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Dissident Couple Issues Strong Protest to Government over Violations of Their Rights
In this letter of complaint (Chinese only) to the government of Qingshan District, Wuhan, Hubei Province, Qin Yongmin (秦永敏), a Wuhan-based dissident, and his fiancé, Wang Xifeng (王喜凤), recount how the public security bureaus in both Qingshan District and Hunyuan County, Shanxi Province, where Wang...
May 25, 2012
Citizens' Square
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Wuhan Party Secretary's Attitude Softens following Bo Xilai Affair
Qin Yongmin (秦永敏) is one of the co-founders of the China Democracy Party. He has been closely monitored by authorities since his November 2010 release from prison after serving 12 years for subversion of state power. In this notice, Qin writes that he was summoned to speak with Secretary Guan of...
April 20, 2012
Citizens' Square
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After 15 Days in Detention, Dissident Qin Yongmin Calls Off Interviews for 2012
Veteran dissident Qin Yongmin (秦永敏) was administratively detained for 10 days during the 2012 NPC/CPPCC Sessions by the Qingshan District Public Security Bureau in Wuhan, Hubei; he was then illegally detained an additional five days. Qin was illegally deprived of his right to meet with his family...
March 20, 2012
Article
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What Should We Do When Qin Yongmin Is Detained and Hu Shigen Is Knocked Down?
[Qin Yongmin and Hu Shigen] Xu Yonghai (徐永海), a Beijing rights defender, describes the ordeal of two democracy activists who appealed for aid on behalf of Wang Guoqi, a Beijing democracy activist (who was imprisoned for 12 years) who was hospitalized: Qin Yongmin, from Wuhan, who also served 12...
November 30, 2011
Article
Hu Shigen
Activist Qin Yongmin Repeatedly Detained; Home Searched
Qin, an activist based in Wuhan, was detained by the Wuhan authorities on May 13, 2011, for ten days and fined 200 yuan for raising funds for Li Wangyang, a Tiananmen activist who was paralyzed after being beaten in prison. While Qin was detained, police searched his home and deleted all of the...
May 23, 2011
Document
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Hubei Activist Harassed by Police Again
After being released from prison in November 2010, Qin Yongmin, longtime democracy and human rights activist and chairman of the China Human Rights Watch, has been continuously harassed by police. On May 5, 2011, the police went to his home again and announced that every month, Qin must write a "...
May 5, 2011
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Police Search Qin Yongmin’s Home
Noted dissident Qin Yongmin recounts that in the five months since he has been released from prison, Wuhan Police and State Security authorities have used enforcement measures such as summons and searches against him six times. This is also the second time they've searched Qin’s home within two...
April 28, 2011
Article
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Human Rights Briefs
Information regarding rights defense activists in Hubei and Shanxi who were detained, summoned or put under house arrest.
February 21, 2011
Document
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A Call for President Hu Jintao and Vice-Chairman Xi Jinping to Follow Deng Xiaoping's Theory to Setup Special Political Reform Zones
This essay issued by China Human Rights Watch Chairman Qin Yongmin on behalf of a Wuhan University professor analyzes the many political and social problems in Chinese society today, and in particular those related to education, the area that the author is most familiar with. The author believes...
February 23, 2011
Public Appeal
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A Letter of Thanks to My Overseas and International Friends
Qin Yongmin, Chairman of China Human Rights Watch, thanks his overseas friends for their support during the long, difficult years he spent in prison in this letter dated March 3, 2011. A co-founder of China Democracy Party, Qin served 12 years on charges of "inciting subversion of state power." He...
March 3, 2011
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