Case Update

Li Yufang Released, Mistreated During Imprisonment

Shanghai rights defender, Li Yufang (李玉芳), was released from prison on December 18, 2014 after completing a one-year sentence for “obstructing official business.”

December 19, 2014

Case Update

Land, Property, Housing

Li Yufang

Rights Activist Guo Feixiong’s Trial Ends without Verdict

The nearly 18-hour trial of rights activists Guo Feixiong ( 郭飞雄 ) , also known as Yang Maodong (杨茂东), and Sun Desheng ( 孙德胜 ) ended without verdicts for the defendants. The activists were tried in the Guangzhou Municipal Tianhe District People’s Court ( 广州市天河区法院 ) for “gathering crowds to disrupt...

November 28, 2014

Case Update

Rights Defense

Guo Feixiong

Zhejiang Activist Chen Shuqing Formally Arrested

HRIC has learned that, Chen Shuqing (陈树庆) , a core member of the China Democracy Party’s Zhejiang Committee, has been formally arrested. The official charge cannot be confirmed at this point, but Chen has been in criminal detention for more than a month on charges of “subversion of state power.”...

October 22, 2014

Case Update

Democratic And Political Reform

Chen Shuqing

Lawyer Says Court Violates the Law in Ruling on Zhang Lin’s Appeal without a Hearing

On October 20, the Bengbu Intermediate People's Court, Anhui Province, upheld the first instance trial verdict for activist , Zhang Lin ( 张林) . Zhang was found guilty of “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place” by the Bengshan District People’s Court, Bengbu, on September 5 and was...

October 21, 2014

Case Update

Freedom of Expression

Zhang Lin

Guo Feixiong’s Trial Opened But Did Not Proceed

Today, the Guangzhou Municipal Tianhe District People’s Court opened the trial of rights activist Guo Feixiong ( 郭飞雄) , also known as Yang Maodong ( 杨茂东) , and Sun Desheng ( 孙德胜) , but did not proceed as lawyers for the defendants did not appear in court in protest of what they alleged were...

September 12, 2014

Case Update

Rights Defense

Guo Feixiong

Zhejiang Activist Lü Gengsong Arrested for "Subversion of State Power"

HRIC has learned that that Lü Gengsong ( 吕耿松 ) , a core member of the China Democracy Party’s Zhejiang Committee, was arrested today and is being charged with “subversion of state power” (颠覆国家政权罪). He was criminally detained on suspicion of the same charge on July 7 , and is being held at the...

August 13, 2014

Case Update

Democratic And Political Reform

Lu Gengsong

Court Upholds Prison Sentences for Two Citizen Activists

The Beijing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People's Court today upheld the sentences of New Citizens Movement advocates Ding Jiaxi ( 丁家喜 ) and Li Wei ( 李蔚 ) . In April this year, both were found guilty of “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place” (聚众扰乱公共场所秩序) by the Beijing Municipal...

July 18, 2014

Case Update

Asset Transparency

Ding Jiaxi

Lü Gengsong Criminally Detained on Suspicion of “Subversion of State Power”

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has received information that Zhejiang China Democracy Party Committee member, Lü Gengsong ( 吕耿松 ), has been criminally detained on suspicion of “subversion of state power.” According to the detention notice, he is currently being held at the Hangzhou Detention center...

July 8, 2014

Case Update

Democratic And Political Reform

Lu Gengsong

Organizers of June Fourth Commemorative Event Officially Arrested

Human Rights in China (HRIC) has received information that the couple, Chen Wei ( 陈卫 ) and Yu Shiwen ( 于世文 ) , organizers of one of the first public June Fourth Commemorative events in mainland China last year, have been officially arrested for “picking quarrels and provoking troubles.” Lawyer Ji...

July 3, 2014

Case Update

June Fourth

Chen Wei

Beijing Court Upholds “Disrupting Public Order” Verdicts of Two Citizen Activists

Without holding hearings, the Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court ruled against the appeals by citizen activists Zhao Changqing ( 赵常青 ) and Zhang Baocheng ( 张宝成 ) and upheld their first-instance verdicts. They were both found guilty of “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place” (...

June 27, 2014

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