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Woman and Teenager Forcibly Detained in World’s Fair Clearance
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that a woman and her 14-year-old son were forcibly removed from their home and detained for several hours in the course of a large-scale clearance operation for Shanghai’s hosting of the World’s Fair in 2010. Sources in China told HRIC that on the morning of...
January 24, 2006
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Chinese voices take to the streets
The Sydney Morning Herald On Saturday the US-based group Human Rights in China said a prominent land rights activist, Liu Xinjuan, had been sent to a psychiatric hospital after she tried to petition authorities in Shanghai. Ms Liu was detained last Monday as she prepared an appeal to the local...
January 23, 2006
HRIC in the Media
Activist placed in mental home: reports
Chinese police allegedly bound and gagged an activist and then forced her into a psychiatric hospital after she attempted to petition the government over forced land seizures, a US-based rights group said yesterday. Liu Xinjuan was one of several people detained on Jan. 16 in Shanghai as they...
January 22, 2006
HRIC in the Media
Rights group: Chinese police send activist to psychiatric hospital
Liu Xinjuan was one of several people detained Jan. 16 in Shanghai, China's biggest city, as they prepared to take their grievances to the local legislature, New York-based Human Rights in China said. Liu, a longtime activist, has petitioned the government several times with residents' complaints...
January 21, 2006
HRIC in the Media
China protester sent to psychiatric hospital: group
Another Chinese who irked the authorities, a man arrested when he tried to mourn purged Communist Party chief Zhao Ziyang, has lost an appeal against his three-year sentence, said the group, Human Rights in China , in a statement seen on Saturday. Liu Xinjuan was taken, bound and gagged, to a...
January 21, 2006
HRIC in the Media
Petitioner Liu Xinjuan Sent to Psychiatric Hospital, Petitioner Xu Zhengqing Loses Appeal on 3-Year Sentence
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Shanghai petitioner Liu Xinjuan has been forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital after being detained in a roundup of petitioners while Shanghai’s People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference were in session. Sources in...
January 20, 2006
Press Work
Ma Yalian
Poo-pooing the ‘one China’ myth
The Shanghaiist "The idea that the population labeled 'Han Chinese' is homogenous is a nationalist myth," Human Rights in China said in a 2002 report. "Within this category there is enormous cultural and linguistic diversity." Full Text
January 17, 2006
HRIC in the Media
Press Advisory: Shanghai Rounds Up Petitioners for Party Plenums
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Shanghai authorities detained a large number of petitioners in advance of the current sessions of Shanghai’s People’s Congress and Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, which began on January 14. Sources in China told HRIC that beginning...
January 17, 2006
Press Work
Ma Yalian
Chinese Media Downplay Land Protest in Southern China
Sharon Hom is the Executive Director of Human Rights in China - based in New York. She says this is contributing to the income gap and people in the countryside are becoming more desperate. "…On top of being left behind by economic growth and being left behind by this new wealth that is being...
January 16, 2006
HRIC in the Media
Selling in China? Which one is it?
"The idea that the population labeled 'Han Chinese' is homogenous is a nationalist myth," Human Rights in China said in a 2002 report. "Within this category there is enormous cultural and linguistic diversity." Full Text
January 16, 2006
HRIC in the Media
Chinese Generals Promise to Bolster Paramilitary Police
"Instead of dealing with the root causes, they're strengthening their combat effectiveness," said Sharon Hom, New York-based executive director of Human Rights in China . "This is absolutely alarming for both human rights and rule of law." Full Text
January 13, 2006
HRIC in the Media
China's Crackdown on Media
The Korea Times The plight of China’s journalists has been depicted graphically by He Qinglian, former editor of the Shenzhen Legal Daily who now lives in exile in the United States. In her manuscript “Media Control in China” published by Human Rights in China , the editor and economist recounts...
January 12, 2006
HRIC in the Media
I'll only go back on my terms, says retiring rights chief
Despite more than a decade working in an office overlooking the Statue of Liberty, mainland democracy activist Liu Qing sheepishly admits to never having visited the New York icon of freedom. Work pressure has kept the two apart, but the retiring president of Human Rights in China (HRIC) hopes...
January 9, 2006
HRIC in the Media
China petitioners sent home, beaten, rights group says
Police forced people petitioning for justice in Beijing, including a well-known victim of China's one-child policy, to return to Shanghai and beat several of them, a rights group said Wednesday. The group of several dozen petitioners was detained in the capital on December 28, New York based Human...
January 5, 2006
HRIC in the Media
Further Crackdown on Petitioner Mao Hengfeng and Others in Beijing and Shanghai
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that a number of Shanghai petitioners have been detained in Beijing and Shanghai, with several being beaten and mistreated. According to HRIC sources, on the afternoon of December 28, veteran petitioner Mao Hengfeng and several dozen other petitioners were...
January 3, 2006
Press Work
Ma Yalian
Chinese Activists Targeted by Thug Violence
"The brutal beating of Zhao Xin is a clear example of the escalating use of thug violence to intimidate grass-roots activists," said Sharon Hom, executive director of the advocacy group Human Rights in China. "Like the Taishi crackdown in Guangdong province," she added, referring to the beating of...
January 1, 2006
HRIC in the Media
December 2005
*The information contained in this summary is based on information collected by HRIC in December and is not intended as a complete list. Rather, it should be viewed as a representation of larger trends of dissent and repression in China. Death Penalty Labor
December 31, 2005
Monthly Brief
Dissident receives sentence of 12 years
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that on December 23, political dissident Xu Wanping was convicted of "incitement to subvert state power" and sentenced to 12 years imprisonment and four years deprivation of political rights.
December 24, 2005
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Xu Wanping
Press Advisory: Petitioner Xu Zhengqing Appeal Set for January
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Shanghai petitioner Xu Zhengqing , recently sentenced to three years in prison on charges of “creating a public disturbance,” has been granted an appeal set for January. Sources in China told HRIC that the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court...
December 19, 2005
Press Work
Underreported: Violent Crackdown in China
The Leonard Lopate Show
December 15, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Press Advisory: Imprisoned Lawyer Zheng Enchong Receives Human Rights Award from German Judges
HRIC has learned that Shanghai rights defender Zheng Enchong has been awarded a “Human Rights Award” from the German Judges Association in a reception attended by the German President Horst Koehler. Because Zheng Enchong is currently imprisoned, and his wife Jiang Meili was restricted from leaving...
December 8, 2005
Press Work
Shanghai Police Create Hostile Climate at Complaint Hearing
December 7, 2005
Press Work
Ma Yalian
HRIC Mourns Death of Liu Binyan
HRIC mourns the loss of Mr. Liu Binyan, who passed away on Dec. 5, 2005, and extends its sincere condolences to his family. Mr. Liu joined the Chinese Communist Party in the 1940s. Although he suffered from persecution and was expelled from the CCP many times, he exposed and critiqued social...
December 5, 2005
Press Work
HRIC Urges Action on Torture
December 2, 2005
Press Work
Press Advisory: Petition Circulated for Detained Environmental Activists
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has received an open letter circulated by several activists on behalf of detained environmental activist Tan Kai . The Hangzhou Public Security Bureau issued summonses to Tan and five other members of an environmental civil society group “Green Watch” (lüse guancha) on...
December 1, 2005
Press Work
November 2005
*The information contained in this summary is based on information collected by HRIC in November and is not intended as a complete list. Rather, it should be viewed as a representation of larger trends of dissent and repression in China. Death Penalty Labor
November 30, 2005
Monthly Brief
Petitioners detained in Shanghai and Beijing during Bush Visit
New Release from HRIC Several Shanghai petitioners and rights defenders remain missing after having been monitored and detained during President Bush’s visit to China and the commemoration of former leader Hu Yaobang’s birth.
November 21, 2005
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Ma Yalian
Press Advisory: Open Letter to President Bush on Behalf of Xu Zhengqing
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has received an open letter requesting that President George W. Bush take advantage of his upcoming visit to China to bring up the case of Xu Zhengqing , who was recently sentenced to three years in prison as a result of his attempt to commemorate deceased former leader...
November 8, 2005
Press Work
Orwell Alive and Well
The Independent
November 1, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Press Advisory: Open Letter Received Urging President Bush to Raise Case of Jailed Democracy Activist
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has received a copy of an open letter requesting that President George W. Bush take advantage of his upcoming visit to China to bring up the case of Wang Sen , a democracy and Internet activist reportedly in critical health following his conviction on state security...
October 31, 2005
Press Work
October 2005
*The information contained in this summary is based on information collected by HRIC in October and is not intended as a complete list. Rather, it should be viewed as a representation of larger trends of dissent and repression in China. Death Penalty Labor Media Censorship Petitions and Protests...
October 31, 2005
Monthly Brief
China clamps down on environmental monitoring group
"We are surmising that they [the activist group] were detained because they are not established as an organisation, but were still trying to raise funds," said Stacy Mosher, communications director of the New York branch of Human Rights in China. "In China, you cannot legally fundraise until you...
October 28, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Hangzhou police arrest environmental activist
Tan Kai (譚凱) was taken into custody on Wednesday last week after he and five others answered a summons to appear at the Public Security Bureau in the eastern city of Hangzhou, Human Rights in China (HRIC) said. Full Text
October 27, 2005
HRIC in the Media
2005 Tech Museum Award Laureates to Convene at Menlo College
Press Release Newswire Source: Menlo College Ms. Sharon Hom, Human Rights in China, Executive Director, New York, NY Full Text
October 26, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Environmental Activists Detained in Hangzhou
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that the Hangzhou Public Security Bureau issued summonses to six members of an environmental civil society group, “Green Watch” ( lüse guancha ), on October 19. Sources in China say that one of the activists, Tan Kai, has been placed in criminal detention,...
October 25, 2005
Press Work
Dissident Nears Trial Without Legal Representation
October 20, 2005
Press Work
Xu Wanping
Three Years in Prison for “Disrupting Public Order”
October 17, 2005
Press Work
Protests surge as reforms fail to match rising hopes
The Guardian Human rights campaigners say more local authorities are also using hired thugs to deny people their legal rights. Nicolas Becquelin, of Human Rights in China , said some local governments have their own private militias, often comprised of relatives of local officials and police...
October 11, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Five years in Wuhan Women's Prison for requesting fair treatment
Three Gorges News Probe Service Four men were arrested at the same time as Ms. Wang, but she received the harshest punishment. Liu Zhengzhen was sentenced to three years, and remains in jail, while Xia Chenghu, Wu Yansheng and Qin Wenjun have been released, according to the New York office of Human...
October 4, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Chinese Pioneers Being Asked to Relocate -- Once More
In the late 1970s, China dismantled Bingtuans from Tibet in the west to Hainan in the south. But the Bingtuan here remained. Beijing considered it too important a stabilizing force in an often restive region beset by ethnic tensions, said Nicolas Becquelin, a Xinjiang expert at Human Rights in...
October 2, 2005
HRIC in the Media
COMMENT: Mistakes are hidden by a veil of state secrets
The New Straits Times What is a state secret? According to Human Rights in China, "the State Secrets Law and its Implementing Regulations provide a list of categories of what may be state secrets, but the lists are so broad and vague as to encompass essentially all conceivable information". Full...
October 1, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Rights group says PRC arresting protesters ahead of National Day
Police in China's capital have rounded up hundreds of aggrieved citizens to prevent disturbances during upcoming National Day celebrations, a New York-based human rights group said yesterday. Human Rights in China said that police detained more than 200 petitioners in raids on two hostels and a...
September 30, 2005
HRIC in the Media
China Puts Focus on Security in Muslim Region
"These are very important and sensitive dates because there are so many fault lines in China — between the local and central government and the Han Chinese and ethnic minorities," said Nicholas Becquelin, the Hong Kong-based research director for Human Rights in China . "To orchestrate a show of...
September 30, 2005
HRIC in the Media
September 2005
*The information contained in this summary is based on information collected by HRIC in September and is not intended as a complete list. Rather, it should be viewed as a representation of larger trends of dissent and repression in China. Death Penalty Labor
September 30, 2005
Monthly Brief
Police in China's capital round up hundreds of citizens
Pravda Human Rights in China said that police detained more than 200 petitioners in raids on two hostels and a petitioners' squatter village near Beijing's southern train station on Wednesday. Full Text
September 29, 2005
HRIC in the Media
China intensifies its clamp down on journalists
Boxun News On September 9, 2005, the day before the start of the China Internet Summit in Hangzhou, Human Rights in China (HRIC) and Reporters Without Borders(RSF) wrote to former US President Bill Clinton, as keynote speaker of the summit, urging him to raise Shi's case and encourage internet...
September 29, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Concerns Grow Over Executions in China
If you put political stress on an already shaky system and just go for results, the risk of abrogation of justice and disproportionate sentencing is significantly higher," said Nicholas Becquelin of Human Rights in China . Full Text
September 28, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Psychiatric repressions in China
Pravda According to the group " Human Rights in China ", arrests began on September 14th. After police arrested prosecutor Zhang Fenfen, he refused to be photographed and fingerprinted. Police beat him and threatened him with forced psychiatric treatment. He twice before underwent psychiatric...
September 28, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Massive Petitioner Sweep for China’s National Day
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Beijing authorities have rounded up more than 100 petitioners, apparently in preparation for China’s National Day observances on October 1. Among the detainees is the elderly father of Xu Zhengqing, a petitioner currently on trial in Shanghai for...
September 28, 2005
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Mao Hengfeng Released From China Prison, but Husband Detained
LifeNews.com Chinese citizens were rounded up on the street, on buses and some in the middle of the night and most of the detainees remain in custody, a report from the watchdog group Human Rights in China (HRIC) said. Full Text
September 27, 2005
HRIC in the Media
China tightens grip on web news
Nicolas Becquelin, research director at Hong Kong-based organisation Human Rights in China , said the rules "certainly don't go on the right direction, but they're not surprising". They "make nascent civil society the explicit target in terms of repression," he said. He added that the government's...
September 26, 2005
HRIC in the Media
The Great Firewall of China
Mail & Guardian Nicolas Becquelin, the Hong Kong-based director of Human Rights in China , said the new rules were aimed at making internet operators in China censor themselves and reflected the government's concern with the technology. "Basically the content of the regulations are already in...
September 26, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Taiwan urged to give China activist shelter
Gulf Times Yan Peng fled to Taiwan from mainland China in June 2004 but remains in limbo more than a year later due to procedural delays, said the New York and Hong Kong-based Human Rights in China (HRIC), which received a copy of the dissidents’ letter to Chen. Full Text
September 25, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Chinese dissidents petition Taiwan’s leaders to help stranded asylum seeker
Almost 200 Chinese human rights activists have petitioned Taiwan to quickly settle the case of an asylum seeker from rival China who has remained in limbo on the island for over a year, a human rights group said. The action group Human Rights in China , with offices in New York and Hong Kong,...
September 24, 2005
HRIC in the Media
In China, Pataki Cuts Deals for N.Y., Raises Human Rights Concerns
The New York Sun The executive director of a New York-based group, Human Rights in China , lauded Mr. Pataki for incorporating a dialogue about freedom and liberty into his trade trip. "We're pleased that as a government official, even though it was not part of his agenda items to raise, that he on...
September 23, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Petition on Behalf of Mainland Activist Stranded in Taiwan
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has received a copy of an open letter on behalf of Yan Peng , a democracy activist who was held in detention for eight months in Taiwan after fleeing there from the mainland in June 2004. Yan is seeking political asylum, but because of procedural delays he has remained...
September 23, 2005
Press Work
Silicon Valley awards for tech solutions to global problems
Physorg.com The US organization Human Rights in China (HRIC) won for engineering ways to circumvent government filtering of Internet traffic in China, according to the museum. The group's "E-Activism Project" promotes "uncensored civil space for discussing issues," award officials concluded.
September 22, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Human Rights at the Information Society Summit
Inter Press Service Until now, the only disturbance of this peaceful climate was sparked by a debate over the accreditation of the non-governmental organisation Human Rights in China (HRIC). The New York-based group, founded in 1989 by Chinese scientists and scholars, states that its mission is to...
September 21, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Tech Museum awards 25 global Laureates
San Jose Business Journal Knight Ridder Equality Awards, for using technology to overcome human rights violations and improve the local democratic process, will go to AMD, Sunnyvale, Calif,; AnthroTronix Inc., Silver Spring, Md.; CEMINA (Communication, Education and Information on Gender), Rio de...
September 21, 2005
HRIC in the Media
After lunch, it's off to the local jail
The St. Petersburg Times We had been warned by Human Rights in China , the group in New York that had referred us to Fu, that foreign journalists who interviewed him in the past had been detained and harassed by police. Full Text
September 20, 2005
HRIC in the Media
At least 100 property activists arrested in Shanghai, rights group says
Forbes The action signals a significant toughening by authorities following a barrage of streets protests in Shanghai largely related to forced evictions due to urban renewal, Human Rights in China said, according to Agence France-Presse. Full Text
September 20, 2005
HRIC in the Media
More than 100 anti-eviction activists arrested in Shanghai
Asia News Police have arrested more than 100 petitioners involved in protests against official evictions in Shanghai. The action signals a significant toughening by authorities following a barrage of street protests throughout China largely due to forced land grabs caused by urban renewal, a Human...
September 20, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Report from WSIS PrepCom-3: Shades of (Bad) Things to Come?
Information Today “The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and its member organization, Human Rights in China (HRIC), denounce the decision of the World Summit on Information Society (WSIS), a process that claims to include the broadest possible participation, to block open discussion...
September 20, 2005
HRIC in the Media
China Blocks Open Discussion at WSIS with Procedural Maneuvering
September 20, 2005
Press Work
Petitioner Round-up Brings Threat of Psychiatric Incarceration
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Shanghai authorities have staged a major round-up of long-term petitioners, detaining at least 100 people since September 14. Sources say some of the detainees have been threatened with forcible psychiatric treatment.
September 19, 2005
Press Work
Human rights key to China's development
The Japan Times As Sharon Hom, executive director of Human Rights in China, stated to a U.S. congressional executive commission on China, "The future of democracy in China is interrelated to the promotion of human rights and the rule of the law that is transparent and fair, and to a judiciary and...
September 15, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Pataki's China Trip Attracts Criticism on Rights Issues
The New York Sun
September 14, 2005
HRIC in the Media
China under new assault on human rights
The Baltimore Sun "Everything has taken a turn for the worse," said Nicolas Becquelin, research director in Hong Kong for New York-based Human Rights in China . "Basically you have to wait for the next generation [of leaders] to hope for political reform." Full Text
September 14, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Witnesses Dispute Charges against Petitioner Xu Zhengqing in Trial
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that witnesses testifying for the defense in the trial of petitioner Xu Zhengqing on September 13 in Shanghai have refuted evidence produced by the prosecution against Xu on charges of “disturbing public order” under Article 293 of the PRC Criminal Law. Xu...
September 13, 2005
Press Work
Global pursuits leave Web firms in quandary
The Chicago Tribune "What kind of guidelines, what kind of safeguards are in place?" asked Nicolas Bequelin, research director at New York-based Human Rights in China . "What about an American businessman who is communicating with his headquarters about a project or negotiation, and authorities...
September 12, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Yahoo had to comply in China reporter case, founder says
The New York-based group Human Rights in China and the Paris-based international media watchdog Reporters Without Borders sent an open letter addressed to Bill Clinton, the former U.S. president, a keynote speaker at the Internet forum, urging him to bring up Shi's case during his visit to China...
September 11, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Clinton Urged to Raise Shi Tao Case at China Internet Summit
Human Rights in China (HRIC) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF) today issued an open letter to former president Bill Clinton, urging him to raise the case of jailed journalist Shi Tao and encourage Internet companies, especially Yahoo!, to implement their human rights obligations.
September 9, 2005
Press Work
Open Letter to President Clinton
Dear President Clinton:
September 9, 2005
Press Work
Yahoo under Fire over Jailing of Chinese Journalist
“The government uses terrorism as an excuse or an argument so that foreign countries don't look into what is happening in Xinjiang,” Nicolas Becquelin, a Hong Kong-based researcher for Human Rights in China , told Agence France-Presse (AFP). Full Text
September 8, 2005
HRIC in the Media
Clinton Urged to Address Internet Repression in China
Human Rights in China research director Nicolas Bacquelin said from Hong Kong that Clinton had in the past "come out pretty forcefully in defense of the free flow of information." "He's on the record as saying that the Internet was likely to undermine censorship in China. That was the assumption...
September 8, 2005
HRIC in the Media

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