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Petitioner (Female) Talks About Xu Zhiyong (video)
A video interview of a petitioner in front of the Beijing No. 3 Detention Center, hoping to be able to visit Xu Zhiyong (许志永) , the rights advocate who has been criminally detained since July 16 on suspicion of “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place.” The petitioner said Xu has been...
July 19, 2013
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Petitioner (Male) Talks About Xu Zhiyong (video)
A video interview of a petitioner in front of the Beijing No. 3 Detention Center, hoping to be able to visit Xu Zhiyong(许志永) , the rights advocate who has been criminally detained since July 16 on suspicion of “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place.” The petitioner talked about the...
July 19, 2013
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A Personal Account of Being Kidnapped, Detained, and Tortured
After two years, rights defender Liu Dejun ( 刘德军) recently publicized his personal account about his 40-day ordeal in April-August 2011 of being secretly locked up and interrogated, then criminally detained, and finally released on bail after the Jasmine Rallies. He describes being covered with a...
July 19, 2013
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Liu Dejun
Zhou Xiaowei and Elderly Mother Forcibly Evicted, Nantong Home Demolished
This account describes the forced eviction of Zhou Xiaowei and his elderly mother from their Nantong home in the early morning of July 16, 2013. They now have nowhere to live after their home was forcibly demolished.
July 18, 2013
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An Administrative Complaint against Illegal Detention
An administrative complaint submitted by anti-nuclear test activist Yuan Bing (袁兵) to Guangzhou's Nansha District Court against officers at the Nansha District Public Security Bureau. Yuan alleges that the police officers wrongly administratively detained him after he staged a peaceful protest...
July 9, 2013
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Statement by Lawyer of Street Vendors Suing Officials for Abuse of Power
This document was submitted by Sui Muqing to Haizhu District People’s Court of Guangzhou on behalf of his clients, two street vendors, who are suing local government officials and police in Haizhu, Guangzhou Province for abuse of powers, use of violence, and arbitrary detention and interrogation...
May 24, 2013
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Account of Irregularities in Trial of Three Rights-Defender Farmers
This account explains the proceedings and irregularities of a court hearing of a case involving three farmers being charged with "assembling a crowd to disrupt traffic" and "assembling a crowd to assault State organs."
June 6, 2013
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Account of Visiting Five Activists in Chibi Detention Center
On the afternoon of June 19, Lawyer Sui and three other lawyers went to the Chibi Detention Center in Xianning City, Hubei Province, to visit five activists detained in May. The activists were first placed under administrative detention, and then criminal detention, after unfolding a banner which...
July 6, 2013
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Yao Cheng detained following a trip with Zhang Lin and his daughter
Anhui activist Yao Cheng was detained for 10 days following a trip to Putian, Fujian Province, with Zhang Lin and his daughter, Zhan Anni, in June this year. In this statement , Yao said that he has had no knowledge of the whereabouts of the Zhangs since he parted with them on June 15.
June 28, 2013
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Three Items Related to Shi Zongwei’s Removal from His Position
Shi Zongwei, the former Deputy Director of the Department of Labor Service at Zhengzhou Yellow River Engineering Bureau —who was removed from his position because of his participation in social gatherings and posting his opinions online—released three more items relevant to his dismissal.
June 21, 2013
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