Enforced Disappearance

What is an Enforced Disappearance

tw — Thu, 29 Aug 2019 15:55:06 +0000

August 29, 2019

What is an Enforced Disappearance

Enforced Disappearance

HRIC Urges International Attention on 32 Jasic Workers and Supporters Detained, Disappeared

phb — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 23:59:08 +0000

December 7, 2018

HRIC Urges International Attention on 32 Jasic Workers and Supporters Detained, Disappeared

HRIC Bulletin

Labor Rights

On November 9 and 11, continuing their attempt to crush the support for a campaign to form an independent union by workers at the factory of Jasic Technology in Shenzhen, authorities seized 18 supporters in five cities—Beijing, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Wuhan. The actions included the...

Shanghai Petitioner Han Zhongming Missing after Being Followed by Non-locals, Police Refuse Filing

tw — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 22:28:10 +0000

October 15, 2017

Shanghai Petitioner Han Zhongming Missing after Being Followed by Non-locals, Police Refuse Filing

Citizens' Square

Daily Challenges

Tong Liya and former husband Han Zhongming, a Shanghai rights defender who petitioned and then sued the government over being forcibly evicted and relocated, were followed for 24 hours and watched from outside their temporary home by eight unidentified non-locals beginning September 22. Han has...

Ma Yalian

Statement Regarding Criminal Coercive Measures Imposed by the Public Security Department against Jiang Tianyong

phb — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 18:54:17 +0000

December 16, 2016

Statement Regarding Criminal Coercive Measures Imposed by the Public Security Department against Jiang Tianyong

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

Jin Bianling, wife of detained human rights defense lawyer Jiang Tianyong, has released a statement in response to the December 16 report published by “The Paper,” a state run media outlet, on Jiang’s situation. The report describes the imposition of criminal coercive measures against Jiang, as...

Jiang Tianyong

Statement by Lawyers Tan Chenshou and Chen Jinxue on Jiang Tianyong’s Case

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 22:16:17 +0000

December 16, 2016

Statement by Lawyers Tan Chenshou and Chen Jinxue on Jiang Tianyong’s Case

Citizens' Square

Access to Information

Since Beijing lawyer Jiang Tianyong’s disappearance on November 21, neither his family nor the defense lawyers appointed by his family have received any written notice regarding his status. Official media have carried out wanton smear campaigns against him, misleading public opinion. In response to...

Statement Regarding the Searches of Residences Once Used by Jiang Tianyong and His Brother by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau

Anonymous — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 22:07:45 +0000

December 15, 2016

Statement Regarding the Searches of Residences Once Used by Jiang Tianyong and His Brother by the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau

Citizens' Square

Enforced Disappearance

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...

Jiang Tianyong

Statement Concerning the Disappearance of Lawyer Jiang Tianyong for over Six days

Anonymous — Tue, 29 Nov 2016 16:08:08 +0000

November 27, 2016

Statement Concerning the Disappearance of Lawyer Jiang Tianyong for over Six days

Citizens' Square

Access to Information

Rights lawyer from Beijing, Jiang Tianyong, has been missing since November 21, 2016. In light of the enforced disappearance and torture he suffered previously because of his involvement in numerous public interest defense cases and legal actions, his wife Jin Bianling, together with four family...

Jiang Tianyong

Gu Yimin Missing for Two Months, Wife Asks Authorities—What Crime Has He Committed?

phb — Wed, 02 Nov 2016 16:34:43 +0000

October 31, 2016

Gu Yimin Missing for Two Months, Wife Asks Authorities—What Crime Has He Committed?

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

On September 9, Suzhou activist Gu Yimin was put under “residential surveillance at a designated place” on suspicion of “subversion of state power.” In this case update written by his wife (see below), Xu Yan, Gu’s lawyer’s request to meet with him was rejected, and her own efforts to locate her...

Rights Defense Lawyer Wang Quanzhang’s Letter to His Parents Written before His Detention

tw — Fri, 17 Jul 2015 20:34:08 +0000

July 15, 2015

Rights Defense Lawyer Wang Quanzhang’s Letter to His Parents Written before His Detention

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

Dear Father and Mother: I, your unfilial son, kowtow to you both. Not only am I unable to let you live your later years in peace, or provide Mother the means to obtain comprehensive traditional medicine treatment, I have brought you to Beijing, and brought upon you a huge disaster. Perhaps you know...

709 Families and Supporters

Mass Suppression of Lawyers Reveals True Nature of Xi’s “Rule by Law”

tw — Tue, 14 Jul 2015 22:18:55 +0000

July 14, 2015

Mass Suppression of Lawyers Reveals True Nature of Xi’s “Rule by Law”

Press Work

Access to Justice

In less than a week, from July 9 to date, Chinese authorities have disappeared, detained, or questioned at least 159 lawyers and activists throughout China. The lawyers, including Wang Yu ( 王宇 ) , Zhou Shifeng ( 周世鋒 ) , Li Heping ( 李和平 ) , and Sui Muqing ( 隋牧青 ) , are known for their rights defense...

Docudrama of Black Jail Experience

noc — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 23:27:51 +0000

March 5, 2013

Docudrama of Black Jail Experience

Citizens' Square

Enforced Disappearance

Based on real-life experiences and enacted by a group of petitioners and rights activists from Nantong, Jiangsu, this docudrama shows what typically happens to petitioners when they are detained—often in unofficial places of detention, black jails—without formal charges, and sometimes without...

Complaint by Lawyers on Qin Yongmin’s Enforced Disappearance

noc — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:08:19 +0000

December 4, 2012

Complaint by Lawyers on Qin Yongmin’s Enforced Disappearance

Citizens' Square

Rights Defenders

In this complaint submitted to the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the lawyers Xiao and Guo say that the CPC’s 18th Congress has ended but Wuhan dissident Qin Yongmin is still missing. They accuse the Qingshan District Public Security Bureau in Wuhan of illegally restricting Qin Yongmin’s personal...

Qin Yongmin

An Appeal to Chinese Government to Release Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia—Global Signature Campaign

noc — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:29:51 +0000

December 4, 2012

An Appeal to Chinese Government to Release Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia—Global Signature Campaign

Public Appeal

Arbitrary Detention

Attachment 1 Announcement of a December 8, 2012 press conference and seminar in Flushing, New York City, organized by “Friends of Liu Xiaobo,” to launch a global campaign to obtain the release of Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Liu Xia. Attachment 2 A letter of support for the campaign from Ding Zilin, a...

Liu Xia

I Was Illegally Detained for Eight Hours on December 1, 2012

noc — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:23:21 +0000

December 2, 2012

I Was Illegally Detained for Eight Hours on December 1, 2012

Citizens' Square

Arbitrary Detention

Veteran rights defender Guo Feixiong says that in order to prevent him from going to a legal seminar where friends of his were attending, Guangzhou police detained him for eight hours on trumped-up charges, including “selling fake alcohol” and “disturbing public order.” Guo says that he has been...

Guo Feixiong

Mourning Li Wangyang

noc — Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:02:23 +0000

June 6, 2012

Mourning Li Wangyang

Citizens' Square

Rights Defenders

In his poem (Chinese only), Guo Yongfeng, a Shenzhen-based rights defender—who considers himself a “new fighter for democracy”—expresses his admiration for a veteran who devoted his entire life to the cause of democracy in China as well has his anger towards the authorities which had brutally...