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Five Women Speak: Datu/Zheng Churan (with tears): “This Time, You’re Stronger and More Courageous than I Am” (Excerpt)
[Translation by Human Rights in China] Chinese original To all of you, my dearest: Knowing how fearless and headstrong I usually am, perhaps you thought I spent my 38 days in detention as the “prisoner-in-charge” or the champion of women’s rights, right? Ha ha, this time, you can laugh at me for 50...
April 20, 2015
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“I’m Worried about Gao Yu and Wait for Her Early Return”
An appeal by Ding Zilin (丁子霖) , a founding member of the Tiananmen Mothers, to the Chinese authorities to conclude the trial of Gao Yu (高瑜), the widely admired veteran journalist. Gao, 70, was tried in November 2014 for leaking an internal Communist Party document, and faces a life sentence. The...
April 6, 2015
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Ding Zilin
Father Intentionally Shot by Police—A Daughter’s Appeal for Justice
Lu Xuancheng (路选成) is a resident of Tuole Village, Shiqiao Township, Pan County of Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province. In 2008, the local government demanded that he relocate the tombstone factory he operated in his unoccupied backyard. On August 20, 2009, Gu Yong (顾勇), Party Secretary of Shiqiao...
March 18, 2015
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Zhang Guanghua Missing after Being Intercepted while Petitioning, Daughter Calls For Attention of Human Rights Organizations and Awaits His Return
On Lunar New Year day (February 19, 2015), Zhang Guanghua of Weining County, Guizhou Province left for Beijing to petition. He has been missing since he was forcefully taken back to Weining by Weining “petition interceptors” on March 4. His daughter appeals for the attention of human rights...
March 8, 2015
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Statement by Chinese Lawyers on Not Participating in Unlawful Annual Inspections and Assessments
Cheng Hai (程海), a lawyer currently disputing his one year suspension from legal practice, leads 38 lawyers in demanding an end to the annual assessment and certification process for lawyers. The statement argues that this certification practice, mandated by the Ministry of Justice, not only...
March 15, 2015
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Cheng Hai
Tuo Le Villager Lu Xuancheng’s Appeal Letter (with Criminal Complaints and photos)
In 1986, Tuo Le villager Lu Xuancheng set up a small stele carving plant in his backyard, located in Shiqiao Town, Pan County, Liupanshui city, Guizhou Province. Due to plans to develop the village as a “scenic area,” in 2008 and 2009, the county government and construction bureau requested that Lu...
February 2, 2015
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Exactly Who’s Afraid Of Whom In Our Society Today?
[Translation by Human Rights in China] On the afternoon of February 2, 2015, the Tiananmen Mothers in Beijing gathered for their annual Spring Festival reunion activities. They once again reserved four tables, but the number of attendees this year was clearly smaller than in prior years, to the...
February 2, 2015
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Wu Lijuan’s Third Suit against Xiao Tianshu, Chief of Public Security Bureau – Court Trial
Petitioner Wu Lijuan from Qianjiang City, Hubei Province, filed complaints against Xiao Tianshu, the Chief of Qianjiang City Public Security Bureau. The trial took place on 7 January 2015 at Hanjiang Intermediate People’s Court in Hubei Province. Wu Lijuan filed four points of opposition: the...
January 29, 2015
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Cao Yunli
Appeal by Zhang Guanghua for International Attention to Miscarriage of Justice by Guizhou Courts
Zhang Guanghua, 64, never imagined that when he stopped by a neighbor’s home in an attempt to resolve a conflict that the visit—barely two minutes long—would result in “child molestation” charges and a three-year prison term. Following his release, his efforts in appealing his case and petitioning...
December 7, 2014
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Joint Statement to Urge Shenzhen Municipal Bureau of Justice to Immediately Stop the Persecution of Lawyers
Shenzhen lawyers Fan Biaowen, Wang Shengsheng, and others have been dismissed from their respective law firms for “breach of contract,” because they showed concern for and participated in public interest cases. The district Bureaus of Justice, under the jurisdiction of the Shenzhen Municipal Bureau...
January 12, 2015
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