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enHRIC joins 320 NGOs in global call for international human rights monitoring mechanisms on China
https://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/open-letter/hric-joins-320-ngos-global-call-international-human-rights-monitoring
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">An open letter to: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, UN Member States. We, the undersigned organizations, join together to call for an international mechanism to address the Chinese government’s human rights violations, and urge you to...</div>
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Wed, 09 Sep 2020 21:15:48 +0000tw27505 at https://www.hrichina.orgAn Open Letter to the Nobel Committee for Literature
https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/6440
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">In his letter, the exiled dissident Chinese writer Liao Yiwu raises questions about the character, as well as writings, of Mo Yan, the recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature.</div>
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Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:21:38 +0000noc7267 at https://www.hrichina.orgViolent Forced Eviction of Farmers in Jinxiang County, Shandong Province
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">In order to implement the New Countryside Plan, the Yushan Development District of Jinxiang County, Shandong Province demanded that farmers leave their land and homes and move into low-quality apartment buildings. The farmers refused to sign their eviction contracts and move. In the early morning...</div>
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Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:49:12 +0000noc7223 at https://www.hrichina.orgComments on the Amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft)
https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/5584
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">This open letter (CH) from Lu Qing (路青) , the wife of Ai Weiwei (艾未未) , to the Legislative Affairs Commission of the National People’s Congress (NPC) urges that the NPC not adopt the Draft Amendment without dropping several exceptional provisions that would allow the authorities to execute...</div>
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Thu, 29 Sep 2011 08:14:20 +0000noc7047 at https://www.hrichina.orgLetter to National People’s Congress and Legal Circles: Support the “I Want to File a Case” Action
https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/5352
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Shanghai-based human rights activist Feng Zhenghu sent a letter to the National People’s Congress (NPC) and to individuals in legal circles to ask for their support for the “I Want to File a Case” action that he initiated on August 3, 2011. Feng says that this action has garnered 189 signatures. In...</div>
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Tue, 31 May 2011 23:49:46 +0000noc6924 at https://www.hrichina.orgA Letter to University Authorities Regarding Chen Guida's Sudden Death at Tsinghua
https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/5343
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">[Chen Guida's Death] Chen Guida, a Korean War veteran who worked for Tsinghua University for more than 34 years, spent the past few years negotiating with the University to reinstate his cadre status so that he could obtain the full retirement benefits accorded to cadres. On August 28, 2011, when...</div>
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Mon, 23 May 2011 05:30:42 +0000noc6909 at https://www.hrichina.orgSalman Rushdie’s Response to Liao Yiwu’s Letter
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Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:30:36 +0000noc6944 at https://www.hrichina.orgA Thank-you Note to the World Voices Festival of International Literature and Mr. Rushdie
https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/5303
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Because Salman Rushdie wrote The Satanic Verses , Iran's Ayatolla Khomeini tried to kill him by putting a $5,000,000 reward on his head. This was in the 1980s, when I was still a young poet, and it was the first time I had heard his name. I was deeply shocked. Even though I cannot cross the ocean...</div>
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Wed, 27 Apr 2011 04:22:15 +0000noc6938 at https://www.hrichina.orgMy Ordeal on International Women’s Day and during the “Two Congresses”
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">[Translated by Human Rights in China] What Premier Wen Jiabao said during the National People’s Congress – such as “let the people live happier and more dignified lives; let the society be more just and harmonious” – warmed my heart. However, on March 8, International Women’s Day, even before the...</div>
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Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:40:58 +0000noc6865 at https://www.hrichina.orgOpen Letter to U.S. Secretary of State Clinton
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Secretary of State Hillary Clinton US Department of State 2201 C Street NW Washington, DC 20520 VIA FACSIMILE Dear Secretary Clinton, As you prepare to make your first trip to the People’s Republic of China as Secretary of State, our organizations strongly urge you to make human rights issues a...</div>
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Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:28:29 +0000noc6088 at https://www.hrichina.orgLetter by Geng He to U.S. Congress
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">[Translated by Human Rights in China] Honorable Members of the United States Congress, My name is Geng He (耿和) and I am the wife of political prisoner and lawyer Gao Zhisheng (高智晟), who is currently being persecuted in mainland China. On March 11 this year, I arrived in the United States with my...</div>
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Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:43:58 +0000noc6858 at https://www.hrichina.orgLetter from Mao Hengfeng to President Obama
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">This letter from petitioner Mao Hengfeng was sent to U.S. President Barack Obama in advance of his 2009 trip to China.</div>
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Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:32:42 +0000noc6851 at https://www.hrichina.orgLetter to U.S. President Barack Obama
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Letter to U.S. President Barack Obama Julie Harms November 17, 2009, Beijing Dear Mr. President, As an American citizen, and a frequent visitor to China, with strong connections to both countries, I fully support your effort to engage China as a strategic partner and ally. I hope that you will take...</div>
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