Rights Defense

Update on Lawyer Yu Wensheng’s Case

phb — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 23:39:43 +0000

September 2, 2020

Access to Justice

In this update, Xu Yan, wife of detained human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, provides the latest developments in her husband’s case. On the morning of September 3, Yu’s two defense lawyers plan to meet with Yu at the Xuzhou Municipal Detention Center to discuss his upcoming trial of second instance...

Yu Wensheng

Statement Regarding Anonymous Online Smear Campaign Against Chen Yuan

phb — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:40:48 +0000

September 20, 2019

Statement Regarding Anonymous Online Smear Campaign Against Chen Yuan

Citizens' Square

Subversion Of State Power

In her statement, Shi Minglei, the wife of Cheng Yuan, the public interest advocate facing charges of “subversion of state power,” cites serious factual inaccuracies in the article, "The Cheng Yuan I know" (谈谈我认识的程渊). She states that the article maliciously links, without evidence, the arrest of...

Entering the New Year in Handcuffs: An Account of Being Taken into Custody on New Year's Eve

phb — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 22:44:39 +0000

January 9, 2020

Entering the New Year in Handcuffs: An Account of Being Taken into Custody on New Year's Eve

Citizens' Square

Arbitrary Detention

Li Qiaochu ( 李翘楚 ), the girlfriend of New Citizens Movement advocate Xu Zhiyong ( 许志永) , posted an article on Twitter describing the police search of Xu’s home and her home in Beijing on New Year's Eve. When officers came to search Xu’s home, Li was there but Xu was not. Afterwards, they took Li to...

Ding Jiaxi

I Am Not a "Subverter of State Power"

phb — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 23:47:49 +0000

January 15, 2020

I Am Not a "Subverter of State Power"

Citizens' Square

Subversion Of State Power

Shi Minglei (施明磊), the wife of Cheng Yuan (程渊), who has been in custody for his public interest advocacy, tweeted today that as a result of her continuous fight, the Changsha Municipal Bureau of State Security finally lifted her residential surveillance that had lasted nearly six months, and...

Bank Account Frozen, Complaints Going Nowhere, Difficulty in Getting By: An Account by Cheng Yuan's wife, Shi Minglei, Who is “Under Suspicion of Subversion of State Power”

phb — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 20:52:23 +0000

September 10, 2019

Bank Account Frozen, Complaints Going Nowhere, Difficulty in Getting By: An Account by Cheng Yuan's wife, Shi Minglei, Who is “Under Suspicion of Subversion of State Power”

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

Shi Minglei, wife of the arrested public interest activist Cheng Yuan, has been put under residential surveillance for 50 days already, on suspicion of “subversion of state power.” Without presenting any evidence, to date, to support their criminal allegations against Shi, the authorities have...

Brother of Cheng Yuan, Detained Changsha Legal Advocate, was Summoned with a Blank Summons

tw — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:12:59 +0000

September 2, 2019

Brother of Cheng Yuan, Detained Changsha Legal Advocate, was Summoned with a Blank Summons

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

In a September 2, 2019 Twitter post titled, " Being Summoned for the Second Time ,"* Cheng Hao, the brother of detained Changsha activist Cheng Yuan, provides an account of his being summoned again by the Zhonghuamen police station in Nanjing. According to his account, three police officers came to...

Complaint Filed by Wife of Cheng Yuan, One of Three Detained Changsha Rights Activists

tw — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 22:16:13 +0000

August 3, 2019

Complaint Filed by Wife of Cheng Yuan, One of Three Detained Changsha Rights Activists

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

On July 22, 2019, Cheng Yuan, Liu Yongze and Xiao Wu, three public interest law advocates of Changsha Funeng Organization, were seized by Changsha Municipal Bureau of State Security on suspicion of “subversion of state power” and have been detained in its detention center. Shi Minglei, Cheng Yuan’s...

Mourning Our Families and Compatriots Killed in the June Fourth Massacre: A Letter to China’s Leaders

tw — Fri, 15 Mar 2019 16:34:34 +0000

March 15, 2019

Mourning Our Families and Compatriots Killed in the June Fourth Massacre: A Letter to China’s Leaders

Press Release

Communist Party Of China

Members of the Tiananmen Mothers with photos of their loved ones killed in June Fourth. [English Translation by Human Rights in China] I We are a group of citizens who lost our loved ones in the June Fourth Massacre. Thirty years ago, along Chang'an Avenue in front of the Tiananmen Gate in the...

Asking For Truth and Accountability - For the tragedy of October 8, 1993

tw — Fri, 09 Nov 2018 23:30:44 +0000

October 16, 2018

Asking For Truth and Accountability - For the tragedy of October 8, 1993

Citizens' Square

Daily Challenges

In 1993, Liu writes, his wife, Huang Ping (黄萍), was carried away by a sudden surge at the waterfall at the Huangguoshu Scenic Area in Guizhou Province. Liu says that his investigation showed that the deluge was created by officials of the Huangguoshu Scenic Area Management Office who, without...

Open Letter from Scholars Inside and Outside China in Support of Shenzhen Workers Demanding to Form Labor Union

phb — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 22:44:30 +0000

August 1, 2018

Open Letter from Scholars Inside and Outside China in Support of Shenzhen Workers Demanding to Form Labor Union

Citizens' Square

Citizen Participation

More than 100 scholars inside and outside China have joined a growing domestic campaign to call for the release of workers at the Jasic factory in Shenzhen, who have been detained for demanding to form their own labor union to protect their rights. On July 27, seven of the workers, and 23...

Female Lawyer Sun Shihua Handling Petitioner’s Case is Beaten and Illegally Detained by Police

phb — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 22:42:21 +0000

September 20, 2018

Female Lawyer Sun Shihua Handling Petitioner’s Case is Beaten and Illegally Detained by Police

Citizens' Square

Illegal Search And Detention

In a September 20 post online, lawyer Sui Muqing says that his wife, lawyer Sun Shihua, was beaten and illegally detained by the police at Hualin police substation, Liwan District in Guangzhou. She had gone to the substation at about 3 PM to speak with the police officer in charge of her client’s...

Sui Muqing

Update on Wang Quanzhang—No “Hard Violence”

phb — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 14:43:05 +0000

July 20, 2018

Update on Wang Quanzhang—No “Hard Violence”

Citizens' Square

709 Crackdown

Wang Quanzhang, a rights lawyer, finally met with a lawyer after having been disappeared for more than three years. The lawyer, Liu Weiguo, reported that that Wang told him that he has suffered “no hard violence.” In the article below, Wang’s wife Li Wenzu reminds us what “no hard violence” means...

709 Families and Supporters

Students from 12 Other Colleges Issue Letters of Support for Shenzhen Jasic Workers

phb — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:53:12 +0000

August 2, 2018

Students from 12 Other Colleges Issue Letters of Support for Shenzhen Jasic Workers

Citizens' Square

Citizen Participation

Students from 12 colleges across the country have joined the campaign initiated by the students of Peking University to call for the release of Jasic workers detained for demanding to form a labor union. On July 27, seven of the workers, and 23 supporters were taken into custody and have been...

Regarding Lawyer Wang Quanzhang’s Case of Alleged “Subversion of State Power”

phb — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 20:02:34 +0000

July 18, 2018

Regarding Lawyer Wang Quanzhang’s Case of Alleged “Subversion of State Power”

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

Lawyer Wang Quanzhang was disappeared in July 2015, in the beginning stage of the 709 crackdown in which more than 300 lawyers and activists were affected—disappeared, detained, or questioned. Subsequently, all of the detainees were either prosecuted and sentenced or released—except lawyer Wang...

Wang Quanzhang

Open Letter from Scholars Inside and Outside China in Support of Shenzhen Workers Demanding to Form Labor Union

phb — Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:29:42 +0000

August 1, 2018

Open Letter from Scholars Inside and Outside China in Support of Shenzhen Workers Demanding to Form Labor Union

Citizens' Square

Citizen Participation