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Rights Activist Hu Jia: Doctor told Cao Shunli’s Family that Cao’s death is Imminent
Rights activist Hu Jia tweeted the following message at 10:47pm Beijing time: “Today, February 28, a doctor from the tuberculosis institute at the 309 Military Hospital notified Cao Shunli ’s family that Cao’s vital signs are being supported by a ventilator; her many organs are gradually failing. A...
February 28, 2014
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Cao Shunli
Lawyers and Activists Urge Police to Make Public Cao Shunli’s Condition
Cao Shunli ’s ( 曹顺利 ) lawyer Wang Yu ( 王 宇 ) and other lawyers and activists issued an urgent appeal to the Beijing police to make public information on Cao Shunli’s condition and undertake an investigation for liability. The appeal alleges that authorities at the Chaoyang District Detention Center...
February 24, 2014
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Cao Shunli
Family Rejects Authorities’ Report of Suicide of Democracy Activist’s Father
On Wednesday, January 29, 2014, just hours after Xue Fushun ( 薛福顺 ) , 52, the father of China Democracy Party member Xue Mingkai ( 薛明凯 ) , sought protection at the Qufu Municipal Procuratorate, Shandong Province, domestic security officials informed his wife, Wang Shuqing ( 王书清 ), that he had “...
February 3, 2014
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Xue Fushun
Lawyers Dismissed or Withdrawn in Protest of Unfair Trials of Three Citizen Activists
Four participants of the New Citizens Movement— Ding Jiaxi ( 丁家喜) , Li Wei ( 李蔚 ), Zhang Baocheng ( 张宝成) , and Yuan Dong ( 袁冬) —were tried in two separate trials on Monday, January 27 at the Beijing Haidian District People’s Court. The proceedings marked the end of a series of trials of citizen...
January 31, 2014
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Cheng Hai
Trial of Guangzhou Activist Liu Yuandong Ends without Verdict
As in the trials of several other activists this week, the trial of Liu Yuandong ( 刘远东) , Guangzhou-based activist and businessman, ended today without a verdict. Liu is charged with “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place” (聚众扰乱公共场所秩序) and “false declaration of registered capital” (...
January 24, 2014
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Liu Yuandong
Court Upholds Punishment for “Inciting Illegal Assembling” for June Fourth Commemoration Applicant
In a ruling today that has implications for Chinese citizens’ right to hold assemblies or just informal gatherings in public, a court in Guangzhou upholds the police’s punishment of Li Weiguo ( 李维国) , a Guangzhou resident, for inviting people in May 2013 to witness his delivery of applications to...
January 22, 2014
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Li Weiguo
Shanghai Petitioner Li Yufang Arrested for “Obstructing Official Business”
Shanghai petitioner Li Yufang ( 李玉芳 ) was arrested on January 2, 2014, on the charge of “obstructing official business,” according to her husband, Chen Ruiming ( 陈瑞明 ) . Li was first detained on December 19, 2013, by the Yangpu District branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, following an...
January 10, 2014
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Li Yufang
Lawyer Liu Shihui Detained by Police during Inquiry of Activists in Custody
Human Rights in China has received information that Guangdong lawyer Liu Shihui ( 刘士辉) was detained on Sunday afternoon, January 5, by authorities at the Dadongjie police substation in the Yuexiu District of Guangzhou. According to information available online, he has since been transferred out of...
January 6, 2014
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Liu Shihui
Witnesses for Anhui Rights Defender Zhang Lin Prevented from Attending Trial
Three witnesses scheduled to testify at the trial of rights defender Zhang Lin ( 张林 ) were held by police at different guesthouses and were prevented from going to the trial, according to Zhang’s mother, Mrs. Duan RuiHua (段瑞华) . The three witnesses were Li Wenge ( 李文革 ) , Qian Jin ( 钱进 ) , and Wang...
December 18, 2013
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Zhang Lin
Lawyers Protest Persecution on Unprecedented Scale
In a statement that cites Chinese laws and United Nations standards, a group of 132 lawyers and legal professionals call on central government authorities to stop abuses of lawyers committed by local authorities. In a joint statement, the Chinese Human Rights Lawyers group outlines the following...
December 16, 2013
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Cheng Hai
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Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Public Security
National People’s Congress
Supreme People's Procuratorate

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