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“Fighting Corruption is Not a Crime: Please Support the Anti-Corruption Warriors”
In this article , legal scholar and human rights activist Xu Zhiyong and others show their support for the four Beijing citizens including, Hou Xin, who were criminally detained on March 31, 2013, after they displayed banners and publicly called for disclosure of official assets in Xidan, downtown...
April 3, 2013
Citizens' Square
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China Needs a New Citizens Movement
Editor’s note : Xu first published the original Chinese article as a blog post on May 29, 2102, which was soon deleted by the Chinese authorities. On May 31, Human Rights in China published the article in HRIC’s Biweekly Chinese Journal .
July 23, 2012
China Rights Forum
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Gongmeng Officially Shut Down, Founder Formally Arrested
As the news of the official arrest of well-known rights defender Xu Zhiyong (许志永) emerges, Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that the authorities have officially shut down Gongmeng (also known as Open Constitution Initiative, OCI), the public interest group Xu Zhiyong helped found. In July,...
August 18, 2009
Press Work
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Xu Zhiyong in Custody Seven Days; Still No Official Explanation
Seven days after Xu Zhiyong (许志永) , the director of Gongmeng, a public interest organization in Beijing, was taken away by State Security of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, there is still no official explanation for his detention. According to unofficial reports, Xu Zhiyong is being...
August 4, 2009
Press Work
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Law Research Center Is Shut Down as Authorities Tighten Control on Civil Society Groups
[Chinese / 中文] Human Rights in China (HRIC) is deeply concerned about the July 17 shutdown of the Gongmeng Law Research Center of the Open Constitution Initiative (OCI), an organization set up to provide legal consultation and assistance to the public. The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Civil Affairs...
July 17, 2009
Press Work
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