Prisoner Of Conscience https://www.hrichina.org/en/taxonomy/term/475/all en Urgent Open Letter to Premier Li Keqiang and Minister Zhao Kezhi https://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/urgent-open-letter-premier-li-keqiang-and-minister-zhao-kezhi <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/citizens-square/urgent-open-letter-premier-li-keqiang-and-minister-zhao-kezhi"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_square/public/guo_feixiong_voa_photo.jpg?itok=xF5cATub" 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="2021-01-10T00:00:00-08:00">January 10, 2021</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/citizens-square/urgent-open-letter-premier-li-keqiang-and-minister-zhao-kezhi">Urgent Open Letter to Premier Li Keqiang and Minister Zhao Kezhi</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/citizens-square" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Citizens&#039; Square</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">On January 10, well-known Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong issued an urgent open letter (see below) to Premier Li Keqiang and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi, urging them to order Guangzhou authorities to return his passport so that he may come to the United States to take care of his...</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/access-justice" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Access to Justice</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/guo-feixiong" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Guo Feixiong</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:12:30 +0000 tw 27616 at https://www.hrichina.org Wang Yi’s Case Submitted to Procuratorate with Additional Charge of "Illegal Business Activity" https://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/wang-yis-case-submitted-procuratorate-additional-charge-illegal-business-activity <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="2019-07-17T00:00:00-07:00">July 17, 2019</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/citizens-square/wang-yis-case-submitted-procuratorate-additional-charge-illegal-business-activity">Wang Yi’s Case Submitted to Procuratorate with Additional Charge of &quot;Illegal Business Activity&quot; </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/citizens-square" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Citizens&#039; Square</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/access-justice" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Access to Justice</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 July 17, Lawyer Zhang Peihong ( 张培鸿 ) went to the Chengdu Detention Center to apply to visit his client Wang Yi ( 王怡 ), pastor at the Early Rain Covenant Church. Zhang was told to go see the officers at the Chengdu Procuratorate. There, he learned that investigation of Wang Yi’s case was...</div> </div> </div> Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:24:10 +0000 phb 24943 at https://www.hrichina.org Final Verdict on Qin Yongmin from the Hubei Provincial High People’s Court https://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/final-verdict-qin-yongmin-hubei-provincial-high-peoples-court <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="2018-09-26T00:00:00-07:00">September 26, 2018</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/citizens-square/final-verdict-qin-yongmin-hubei-provincial-high-peoples-court">Final Verdict on Qin Yongmin from the Hubei Provincial High People’s Court</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/citizens-square" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Citizens&#039; Square</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/access-justice" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Access to Justice</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 September 26, 2018, the Hubei Provincial High People’s Court upheld a lower court’s ruling on veteran rights activist Qin Yongmin’s case: conviction of subversion of state power, a 13-year prison term, and three years of post-release deprivation of political rights. Qin was detained on March 30...</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/qin-yongmin" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Qin Yongmin</a></div> </div> </div> Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:17:58 +0000 phb 22751 at https://www.hrichina.org Ruling by the Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court on Qin Yongmin’s Case https://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/ruling-wuhan-intermediate-peoples-court-qin-yongmins-case <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="2018-07-10T00:00:00-07:00">July 10, 2018</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/citizens-square/ruling-wuhan-intermediate-peoples-court-qin-yongmins-case">Ruling by the Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court on Qin Yongmin’s Case</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/citizens-square" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Citizens&#039; Square</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/access-justice" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Access to Justice</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 July 10, Qin Yongmin, 64, veteran democracy activist, a cofounder of the China Democracy Party and founder of China Human Rights Watch, is sentenced to 13 years in prison for “subversion of state power.” The court’s ruling details the government’s accusations against Qin Yongmin: writing a large...</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/qin-yongmin" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Qin Yongmin</a></div> </div> </div> Fri, 27 Jul 2018 22:24:13 +0000 phb 22247 at https://www.hrichina.org Lawyers Associations Should Assume the Responsibility of Defending the Rights of Lawyers Wang Quanzhang and Li Yuhan https://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/lawyers-associations-should-assume-responsibility-defending-rights-lawyers-wang <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="2018-01-04T00:00:00-08:00">January 4, 2018</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/citizens-square/lawyers-associations-should-assume-responsibility-defending-rights-lawyers-wang">Lawyers Associations Should Assume the Responsibility of Defending the Rights of Lawyers Wang Quanzhang and Li Yuhan</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/citizens-square" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Citizens&#039; Square</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/access-justice" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Access to Justice</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">In the 900 days Lawyer Wang Quanzhang, from Tianjin, has been in custody—since he was first detained in July 2015 in the 709 Crackdown—he has yet to be allowed to meet with a lawyer; and lawyer Li Yuhan, of Shenyang, who once represented Wang Quanzhang, was arrested in November 2017 on suspicion of...</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/wang-quanzhang" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Wang Quanzhang</a></div> </div> </div> Fri, 05 Jan 2018 22:08:34 +0000 Anonymous 20729 at https://www.hrichina.org For Whom the Bell Tolls https://www.hrichina.org/en/china-rights-forum/whom-bell-tolls <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/china-rights-forum/whom-bell-tolls"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.hrichina.org/sites/default/files/styles/story_teaser_square/public/hu_ping.jpg?itok=FteU59Ab" 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="2017-07-20T00:00:00-07:00">July 20, 2017</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/china-rights-forum/whom-bell-tolls">For Whom the Bell Tolls</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-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Twenty-eight years ago, who would have imagined that today’s world would become like this? At this rate, the world in another 28 years will be unthinkable. For whom does the bell toll? I hope Liu Xiaobo’s death will become the start of a reversal.</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/democratic-and-political-reform" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Democratic And Political Reform</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/hu-ping" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Hu Ping</a></div> </div> </div> Thu, 20 Jul 2017 18:14:44 +0000 tw 19515 at https://www.hrichina.org Su Changlan Commences Weekly Hunger Strikes to Protest Abuse in Detention Center (see attached “Hunger Strike Diary”)—Lawyer Wu Kuiming Describes Meeting with Su Changlan https://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/su-changlan-commences-weekly-hunger-strikes-protest-abuse-detention-center-see <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="2016-12-08T00:00:00-08:00">December 8, 2016</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/citizens-square/su-changlan-commences-weekly-hunger-strikes-protest-abuse-detention-center-see">Su Changlan Commences Weekly Hunger Strikes to Protest Abuse in Detention Center (see attached “Hunger Strike Diary”)—Lawyer Wu Kuiming Describes Meeting with Su Changlan </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/citizens-square" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Citizens&#039; Square</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/access-justice" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Access to Justice</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">Human rights defender Su Changlan, of Foshan, Guangdong, has been in detention since 2014 and is still waiting for a verdict on her April 2016 trial for “inciting subversion of state power.” She recently told her lawyer that she had been disciplined in detention because she had used pure water with...</div> </div> </div> Tue, 21 Feb 2017 23:08:40 +0000 Anonymous 18337 at https://www.hrichina.org Lawyer Li Heping Indicted for "Subversion of State Power" https://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/lawyer-li-heping-indicted-subversion-state-power <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="2016-12-08T00:00:00-08:00">December 8, 2016</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/citizens-square/lawyer-li-heping-indicted-subversion-state-power">Lawyer Li Heping Indicted for &quot;Subversion of State Power&quot;</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/citizens-square" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Citizens&#039; Square</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/access-justice" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Access to Justice</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">Wang Qiaoling went to the No. 2 branch of the Tianjin Municipal Procuratorate to inquire about the criminal charge against her husband, human rights attorney Li Heping who was arrested in the "709 crackdown.” In the below account of her experience that day, Wang explains that, after referring to...</div> </div> </div> Mon, 30 Jan 2017 23:40:10 +0000 phb 18203 at https://www.hrichina.org Lawyer Xiao Guozhen’s Urgent Notice Regarding Imminent Detention and Censored Article https://www.hrichina.org/en/content/6122 <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="2012-07-05T00:00:00-07:00">July 5, 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/content/6122">Lawyer Xiao Guozhen’s Urgent Notice Regarding Imminent Detention and Censored Article </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/citizens-square" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Citizens&#039; Square</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/lawyers" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Lawyers</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">Xiao Guozhen, a Beijing lawyer, was summoned for a police interrogation, which she thought might be because of her lead role in forming a group of attorneys to investigate the purported suicide of activist Li Wangyang. She issued an emergency notice stating that she might be taken away and...</div> </div> </div> Fri, 06 Jul 2012 14:36:16 +0000 noc 7079 at https://www.hrichina.org Error | Human Rights in China 中国人权 | HRIC

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