By Patrick Goodenough

Robert Marquand Last week, as China's National People's Congress prepared to meet, a number of political and religious activists were whisked out of town. On March 5, Hua Huiqi , a house church leader was put under house arrest. When he protested, he was arrested and later beaten, along with his...

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Shanghai authorities have begun using gangster tactics to dissuade Hong Kong resident Shen Ting from her campaign on behalf of jailed lawyer Zheng Enchong and Shanghai residents displaced by urban redevelopment schemes.

Wang Youcai , one of CDP founders, released to US. Full Article

In Beijing, a group representing the victims of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre has renewed the call for an independent inquiry as delegates gather in Beijing for the National People's Congress. China correspondent John Taylor reports that it's an extremely provocative gesture in authoritarian...

John Ruwitch ... or has been lured into embracing, the human rights concept and language," Nicolas Becquelin, of the New York-based watchdog Human Rights in China , said in Hong ... Full Article

... Soon after speaking to AFP her phone lines appeared to have been cut. The New York-based Human Rights in China (HRIC) cited a similar story in a report. ...

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Hong Kong resident Shen Ting was detained by Chinese Customs officials for more than two hours at the Lowu border on February 26, after which her Home Return Permit (huixiangzheng) was confiscated without explanation. Shen Ting was preparing to fly from...

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Beijing authorities have taken suppressive action against more than 200 activists in preparation for the upcoming session of the National People’s Congress.

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that house church leaders Liu Fenggang and Xu Yonghai have been formally charged with revealing state secrets.

... a widely-circulated internal document on the forced eviction of residents and the destruction of their apartments to the organization "Human Rights in China ...

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that the case of Internet dissident Du Daobin has been referred back to the Public Security Bureau on the grounds of insufficient evidence, raising hopes that Du will soon be released in the same way as the Internet dissident he defended, Liu Di.

By Sharon Hom and Amy Tai As part of its Incorporating Responsibility 2008 campaign (IR 2008), HRIC participates in international conferences to ensure that human rights are at the core of decision-making processes. HRIC monitors China’s impact in these multilateral fora as well as the impact of...

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has received an appeal for help from relatives of Falungong members Zhang Jun and her 20-year old daughter Li Chiyue, who have been on a hunger strike for over 8 days and may be in critical condition. Zhang and Li are being denied access to their lawyer in violation of...

Sami Sillanpää Only now, for the first time since Tiananmen, the activists who have been driven out of their homes have formed a network that connects various cities. "They are more organised. They are more active. And they take more risks", observes Nicholas Becquelin, who heads the Hong Kong...

Sang Jiancheng distributed dissidents’ letter to Party Congress A Shanghai court has handed down a three-year jail term to dissident Sang Jiancheng for “subverting state power,” RFA’s Mandarin service reports. The Shanghai Intermediate People’s Court sentenced Sang on Jan. 6. He was arrested...

A laid-off factory worker who was convicted of subversion after leading a protest last year in China's industrial northeast has been refused parole on medical grounds despite being in "alarming physical condition," a human rights group said Saturday. "Family members recently visited the two men...

... organizations. He had allegedly faxed a copy of state secrets to Human Rights in China (HRIC) based in New York on May 28. Zheng ... Full Article

BEIJING (AFP) - Two groups listed by China as "terrorist" organisations denounced the move Tuesday as a politically motivated act unfairly targeting Muslims, while human rights activists said peaceful dissenters were being scapegoated. China's list appears to be an attempt to sway public opinion...

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that the Shanghai Supreme People’s Court will deliver its ruling in the appeal of lawyer Zheng Enchong on December 18 at 10:00 a.m. According to sources in China, the court informed Zheng’s wife, Jiang Meili , through his lawyers that three family members...

By Philip P. Pan BEIJING, Nov. 30 -- China released three Internet essayists who were detained a year ago for criticizing the government, including a college student in Beijing whose arrest on subversion charges had attracted international attention, a human rights group based in Hong Kong reported...

BEIJING (AP) -- A former Chinese schoolteacher who appealed on the Internet for free labor unions and other political reforms was sentenced Monday to two years in prison on subversion charges, a human rights organization said. Full Article

Iris Tsang Jiang Meili, wife of the jailed lawyer Zheng Enchong, has a deep and bitter understanding of this failure. Zheng was recently sentenced to three years in prison for "disclosure of state secrets". What he actually did was to help a number of Shanghai residents defend themselves against a...

... But a New York-based group, Human Rights in China , says Shanghai officials have used beatings and psychological pressure against protesters. ... Full Article

Leading Chinese democracy activist He Depu was sentenced to eight years in jail yesterday in a hearing marked by his defiant remarks against the state, his wife said. The sentencing hearing lasted only five minutes, with the Beijing Intermediate Court reading out the eight-year prison term as He...

... made. However, the Human Rights in China organisation says officials are attempting to cover up the seriousness of the incident. ... Full Article

On October 28 the Shanghai Second Intermediate People’s Court sentenced lawyer Zheng Enchong to three years in prison on charges of “illegally providing state secrets to entities outside of China.” The news media have reported that the judgment mentioned Human Rights in China (HRIC).

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Internet activist Jiang Lijun will be tried on November 4 on charges of “incitement to subvert state power.” According to HRIC’s sources, Jiang Lijun will be tried in a closed court session at the Beijing Intermediate Court. Jiang was detained on...

SHANGHAI, (AFP) - A Chinese court has convicted eight people accused of seeking to establish a labour union of incitement to subvert state power, according to a human rights group. Li Jiangfen was handed a 16-year jail term, while Li Chan received the lightest sentence -- two years imprisonment,...

Elaine Kurtenbach SHANGHAI, China - A court in southeastern China has sentenced a former judicial official to 16 years in prison on charges of incitement to subvert state power, a human rights group said Thursday. Li Jianfeng, a former court official in the city of Ningde in Fujian province, and...

Joseph Kahn Rights groups say that Hu, who took over the top leadership post nearly a year ago, has shown no signs of easing repression of political activists. But some experts say Hu may be eager to dampen Bush administration criticism that China's human rights situation has deteriorated during...

Benjamin Kang Lim BEIJING (Reuters) - China freed a veteran dissident on Tuesday two days ahead of a summit with European Union leaders in an apparent attempt to dampen criticism of a human rights record activists have described as abysmal. The release of Kang Yuchun came on the heels of China...

ABC Radio Australia A leading Chinese dissident who spent more than a decade in prison is reportedly set to be released before completing his full sentence. Human Rights in China says 38-year-old Kang Yuchun , is to be freed more than five years before the end of his original 17-year sentence in...

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Kang Yuchun will be released from prison on October 28, more than five years before his original anticipated release date of May 28, 2009.

BEIJING, Oct. 23 — An activist linked to an unsanctioned Christian church and its imprisoned leader has been charged with subverting state power nearly a month after police detained him central China, a human rights organization reported Thursday. Xiao Biguang's arrest in Henan province last month...

Christopher Bodeen BEIJING -- An activist for China's unofficial Christian church has been detained after investigating the destruction of churches by authorities in eastern China, human rights groups say. Liu Fenggang, 43, was detained on Oct. 13 in the city of Hangzhou while visiting with leaders...

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that Beijing-based religious activist Liu Fenggang was detained in Hangzhou on October 13, 2003 on accusations of “revealing state secrets,” while his residence in Beijing was searched by public security officials. Liu Fenggang is a religious activist who...