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Liu Ping’s Final Statement at Trial
The trial of three asset transparency advocates— Liu Ping ( 刘萍) , Wei Zhongping ( 魏忠平) , and Li Sihua ( 李思华) —concluded today at Yushui District People’s Court in Xinyu, Jiangxi Province. The court did not issue a ruling. All three were tried for “illegal assembly”; Liu and Wei were charged with...
December 5, 2013
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Liu Ping
Supporter of Asset Transparency Advocates Kept in Iron Cage for 25 Hours
Rights defender Zhou Li ( 周莉) told Human Rights in China that she was taken into custody early morning December 3 from outside the Yushui District People’s Court in Xinyu, Jiangxi Province. Zhou, based in Beijing, had gone to the court to show her support for Liu Ping ( 刘萍 ) , Wei Zhongping ( 魏忠平...
December 4, 2013
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Liu Ping
Netizen Info on Resumed Trial of Three Asset Transparency Advocates
The trial of Liu Ping ( 刘萍) , Wei Zhongping ( 魏忠平) , and Li Sihua ( 李思华) resumed today at the Yushui District People’s Court in Xinyu, Jiangxi Province. It is scheduled to continue tomorrow. HRIC has compiled and translated the following Weibo postings by the defendants’ supporters and lawyers, and...
December 3, 2013
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Liu Ping
Lawyers Protest Unlawful Security Check by Local Courts
In a public statement, 132 lawyers, including many of the most active in rights defense in China, protest what they called the “barbaric manhandling” of lawyer Zhang Jun (张军) on November 27 by personnel at a local court in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Zhang went to the court to file a case and refused to...
December 1, 2013
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Reeducation-Through-Labor and Criminal Detention for Shanghai Petitioners on Eve of 18th Party Congress
Just days before the Communist Party of China’s 18th National Congress, at least four Shanghai petitioners have been ordered to serve Reeducation-Through-Labor (RTL) for “disturbing social order.” Sources told Human Rights in China (HRIC) that the petitioners, initially detained in late September,...
November 6, 2012
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Shanghai Rights Defenders Detained in Advance of 18th Party Congress
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that at least four rights defenders in Shanghai were detained in late September: Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤) , Cui Fufang (崔福芳) , Wang Kouma (王扣玛) , and Tong Guojing (童国菁) . Three of them have been charged with “gathering a crowd to disturb public order” or “...
October 2, 2012
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Mao Hengfeng
Zhejiang Land Rights Activist and Henan Dissident Released from Prison
Kong Qiuhua ( 孔秋华 ) , wife of Yang Yunbiao ( 杨云彪 ) , a land rights defender from Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, told Human Rights in China (HRIC) that her husband was released on April 23, 2012, five months ahead of the scheduled release date (September 23, 2012). Yan was sentenced to three years in...
September 26, 2012
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Yang Yunbiao
Online Protest Grows as Former Teacher Awaits Verdict on “Inciting Subversion of State Power”
On the September 4, Chen Pingfu (陈平福) , a former math and science teacher, was tried in a court in Lanzhou, Gansu Province for “inciting subversion of state power.” The court did not issue a verdict.
September 13, 2012
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Chen Pingfu
Relatives Question Hunan Activist’s “Suicide”; Demand Autopsy
Li Wangyang with friend, Daxiang District Hospital, Shaoyang, Hunan Province, July 23, 2011 A relative of blind labor activist Li Wangyang ( 李旺阳) told Human Rights in China (HRIC) that Li was found dead on June 6, hanging by the window in a hospital room where he was being treated for his...
June 6, 2012
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Zhang Qi Released After Four Years; Cao Haibo Tried in Closed-Door Hearing
On May 15, 2012, reform advocate Zhang Qi ( 张起 ) was released from the Yuzhou Prison, Chongqing, after serving a four-year term for "inciting subversion of state power.” On May 22, the Kunming Intermediate People’s Court, Yunnan Province, tried Cao Haibo ( 曹海波 ) , another reform advocate, in a...
May 23, 2012
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