubal ligation. On July 26, 2012, Liang had the procedure at the Leiyang Family Planning Service Center, where she died five days later. Police did not...
August 6, 2012
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Liang Konglian
Ten Chinese Lawyers Urge a New Investigation into Li Wangyang’s Death
Following the release of an investigation report by Hunan provincial authorities which confirmed activist Li Wangyang’s (李旺阳) death as suicide, ten lawyers from mainland China and Hong Kong sent an open letter to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (Chinese only). The lawyers...
July 23, 2012
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Li Wangyang
Ni Yulan’s Complaint against More than 50 Officials and Workers (plus 17 photos)
Beijing-based disabled rights defender Ni Yulan (倪玉兰) was twice imprisoned for fighting against forced eviction. In April 2012, both she and her husband, Dong Jiqin (董继勤), were convicted of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles.” Ni was also convicted of “fraud” and was sentenced to two years...
July 15, 2012
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Ni Yulan

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