Environment https://www.hrichina.org/en/taxonomy/term/411/all en Released Sichuan Rights Activist Tan Zuoren Reportedly Taken to Undisclosed Location in Chongqing https://www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/released-sichuan-rights-activist-tan-zuoren-reportedly-taken-undisclosed-location <div class="field field-name-field-nt-multi-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/press-work/released-sichuan-rights-activist-tan-zuoren-reportedly-taken-undisclosed-location"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_square/public/tan_zuoren_wife_wang_qinghua.jpg?itok=r1IupTrj" width="150" height="150" alt="Tan Zuoren and wife Wang Qinghua, April 2014 Photo Credit: www.64tianwang.com More photos at: http://www.64tianwang.com/bencandy.php?fid=10&amp;amp;aid=16925" title="Tan Zuoren and wife Wang Qinghua, April 2014 Photo Credit: www.64tianwang.com More photos at: http://www.64tianwang.com/bencandy.php?fid=10&amp;amp;aid=16925" /></a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-03-27T00:00:00-07:00">March 27, 2014</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/press-work/released-sichuan-rights-activist-tan-zuoren-reportedly-taken-undisclosed-location">Released Sichuan Rights Activist Tan Zuoren Reportedly Taken to Undisclosed Location in Chongqing</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/press-work" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Press Work</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Media reports and information available online indicate that upon his release from prison today, Sichuan environmental activist and writer Tan Zuoren ( 谭作人 ) did not return to his home in Chengdu but was taken by the authorities to an undisclosed location in Chongqing. Tan served a five-year term...</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/environment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Environment</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-field-term-defender field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/defenders/tan-zuoren" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Tan Zuoren</a></div> </div> </div> Thu, 27 Mar 2014 20:45:09 +0000 Anonymous 9188 at https://www.hrichina.org Shifang: Citizens Choose Clean Environment over Promise of Jobs https://www.hrichina.org/en/crf/article/6425 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-11-30T00:00:00-08:00">November 30, 2012</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/crf/article/6425">Shifang: Citizens Choose Clean Environment over Promise of Jobs </a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/china-rights-forum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">China Rights Forum</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/environment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Environment</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Officials in the ancient town of Shifang, in Sichuan Province, could never have imagined that their launch party would have turned out so badly. But then they only had themselves to blame when they quietly approved a US$1.6 billion molybdenum-copper alloy factory, not thinking it necessary to...</div> </div> </div> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 19:12:38 +0000 noc 2786 at https://www.hrichina.org Qidong: Citizens Say No to Industrial Waste https://www.hrichina.org/en/crf/article/6419 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-11-30T00:00:00-08:00">November 30, 2012</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/crf/article/6419">Qidong: Citizens Say No to Industrial Waste</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/china-rights-forum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">China Rights Forum</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/censorship" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Censorship</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"></div> </div> </div> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:33:03 +0000 noc 2789 at https://www.hrichina.org Citizen Activism https://www.hrichina.org/en/crf/article/6416 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-11-30T00:00:00-08:00">November 30, 2012</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/crf/article/6416">Citizen Activism</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/china-rights-forum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">China Rights Forum</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/chinese-law" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Chinese Law</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">For decades, China watchers played down the rise of a viable opposition to the Communist Party, citing the invincible iron hand of the Party and excessive government controls, which made it impossible for citizens to organize.</div> </div> </div> Fri, 30 Nov 2012 17:12:59 +0000 noc 2765 at https://www.hrichina.org Our Land, Our People https://www.hrichina.org/en/crf/article/6138 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-07-03T00:00:00-07:00">July 3, 2012</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/crf/article/6138">Our Land, Our People</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/china-rights-forum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">China Rights Forum</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/environment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Environment</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">An HRIC Conversation with Tenzing Rigdol Click here for a Tibetan version of this interview.</div> </div> </div> Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:46:43 +0000 noc 2734 at https://www.hrichina.org The New Face of Lhasa https://www.hrichina.org/en/crf/article/6137 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-07-03T00:00:00-07:00">July 3, 2012</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/crf/article/6137">The New Face of Lhasa</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/china-rights-forum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">China Rights Forum</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/environment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Environment</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">“Every day there’s something new in Lhasa,” many who have been to Lhasa will say. I would like to give two examples of the new face of Lhasa. Jiangsu Road If you are in Lhasa facing east, Jiangsu Road will be on your right, slicing at an angle through Lhasa’s right flank like a bayonet.</div> </div> </div> Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:42:13 +0000 noc 2697 at https://www.hrichina.org A Culture Endangered: Depopulating the Grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau https://www.hrichina.org/en/crf/article/6136 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2012-07-03T00:00:00-07:00">July 3, 2012</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/crf/article/6136">A Culture Endangered: Depopulating the Grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau </a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/china-rights-forum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">China Rights Forum</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/environment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Environment</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Overview: Melting Tibetan Plateau With an average elevation of 4,500 meters, the Tibetan Plateau is one of the most distinctive land-features on earth. It occupies an area of 2.5 million square kilometers—more than one quarter of the size of China—and is the world’s highest and largest plateau in...</div> </div> </div> Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:36:17 +0000 noc 2709 at https://www.hrichina.org Tan Zuoren: A Chronology https://www.hrichina.org/en/crf/article/5666 <div class="field field-name-field-nt-multi-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/crf/article/5666"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_square/public/images/crf_article/crf-2011-03-tzr-01.jpg?itok=g7QiKYeP" width="150" height="150" /></a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2011-11-16T00:00:00-08:00">November 16, 2011</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/crf/article/5666">Tan Zuoren: A Chronology</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/china-rights-forum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">China Rights Forum</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/environment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Environment</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">May 15, 1954 Born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. 1972–1975 Sent to the countryside in Shimian County, Sichuan Province, as an educated youth. 1975–1978 Studied at Sichuan Medical College. 1978–1989 Worked as a surgeon at a hospital affiliated with the West China University of Medical Sciences. 1989...</div> </div> </div> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:04:27 +0000 noc 2436 at https://www.hrichina.org About Tan Zuoren https://www.hrichina.org/en/crf/article/5663 <div class="field field-name-field-nt-multi-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/crf/article/5663"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_square/public/images/crf_article/crf-2011-03-tzr-01.jpg?itok=g7QiKYeP" width="150" height="150" /></a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2011-11-16T00:00:00-08:00">November 16, 2011</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/crf/article/5663">About Tan Zuoren</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/china-rights-forum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">China Rights Forum</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/environment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Environment</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Tan Zuoren (谭作人) is a prominent environmental activist and writer from Chengdu, Sichuan Province. Tan is known for compiling a roster of the children who had died in the shoddily-built schoolhouses that collapsed during the 2008 Sichuan earthquake and publishing online a “ Citizens’ Independent...</div> </div> </div> Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:01:59 +0000 noc 2434 at https://www.hrichina.org Contrasting Realities: China’s Environmental Challenge https://www.hrichina.org/en/crf/article/5423 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2011-07-18T00:00:00-07:00">July 18, 2011</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/crf/article/5423">Contrasting Realities: China’s Environmental Challenge</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/china-rights-forum" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">China Rights Forum</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/environment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Environment</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">The easiest thing to do is to write about the severe environmental degradation in China. The broad picture is well-known – intolerable air pollution, sickening water contamination, massive deforestation, creeping desertification, substantial loss of cropland, and drastic reduction in biodiversity...</div> </div> </div> Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:16:18 +0000 noc 2465 at https://www.hrichina.org Earthquake Activist Freed after Three Years in Prison; Other Rights Defenders to Be Released This Month https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/5374 <div class="field field-name-field-date field-type-datetime field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2011-06-10T00:00:00-07:00">June 10, 2011</span></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-title-field field-type-text field-label-hidden hric-subheading"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/content/5374">Earthquake Activist Freed after Three Years in Prison; Other Rights Defenders to Be Released This Month</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-story-type field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/story/press-work" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Press Work</a></div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-topics field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first last"><a href="/en/topic/environment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Environment</a></li> </ul></div></div> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">On June 10, Sichuan earthquake activist Huang Qi (黄琦) was released from a prison in Chengdu, after completing a three-year term on the conviction of “illegal possession of state secrets.” Huang, a long-time rights defender, is known for the help he provided to the victims of the May 2008 earthquake...</div> </div> </div> <div class="field field-name-field-term-defender field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even"><a href="/en/defenders/huang-qi" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Huang Qi</a></div> </div> </div> Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:54:58 +0000 noc 6142 at https://www.hrichina.org Error | Human Rights in China 中国人权 | HRIC

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