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Sorrowful Declaration: “Ten Gentlemen of Zhengzhou” Yu Shiwen on Hunger Strike for Sixth Day
On May 1, 2016, Lawyer Ma Lianshun visited his client, Henan dissident Yu Shiwen , in Zhengzhou No. 3 Detention Center and learned that on April 27, Yu had begun a hunger strike to protest 1) his prolonged pretrial detention— two years since he was first detained in May 2014 —with no sign of being...
May 5, 2016
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Guo Feixiong
Save Guo Feixiong: Hunger Strike Relay Proposal
A group of well-known activists in China have initiated a 24-hour relay hunger strike campaign, beginning on May 4, to urge the Chinese authorities to take immediate action to provide Guo Feixiong with immediate medical treatment. The initial seven hunger strikers include Tan Zuoren, the...
May 2, 2016
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Guo Feixiong
From a Group of Women, a Letter for One Woman—Happy Birthday Lawyer Wang Yu!
Dear Lawyer Wang Yu: Hello! After July 9, 2015, when we saw that famous video of you on the Internet, our first feeling was: how were you able to point at the bailiff and reprimand him in court? We were really hoping the video would cut to where you were pointing, so that we could see exactly what...
April 29, 2016
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709 Families and Supporters
The Case of Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄) (penname of Yang Maodong (杨茂东))
Black-hooding, tight handcuffing and leg shackling, no exposure to fresh air (~2014–November 2015) BACKGROUND Guo Feixiong , 49, is a well-known writer, self-taught legal defender, and outspoken advocate for asset transparency. In January 2013, Guo protested in front of the Southern Weekend...
April 26, 2016
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Guo Feixiong
Liu Shaoming’s Indictment on “Inciting Subversion” Charges
January 5, 2016
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Complaint against Wenzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau Chief for Obstructing Defense Lawyer’s Right to Communicate
Zhang Lei, defense lawyer for Zhang Kai, filed the below complaint with the People's Procuratorate of Wenzhou City, Zhejiang Province, against Huang Baokun, Chief of Wenzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau and related officers handling Zhang Kai’s case. In the complaint Zhang alleges that Huang...
November 4, 2015
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Liu Shaoming’s Final Statement at His “Inciting Subversion” Trial
我的法庭陈述 各位、法官、检察官、律师及亲友们:大家好！ 广州市检察院、穗检公——刑诉（2016）5号起诉书检控我以“造谣、诽谤”等方式煽动颠覆国家政权、推翻社会主义制度，其行为触犯了《中华人民共和国刑法》第一百零五条第二款，以煽动颠覆国家政权罪追究我刑事责任，我现在作出自辩。 是公民的良知和责任，使今天我又一次站在法庭的被告席上。廿七年前的北京春夏之交，我参与和见证了那场史无前例的反腐败、争民主、争自由、史称“六四事件”的学生运动，目睹了手无寸铁年轻的学生惨死的一幕。廿七年过去了，惨景挥之不去，至今仍痛彻我心扉，总有一种不可抑制的冲动和责任，促使我为冤死的学生英魂去奔走呐喊。为此，我写下了...
April 15, 2016
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Xie Wenfei and Wang Mo Sentenced for “Inciting Subversion of State Power”: A Record of Events
On April 8, 2016, the Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court, in separate verdicts, convicted activists Xiewen Fei and Wang Mo of "inciting subversion of state power" and sentenced them each to four and a half years’ imprisonment, with three years’ deprivation of political rights. In court, both...
April 8, 2016
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Nanfang Editor Explains Reason for Resignation in a Weibo Post: “I Cannot Take Your Surname”
Yu Shaolei, former Southern Metropolis Daily editor, explains in a weibo post the reason for his resignation: he can’t take the Party’s surname, and his knees can’t take it anymore. Yu Shaolei’s weibo post: [Translation by Human Rights in China] This spring, let’s just break it off, clean. I’m old...
March 28, 2016
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Xie Changfa Beaten in Prison
In 2009, democracy activist Xie Changfa (谢长发) was convicted of “subversion of state power” and sentenced to 13 years’ imprisonment and five years of deprivation of political rights, in connection with his activities in the China Democracy Party (CDP). Xie told his brother Xie Changzhen who visited...
February 25, 2016
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