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Slapped in the Face by Ferocious Changsha Policeman, Interrogated by Plainclothes Officers
Wang Qiaoling, wife of human rights lawyer Li Heping, and Yuan Shanshan, wife of lawyer Xie Yanyi, went to the Changsha City No. 2 Detention Center in the morning of October 8, 2016, to deposit money for human rights attorney Xie Yang, who was detained in the “709” crackdown. Without cause, Wang...
October 8, 2016
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Statement Regarding the Searches of Residences Once Used by Jiang Tianyong and His Brother by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau
There has been no news regarding Jiang Tianyong’s situation since his disappearance on November 20, 2016; however, the apartment where he once lived in the Changping District of Beijing was broken into and forcibly searched by public security personnel. In addition, the tenants of Jiang Tianyong's...
December 15, 2016
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Jiang Tianyong
Feng Zhenghu Released, Xu Peiling and Four Others Detained for Five Days
On November 14, two days before the elections for National People's Congress deputies from Yangpu District in Shanghai, well-known activist Feng Zhenghu was canvassing for votes in his neighborhood when he was taken away by police to the police station. There, Feng was subjected to 24 hours of...
November 15, 2016
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In Beijing, Independent Local Level Candidates for People’s Congress Are Harassed by Police
Recently, Ye Jinghuan, Zhang Shan’gen, and 18 other Beijing citizens issued a joint declaration to become independent candidates in the elections for district and county People’s Congress deputies. In response, they received “special attention” from the police at their homes. Zhang Shan’gen was...
October 18, 2016
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Urgent Attention: Shanghai Activists Xu Peiling and Cui Fufang Again Arrested For Assisting Elections
Well-known Shanghai activist, Feng Zhenghu, is running for election as a deputy to the People's Congress for the Yangpu District in Shanghai. On November 13, two of his volunteers, Xu Peiling and Cui Fufang, were helping to hand out promotional materials for his campaign to his constituents when...
November 13, 2016
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Feng Zhenghu: My Campaign Slogan and Promise for Governance
Feng Zhenghu, a prominent Shanghai activist, appealed to his constituency to either nominate him before October 30 as a candidate for deputy to the People's Congress of the Yangpu District, or to cast a vote for him directly on November 16. Feng’s campaign slogan is "protect the constitution,...
November 1, 2016
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Hoping to Set a Precedent, Detained Attorney’s Family Sues Court Appointed Lawyer
On July 12, 2015, attorney Xie Yanyi was secretly detained by the authorities. By the time his family finally received official notice of his arrest on January 11, 2016, Xie had been in custody for over 400 days. The numerous visitation requests filed with the Tianjin Public Security Bureau by the...
October 17, 2016
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Suzhou crackdown—Wang Mingxian’s case
Nine rights defenders from Suzhou were detained by the authorities for publishing “sensitive” comments on the Internet early last month, during the G20 summit. Wang Mingxian was one of them; to date, his family has not received any notification of his detention. On October 13, Wang’s lawyer, Sui...
October 13, 2016
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Feng Zhenghu Campaigns to Be National People's Congress Representative for Yangpu District Open letter to voters of Renhe Park Community, Yangpu District
With the National People's Congress elections approaching for representatives from Yangpu District in Shanghai, well-known activist Feng Zhenghu issued an open letter to his constituency calling on voters to nominate him as a candidate to the Congress. Feng’s campaign slogan is "protect the...
October 5, 2016
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Feng Zhenghu
Authorities Deny Lawyers’ Access to Xie Yang and His Case File
Since Lawyer Xie Yang’s arrest and detention as part of the “709 crackdown,” his case has been twice transferred for review and prosecution. In their separate accounts (below), Xie’s lawyers, Zhang Chongshi and Lin Qilei, report the following: the prosecutor Li Zhiming from the Changsha People's...
October 21, 2016
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