Inciting Subversion Of State Power

Transcript of Video Statement by Detained Rights Lawyer Chang Weiping

tw — Mon, 26 Oct 2020 20:34:21 +0000

October 16, 2020

Transcript of Video Statement by Detained Rights Lawyer Chang Weiping

Access to Justice

Just six days after making this statement, Chang was taken away by police on October 22, 2020. Chang’s disappearance followed 10 months of “residential surveillance in a designated location” (RSDL)—presented by the authorities as “bail” condition of his previous detention that occurred in mid-...

Poet Wang Zang and Wife Accused of “Inciting Subversion”; Four Young Children Under Virtual House Arrest

tw — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 21:22:41 +0000

September 21, 2020

Poet Wang Zang and Wife Accused of “Inciting Subversion”; Four Young Children Under Virtual House Arrest

HRIC Bulletin

Access to Justice

Human Rights in China has learned that poet Wang Zang ( 王藏) and his wife Wang Li ( 王丽), of Chuxiong City, Yunnan Province, have been arrested for "inciting subversion of state power." Police authorities have referred their cases in mid-September to the procuratorate to seek indictments. According...

Update on Lawyer Yu Wensheng’s Case

phb — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 23:39:43 +0000

September 2, 2020

Update on Lawyer Yu Wensheng’s Case

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

In this update, Xu Yan, wife of detained human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, provides the latest developments in her husband’s case. On the morning of September 3, Yu’s two defense lawyers plan to meet with Yu at the Xuzhou Municipal Detention Center to discuss his upcoming trial of second instance...

Yu Wensheng

Defending the Rights of Lawyer Yu Wensheng: A Chronology by His Wife, Xu Yan (Part 8)

phb — Tue, 09 Jun 2020 21:19:53 +0000

June 8, 2020

Defending the Rights of Lawyer Yu Wensheng: A Chronology by His Wife, Xu Yan (Part 8)

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

On January 19, 2018, lawyer Yu Wensheng published a "Citizen’s Proposal to Amend the Constitution," with recommendations for deleting the "Preamble” to the Constitution and for other political reforms. He was criminally detained the following day, on suspicion of "obstructing official business" and...

Yu Wensheng

Wang Yi’s Case Submitted to Procuratorate with Additional Charge of "Illegal Business Activity"

phb — Thu, 18 Jul 2019 17:24:10 +0000

July 17, 2019

Wang Yi’s Case Submitted to Procuratorate with Additional Charge of "Illegal Business Activity"

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

On July 17, Lawyer Zhang Peihong ( 张培鸿 ) went to the Chengdu Detention Center to apply to visit his client Wang Yi ( 王怡 ), pastor at the Early Rain Covenant Church. Zhang was told to go see the officers at the Chengdu Procuratorate. There, he learned that investigation of Wang Yi’s case was...

Fate of Lawyer Jiang Tianyong and Family Again Exposes True Face of China’s Totalitarian Regime

phb — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 18:53:23 +0000

February 28, 2019

Fate of Lawyer Jiang Tianyong and Family Again Exposes True Face of China’s Totalitarian Regime

Statement

Under intense international anticipation of the release today from prison of prominent rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong ( 江天勇) , who was convicted of the trumped up charge of “inciting subversion of state power,” the Chinese authorities have instead disappeared him. His supporters outside the Henan...

709 Crackdown

Jiang Tianyong

Liu Feiyue Faces an Additional Charge Brought by Suizhou Police

phb — Thu, 07 Sep 2017 16:43:04 +0000

August 16, 2017

Liu Feiyue Faces an Additional Charge Brought by Suizhou Police

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

Wen Donghai—defense lawyer of Liu Feiyue, head of Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch and activist from Hubei—found out, after attending a meeting with the procuratorate that on August 8, 2017 Liu’s case of “inciting subversion of state power” has been transferred again to the Suizhou Procuratorate,...

Liu Shaoming’s Criminal Verdict

phb — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 21:01:34 +0000

July 2, 2017

Liu Shaoming’s Criminal Verdict

Citizens' Square

Freedom of Expression

On July 2, 2017, Jiangxi rights activist Liu Shaoming, who resides in Guangzhou, was sentenced by the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court to four years and six months in prison and three years’ deprivation of political rights for “inciting subversion of state power.” Liu Shaoming was accused of...

Liu Shaoming Detained for Two Years Without a Sentence for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” for Advocating for Freedom of Speech and Labor Rights

phb — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 17:36:11 +0000

May 28, 2017

Liu Shaoming Detained for Two Years Without a Sentence for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” for Advocating for Freedom of Speech and Labor Rights

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

It has been two years since labor rights activist Liu Shaoming was detained, and over a year since his trial. Still, the court has yet to issue a verdict. Though initially in good health, Liu has experienced abdominal pain since October 2016, and the pain has intensified this year, a worrisome sign...

Wu Gan’s Secret Trial: More Than 20 Supporters Detained, Foreign Journalists Taken Away

phb — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 15:20:32 +0000

August 15, 2017

Wu Gan’s Secret Trial: More Than 20 Supporters Detained, Foreign Journalists Taken Away

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

Fujian rights defender Wu Gan (screenname “the Butcher”) was tried at the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court for “inciting subversion of state power” in a closed hearing on the morning of August 14. The areas around the court were heavily guarded, more than 20 supporters were picked up in...

Tufu (Wu Gan)

Tianyong, My Door Is Always Open

Anonymous — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 20:27:26 +0000

August 23, 2017

Tianyong, My Door Is Always Open

Citizens' Square

Courageous Voices

Tianyong, It has been over two years since the beginning of the 709 Crackdown. Sometimes I think you are unlucky, as you were arrested just when everyone thought the crackdown was coming to an end. But you are also lucky, as you were the third to the last person to go to trial, before Wang...

Jiang Tianyong

Poem: “The Path of Darkness”

tw — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 22:07:01 +0000

July 24, 2017

Poem: “The Path of Darkness”

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

This poem by Liu Xia, written in 2010 for the then detained Liu Xiaobo, was circulated online on July 14, 2017, the day after Liu Xiaobo died of liver cancer. [Translation by Human Rights in China] Chinese Original I know, one day, sooner or later You’ll leave me And walk alone down the path of...

Liu Xia

For Whom the Bell Tolls

tw — Thu, 20 Jul 2017 18:14:44 +0000

July 20, 2017

For Whom the Bell Tolls

China Rights Forum

Twenty-eight years ago, who would have imagined that today’s world would become like this? At this rate, the world in another 28 years will be unthinkable. For whom does the bell toll? I hope Liu Xiaobo’s death will become the start of a reversal.

Democratic And Political Reform

Hu Ping

Chen Guiqiu’s Statement of Condemnation Regarding Xie Yang’s Trial

phb — Tue, 06 Jun 2017 22:14:42 +0000

May 8, 2017

Chen Guiqiu’s Statement of Condemnation Regarding Xie Yang’s Trial

Citizens' Square

Inciting Subversion Of State Power

On May 8, Xie Yang, a human rights lawyer detained during the 709 Crackdown and charged with “inciting subversion of state power” and “disrupting court order,” was tried in a so-called open first instance trial at Changsha Intermediate People's Court. In court, Xie admitted to his alleged crimes,...

Xie Yang

First Meeting with Su Changlan Since the Verdict

tw — Tue, 02 May 2017 18:33:00 +0000

April 9, 2017

First Meeting with Su Changlan Since the Verdict

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

On the morning of April 6, after the verdict was announced on March 31 in her trial, Su Changlan was finally permitted to meet with her lawyer for the first time. Su told her lawyer that although she had predicted the verdict, after it was announced she felt angry and upset. Moreover, she believes...

Su Changlan