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Statement Regarding Criminal Coercive Measures Imposed by the Public Security Department against Jiang Tianyong
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...
December 16, 2016
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Jiang Tianyong
Lawyer Yan Xin’s Letter of Complaint Sent to Tianjin Municipal Procuratorate
Fujian activist Wu Gan (aka Tufu) has suffered numerous forms of illegal mistreatment during his detention, including secret solitary confinement for half a year, having the defense attorney appointed by his wife barred from meeting with him, days and nights of sleep deprivation, threats and...
December 16, 2016
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Statement by Lawyers Tan Chenshou and Chen Jinxue on Jiang Tianyong’s Case
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...
December 16, 2016
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Feng Zhenghu Released, Xu Peiling and Four Others Detained for Five Days
On November 14, two days before the elections for National People's Congress deputies from Yangpu District in Shanghai, well-known activist Feng Zhenghu was canvassing for votes in his neighborhood when he was taken away by police to the police station. There, Feng was subjected to 24 hours of...
November 15, 2016
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Jiang Tianyong Missing for over 24 Hours
The wife of Beijing rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong says that as of early morning November 23, 2016, her husband has been missing for more than 24 hours. Jiang was due to arrive in Beijing by train at 6:30am, November 22, after a visit to Changsha to accompany the wife of lawyer Xie Yang, who was...
November 23, 2016
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Jiang Tianyong
Joint Complaint by 82 Lawyers against Detention of Family Members of Lawyers in Custody since July 2015
Eighty-two lawyers from 18 provinces and municipalities jointly issued a public complaint about the detention of the wives of four individuals who have been in custody since the “709” crackdown on rights defense lawyers of July 2015, along with four lawyers who took a group photo with the wives...
June 8, 2016
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Bookseller Speaks Out for Freedom of Hong Kong People
On June 16, 2016, Lam Wing-kee, one of the five Causeway Bay booksellers who went missing last fall and later turned up in mainland custody, spoke out publicly and exposed his traumatic eight-month detention by a “Central Special Unit” (中央专案组). During this time, Lam said he was interrogated nearly...
June 17, 2016
Statement
Statement by Lawyer Tang Jingling on Why He Refuses to Appeal His Conviction
On January 29, 2016, lawyer Tang Jingling , an advocate of non-violent civil disobedience, was convicted of "inciting subversion of state power" and sentenced to five years in prison. Tang was first detained in May 2014 on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” during the pre-June...
January 29, 2016
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709 Families and Supporters
Verdicts for Tang Jingling, Yuan Chaoyang, and Wang Qingying—the "Three Gentlemen of Guangzhou"
In a hearing on January 29, 2016, the Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court convicted activists Tang Jingling, Yuan Chaoyang, and Wang Qingying of "inciting subversion of state power" and sentenced them to five years, three and a half years, and two and a half years, respectively. Tang...
January 26, 2016
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Tang Jingling
A Human Rights Report by Chinese Citizen Ding Hongfen
In this narrative, Ding, a resident of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, recounts the forced demolition and relocation of her family in 2009, and the unlawful detention and torment that her entire family suffered as a result of defending its rights over the past six and half years.
September 15, 2015
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