Subversion Of State Power

Statement Regarding Anonymous Online Smear Campaign Against Chen Yuan

phb — Wed, 01 Apr 2020 22:40:48 +0000

September 20, 2019

Statement Regarding Anonymous Online Smear Campaign Against Chen Yuan

Subversion Of State Power

In her statement, Shi Minglei, the wife of Cheng Yuan, the public interest advocate facing charges of “subversion of state power,” cites serious factual inaccuracies in the article, "The Cheng Yuan I know" (谈谈我认识的程渊). She states that the article maliciously links, without evidence, the arrest of...

I Am Not a "Subverter of State Power"

phb — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 23:47:49 +0000

January 15, 2020

I Am Not a "Subverter of State Power"

Citizens' Square

Subversion Of State Power

Shi Minglei (施明磊), the wife of Cheng Yuan (程渊), who has been in custody for his public interest advocacy, tweeted today that as a result of her continuous fight, the Changsha Municipal Bureau of State Security finally lifted her residential surveillance that had lasted nearly six months, and...

Bank Account Frozen, Complaints Going Nowhere, Difficulty in Getting By: An Account by Cheng Yuan's wife, Shi Minglei, Who is “Under Suspicion of Subversion of State Power”

phb — Tue, 10 Sep 2019 20:52:23 +0000

September 10, 2019

Bank Account Frozen, Complaints Going Nowhere, Difficulty in Getting By: An Account by Cheng Yuan's wife, Shi Minglei, Who is “Under Suspicion of Subversion of State Power”

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

Shi Minglei, wife of the arrested public interest activist Cheng Yuan, has been put under residential surveillance for 50 days already, on suspicion of “subversion of state power.” Without presenting any evidence, to date, to support their criminal allegations against Shi, the authorities have...

Brother of Cheng Yuan, Detained Changsha Legal Advocate, was Summoned with a Blank Summons

tw — Mon, 09 Sep 2019 18:12:59 +0000

September 2, 2019

Brother of Cheng Yuan, Detained Changsha Legal Advocate, was Summoned with a Blank Summons

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

In a September 2, 2019 Twitter post titled, " Being Summoned for the Second Time ,"* Cheng Hao, the brother of detained Changsha activist Cheng Yuan, provides an account of his being summoned again by the Zhonghuamen police station in Nanjing. According to his account, three police officers came to...

Private Chat on WeChat Is Criminalized——An Appeal by the wife of Li Huaiqing, a private entrepreneur in Chongqing

tw — Thu, 22 Aug 2019 22:18:36 +0000

August 19, 2019

Private Chat on WeChat Is Criminalized——An Appeal by the wife of Li Huaiqing, a private entrepreneur in Chongqing

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

The case of Li Huaiqing, a private entrepreneur in Chongqing who is suspected of “inciting subversion of state power,” will be tried on August 22. After a year and eight months of silence, Li’s wife, Bao Yan, made her first public appeal, directed at relevant government departments: Don't sit back...

Statement by Cheng Hao, brother of Cheng Yuan, about his interrogation by police

tw — Thu, 15 Aug 2019 21:34:02 +0000

August 12, 2019

Statement by Cheng Hao, brother of Cheng Yuan, about his interrogation by police

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Access to Justice

On August 12, Cheng Hao, brother of Cheng Yuan, the detained Changsha legal advocate, posted a statement (see below) on Twitter about his interrogation by the police of Zhonghuamen police station in Nanjing on August 8, on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” (寻衅滋事). Cheng Hao was...

Three Changsha Anti-Discrimination Advocates Face Subversion Charges, Wife is Put Under “Residential Surveillance”

tw — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 22:20:59 +0000

August 9, 2019

Three Changsha Anti-Discrimination Advocates Face Subversion Charges, Wife is Put Under “Residential Surveillance”

HRIC Bulletin

Access to Justice

In a case that has shaken anti-discrimination rights defense circles inside China and overseas, state security detained on July 22 three disability rights legal advocates working in Changsha— Cheng Yuan ( 程渊) , Liu Yongze ( 刘永泽) , and Wu Gejianxiong ( 吴葛健雄) —on suspicion of “subversion of state...

Complaint Filed by Wife of Cheng Yuan, One of Three Detained Changsha Rights Activists

tw — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 22:16:13 +0000

August 3, 2019

Complaint Filed by Wife of Cheng Yuan, One of Three Detained Changsha Rights Activists

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

On July 22, 2019, Cheng Yuan, Liu Yongze and Xiao Wu, three public interest law advocates of Changsha Funeng Organization, were seized by Changsha Municipal Bureau of State Security on suspicion of “subversion of state power” and have been detained in its detention center. Shi Minglei, Cheng Yuan’s...

HRIC Joins 200 NGOs and Individuals in Appeal for Immediate Release of Changsha Three: Cheng Yuan, Liu Yongze, Xiao Wu

tw — Fri, 09 Aug 2019 21:51:12 +0000

August 9, 2019

HRIC Joins 200 NGOs and Individuals in Appeal for Immediate Release of Changsha Three: Cheng Yuan, Liu Yongze, Xiao Wu

Joint Statements

Access to Justice

Changsha Three Open Letter To: People's Republic of China Delegation to the UNAIDS Programme Coordinating Board (PCB) Mr. Mingzhu Li, Commissioner, Beijing Ms. Juan Li, Deputy Director, Geneva Mr. Gang Xia, Deputy Director-General, Beijing Mr. Yiyun Hu, Deputy Director, Center for STIs and AIDS,...

Final Verdict on Qin Yongmin from the Hubei Provincial High People’s Court

phb — Wed, 03 Oct 2018 21:17:58 +0000

September 26, 2018

Final Verdict on Qin Yongmin from the Hubei Provincial High People’s Court

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On September 26, 2018, the Hubei Provincial High People’s Court upheld a lower court’s ruling on veteran rights activist Qin Yongmin’s case: conviction of subversion of state power, a 13-year prison term, and three years of post-release deprivation of political rights. Qin was detained on March 30...

Qin Yongmin

Wife of Rights Activist Jiang Yefei Calls on Canadian Government, UN, and International Human Rights Organizations to Help Her Husband

tw — Tue, 18 Sep 2018 17:41:11 +0000

September 18, 2018

Wife of Rights Activist Jiang Yefei Calls on Canadian Government, UN, and International Human Rights Organizations to Help Her Husband

HRIC Bulletin

Access to Justice

In her appeal below, Chu Ling ( 楚玲 ), the wife of the imprisoned political cartoonist and rights activist Jiang Yefei ( 姜野飞 ) , urges the Canadian government, the United Nations, and international human rights organizations to intervene in her husband’s case. Chu calls on them to pressure the...

Ruling by the Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court on Qin Yongmin’s Case

phb — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 22:24:13 +0000

July 10, 2018

Ruling by the Wuhan Intermediate People’s Court on Qin Yongmin’s Case

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

On July 10, Qin Yongmin, 64, veteran democracy activist, a cofounder of the China Democracy Party and founder of China Human Rights Watch, is sentenced to 13 years in prison for “subversion of state power.” The court’s ruling details the government’s accusations against Qin Yongmin: writing a large...

Qin Yongmin

Account of Applying to Attend Trial of Qin Yongmin

phb — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:00:00 +0000

July 11, 2018

Account of Applying to Attend Trial of Qin Yongmin

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

This account describes the experience of the writer and other rights defenders from different areas in the country who intended to going to Wuhan to apply to attend the trial of Qin Yongmin. Some activists were intercepted in their local areas, and the others who arrived at the court were...

Qin Yongmin

An Elegy for Liu Xiaobo

tw — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:19:16 +0000

August 21, 2017

An Elegy for Liu Xiaobo

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

[Translation by Human Rights in China] 他死了，这又能改变什么阳光明亮，阿尔卑斯山巅的残雪在远方如闪烁的鱼鳞，他的骨灰被抛向闪烁的大海如鱼鳞，我们对他的追忆也鱼鳞般渐行渐远么？这又能改变什么，他死了 He died, and what can it change In bright sunshine, the distant remnant snow at the summit of the Alps Flickers like fish scales. His ashes tossed into the flashing sea Like...

Liu Xiaobo

Yang Tianshui is Granted Medical Parole for Brain Tumor, Friend Urges Donations for Treatment

tw — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:10:45 +0000

August 16, 2017

Yang Tianshui is Granted Medical Parole for Brain Tumor, Friend Urges Donations for Treatment

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

In 2005, Jiangsu dissident Yang Tiansui was sentenced to 12 years in prison. As he was completing his prison term, he was diagnosed as having a brain tumor and has been granted medical parole. The authorities have refused to let Yang leave China to seek medical treatment abroad. As his family is...