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My Solemn Statement
A statement by Shi Zongwei (史宗伟), former Deputy Director of the Department of Labor Service at Zhengzhou Yellow River Engineering Bureau, who was removed from his position by the Bureau’s Party leadership because he participated in social gatherings, posted his opinions online, and joined sit-ins...
June 17, 2013
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Zhao Changqing—Who Dares to Shoulder His Fate and is Imprisoned for the Fourth Time for China’s Democracy
Zhao Changqing —one of the "ten gentlemen of Beijing calling for disclosure of officials’ assets”—is going to prison for the fourth time. The first time was in 1989, when he was arrested because of his activities in Democracy Movement. He was imprisoned again in 1998 and 2002 because he ran for...
June 1, 2013
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Zhao Changqing
“We Protest: On What Basis Do You Deprive Us of the Right to Mourn the Victims of June Fourth at Muxidi”
In this letter from Ding Zilin and her husband Jiang Peikun, both of the Tiananmen Mothers group, they state that authorities have cut off their Internet connection, landline, and mobile service.
June 3, 2013
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A Gathering of Former Christian “Prisoners of Conscience” in advance of June Fourth
Nine Christians, all former prisoners of conscience, gathered together in Beijing on May 31. In his sermon , Xu Yonghai, the head of the Divine Love Group of the Beijing Christian House Church, prayed for all who were killed, injured, and jailed because of the June Fourth crackdown on the 1989...
June 3, 2013
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Collecting 1000 Signatures to Hold Wanning Police Accountable
An Open Letter Regarding the Suspected Wrongdoing of Wanning Public Security Bureau in the Case of “Principal and Government Officials ‘Renting Rooms’ [at hotels] with Primary School Students”
May 17, 2013
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Legal Documents Related to the Case of Li Jianfeng
Li Jianfeng ( 李建峰 ) , a former presiding judge in the Economic Department of Ningde Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Fujian Province, was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment on "subversion of state power" in 2002. Li denied the charges and maintained that his prosecution was in retaliation for...
April 2, 2013
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Li Jianfeng
“Missing Person Notice: Looking for Rights Activist Yang Lin”
This public appeal , in the form of a “Missing Person Notice,” is signed by 39 individuals who believe that rights defense activist, Yang Lin, has been “disappeared” by the authorities.
April 23, 2013
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Yang Lin
“Peaceful Calls for Public Disclosure of Official Assets Are Not a Crime: 10 Lawyers Argue for Revoking ‘Illegal Assembly’ Charges on Ding Jiaxi, Zhao Changqing, and Others”
This statement , in the form of a letter to the Beijing Public Security Bureau, is signed by 10 defense counsels representing Zhao Changqing, Ding Jiaxi, Yuan Dong, Ma Xinli, and Zhang Baocheng, who are criminally detained on “illegal assembly.” Another two activists, Sun Hanhui and Hou Xin, were...
April 26, 2013
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Zhang Baocheng
The Story of Li Jianfeng, Former Judge Imprisoned for 16 Years for “Subversion”
This account provides background on the case of Li Jianfeng (李建峰), a former presiding judge in the Economic Department of Ningde Municipal Intermediate People's Court, Fujian Province, was sentenced to 16 years imprisonment on "subversion of state power" in 2002. Li denied the charges and...
April 21, 2013
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Li Jianfeng
Open Letters by Former Police Officers Urge New CPC Leadership to Combat Corruption, End Persecution of Rights Defenders and Uphold Rule of Law
Following two open letters in August and September 2012 urging the Communist Party of China (CPC) to address corruption in the judicial system and redress the miscarriage of justice in their individual cases, this group of former police officers have issued three additional open letters [insert...
April 19, 2013
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