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“We Are Very Far From the Truth”
On January 29, 2014, after Xue Fushun (薛福顺) , father of China Democracy Party member Xue Mingkai (薛明凯) , had fled to the Qufu Municipal Procuratorate seeking protection, domestic security officials informed his wife, Wang Shuqing (王书清 ) , that he had “committed suicide by jumping to his death.”...
February 5, 2014
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Xue Fushun
“A Civil Rights Proposal”: Signature Campaign to Demand ICCPR Ratification
In anticipation of the second session of the 12th National People’s Congress, due to convene on March 5, 2014, Hangzhou lawyer Wang Cheng launches an online signature campaign for an appeal, called “A Civil Rights Proposal,” to the current NPC Standing Committee to immediately ratify the...
February 8, 2014
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Yuan Dong’s Final Statement
New Citizens Movement activist Yuan Dong was tried at the Beijing Haidian District People’s Court on January 27, 2014 for “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place.” He was detained, along with other activists, on April 4, 2013 and later formally arrested after unfurling banners and...
January 27, 2014
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Yuan Dong
“Why I Withdrew from Ding Jiaxi’s Case”—Statement by Lawyer Cheng Hai
Citing procedural violations by the police, procuratorate, and the court, Cheng Hai (程海) , one of the defense lawyers for Ding Jiaxi (丁家喜) , charged with “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place” (聚众扰乱公共场所秩序罪), withdrew from the case during Ding’s trial at Beijing’s Haidian District...
January 27, 2014
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Ding Jiaxi
“Trial of Liu Yuandong Not Based on Fact or Law”— Statement by Liu Yuandong’s Lawyer
In this statement delivered on January 24, 2014 at the Guangdong Municipal Tianhe District People’s Court, Liu Yuandong’s lawyer, Liu Zhengqing, argued that the charges brought against his client have no factual and legal basis. Liu Zhengqing said the prosecution is a political persecution from the...
January 24, 2014
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Liu Yuandong
Zhang Baocheng and Yuan Dong's Indictment
New Citizens Movement activists Zhang Baocheng and Yuan Dong were detained on April 4, 2013 and formally arrested on May 7, 2013 for unfurling banners and distributing leaflets calling for disclosure of officials’ assets. On December 11, 2013, the Beijing Haidian District People’s Court...
December 11, 2013
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Zhang Baocheng
“Turning this Page, Let Life Start Anew”—Statement by Xu Zhiyong’s Lawyer
Statement by Xu Zhiyong’s lawyer, Zhang Qingfang, upon receiving his client’s verdict: four years’ imprisonment for “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place.” Xu, a key advocate of the New Citizens Movement, was tried last Wednesday, January 22, at the Beijing Municipal No. 1...
January 26, 2014
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Xu Zhiyong
Liu Yuandong's Indictment
Indictment issued by the Guangdong Municipal Tianhe District People’s Procuratorate, formally charging Liu Yuandong, key initiator of the Southern Street Movement (南方街头运动), with “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place” and “false declaration of registered capital.” Liu’s trial took...
January 24, 2014
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Liu Yuandong
“I Have Done Too Little—Final Statement at Trial”
Hou Xin read her statement to the court during her trial at the Beijing Municipal Haidian District Court on January 23. She is charged with “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place,” in connection with her observing and taking photographs of a street action on March 31, 2013, in Xidan...
January 23, 2014
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Hou Xin
A Description of Zhao Changqing’s Court Hearing
A little more than two hours into his trial at the Haidian District Court in Beijing today, veteran activist Zhao Changqing dismissed his two defense lawyers on the ground that serious procedural violations by the prosecution and the court have made it impossible for him to have a fair trial and...
January 23, 2014
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Zhao Changqing

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