Li Wei

Six Major Characteristics of Terrorism in China with Special Characteristics

Anonymous — Tue, 18 Aug 2015 21:57:04 +0000

August 18, 2015

Six Major Characteristics of Terrorism in China with Special Characteristics

Counterterrorism

On July 23, 2014, China News Service in New York reported that the data released that day by the world famous risk assessment company, Maplecroft, showed that the number of civilian deaths worldwide attributed to acts of terrorism was rising steeply. Over the preceding year, more than 1.8 million...

Hu Ping

Court Upholds Prison Sentences for Two Citizen Activists

Anonymous — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 20:21:15 +0000

July 18, 2014

Court Upholds Prison Sentences for Two Citizen Activists

Case Update

Asset Transparency

The Beijing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People's Court today upheld the sentences of New Citizens Movement advocates Ding Jiaxi ( 丁家喜 ) and Li Wei ( 李蔚 ) . In April this year, both were found guilty of “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place” (聚众扰乱公共场所秩序) by the Beijing Municipal...

Ding Jiaxi

Four More New Citizens Movement Advocates Convicted, Sentenced to Between Two and Three-and-a-Half Years

tw — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 20:04:00 +0000

April 18, 2014

Four More New Citizens Movement Advocates Convicted, Sentenced to Between Two and Three-and-a-Half Years

Case Update

Asset Transparency

Four citizen activists involved in public calls for high-ranking officials to reveal their assets in 2013 have each been found guilty of “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place.” Two of them— Ding Jiaxi ( 丁家喜 ) and Zhao Changqing ( 赵常青 ) — were accused of planning street actions in...

Ding Jiaxi

Lawyers Dismissed or Withdrawn in Protest of Unfair Trials of Three Citizen Activists

tw — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 18:33:14 +0000

January 31, 2014

Lawyers Dismissed or Withdrawn in Protest of Unfair Trials of Three Citizen Activists

HRIC Bulletin

New Citizens Movement

Four participants of the New Citizens Movement— Ding Jiaxi ( 丁家喜) , Li Wei ( 李蔚 ), Zhang Baocheng ( 张宝成) , and Yuan Dong ( 袁冬) —were tried in two separate trials on Monday, January 27 at the Beijing Haidian District People’s Court. The proceedings marked the end of a series of trials of citizen...

Cheng Hai

Zhao Changqing Trial Adjourns as Defense Protests Procedural Problems

tw — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 02:19:45 +0000

January 23, 2014

Zhao Changqing Trial Adjourns as Defense Protests Procedural Problems

Case Update

At his trial at the Haidian District Court in Beijing today, veteran activist Zhao Changqing ( 赵常青 ) dismissed his two defense lawyers on the ground that serious procedural violations by the prosecution and the court had made it impossible for him to have a fair trial and for his lawyers to mount...

New Citizens Movement

Li Wei

Ding Jiaxi and Li Wei’s Indictment

tw — Sat, 21 Dec 2013 16:22:25 +0000

December 13, 2013

Ding Jiaxi and Li Wei’s Indictment

Citizens' Square

In the indictment, the authorities use publicly calling for “equal education” and “disclosure of officials’ assets” as their main justification for charging Ding Jiaxi and Li Wei with “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place.” Translated by the people. Beijing Municipal Haidian...

Ding Jiaxi