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Shanghai Rights Defenders Taken by Police during Protest of Shen Yong’s Death
Sources told Human Rights in China that on October 28, Shanghai police took away nearly 100 protestors who were seeking information on the cause of activist Shen Yong’s ( 沈勇 ) death.
October 29, 2013
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Trial Adjourns for Asset Transparency Advocates over Right to Proper Defense
An informed source told Human Rights in China that on October 28, the first day of the trial of three asset transparency advocates in Jiangxi Province— Liu Ping ( 刘萍 ), Wei Zhongping ( 魏忠平 ) , and Li Sihua ( 李思华 ) —the defendants and their families terminated the client-lawyer relationship in...
October 28, 2013
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Liu Ping
Rights Defenders Oppose China’s Membership in UN Human Rights Council
Two hundred and eighteen rights defenders in Shanghai signed a public appeal urging the United Nations not to elect China to the 47-member Human Rights Council. The election will be held on November 12 among UN member states in the General Assembly.
October 25, 2013
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UN Rights Review of China: Citizens’ Crucial Role
“Whether the shoes fit, only the person knows,” states the Chinese delegation today in its closing remarks to the UN Human Rights Council at the second Universal Periodic Review of China’s human rights record by UN member states. The Chinese delegation then elaborated: “The Chinese are in the best...
October 22, 2013
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Rights Lawyer and Client Detained During Attempt to Meet with Detainee
An informed source told Human Rights in China that Tang Jitian ( 唐吉田 ) , a rights defense lawyer, has been placed under administrative detention in Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province, for "disrupting order at a work unit" (扰乱单位秩序). The detention noteice , dated October 17, indicates that he is being...
October 20, 2013
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UN Experts Voice Serious Concern as China Faces Human Rights Review
In a year when the authorities have intensified their crackdown on citizen calls for greater government accountability and citizen participation, China will undergo its second Universal Periodic Review (UPR)* of its human rights record by the United Nations Human Rights Council next Tuesday,...
October 18, 2013
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Cao Shunli
Shanghai Rights Defenders Urge UN to Investigate Rights Violation of Cao Shunli, Chen Jianfang
Two hundred and thirty-five individuals in Shanghai signed an appeal dated October 13 to the United Nations regarding Cao Shunli ( 曹顺利 ) and Chen Jianfang ( 陈建芳 ) . Cao was disappeared on September 14 from the Beijing Airport while en route to Geneva to attend a training course on international...
October 17, 2013
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Cao Shunli
Lawyers Call for Release of Three Asset Transparency Advocates, Challenge Legality of Trial Delay
In an October 14 statement , the lawyers for Liu Ping ( 刘萍), Wei Zhongping ( 魏忠平) , and Li Sihua ( 李思华) —three asset transparency advocates in Jiangxi Province facing trial—accused the trial court of exceeding the three-month legal limit for trying and rendering verdicts on their clients’ cases,...
October 15, 2013
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Liu Ping
Cao Shunli: UPR Submission and other Documents
Rights defender Cao Shunli ( 曹顺利) , who has been missing since September 14, has been pressing the Chinese government in recent years to include the participation of petitioners and rights defenders in a process that affects the entire Chinese society: improving human rights. She has focused her...
October 8, 2013
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Cao Shunli
Ni Yulan Calls for Attention from International Community on Crackdown in China
Ni Yulan, October 5, 2013 Ni Yulan and Dong Jiqin, October 7, 2013 Housing rights advocate Ni Yulan ( 倪玉兰 ) left the Beijing Women’s Prison around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday, October 7, 2013, after completing a two-year-and six-month sentence for “picking quarrels and provoking troubles.” According to...
October 7, 2013
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