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UN Experts Urge Hong Kong High Court to Uphold International Human Rights Law In Activists’ Cases
A day before the Hong Kong Final Court of Appeal’s hearing on whether it would allow pro-democracy activists Joshua Wong and Nathan Law to appeal their prison sentences, two UN experts urge the court to consider their cases “in accordance with Hong Kong’s obligations under international human...
November 6, 2017
Statement
Hong Kong Three Years On: A Spirit Undaunted
September 28, 2017: The Umbrella Movement, Three Years On Civic groups in Hong Kong commemorate the third anniversary of the Umbrella Movement, which called for universal suffrage and an end to political interference from mainland China. The tens of thousands of protestors who participated in the...
October 2, 2017
Joint Declaration of 18 Independent Candidates
Eighteen citizens, including Ye Qinghuan, Yang Lingyun, and Zheng Wei issued a joint declaration, stating their intent to run for election as independent local and People’s Congress representatives, and calling on voters in Beijing to vote for them. They intend to truly represent the people and do...
October 14, 2016
Citizens' Square
59 Lawyers, Doctors of Juridical Science, and Others Jointly Issue Open Letter to NPC, Including Four Recommendations Regarding the “National Supervision Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft)”
As the National Supervision Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft) officially entered the legislative review process, a group of mainland lawyers, law PhDs, and scholars jointly issued a letter to the National People’s Congress as well as its Standing Committee, presenting their concern that...
August 11, 2017
Citizens' Square
Lawyer Lin Qilei Reports on Li Xiaoling’s Condition
On the afternoon of June 7, Lin Qilei met with Guangdong rights activist Li Xiaoling at the Beijing Xicheng District Detention Center. In the meeting, Li said that previously, because of delay caused by the Zhuhai police, the treatment she had received in Guangzhou for her acute glaucoma was not...
June 7, 2017
Citizens' Square
In Memory of Xu Jue, a Key Member of the Tiananmen Mothers
(Ms. Xu Jue) We announce with deep sorrow that Ms. Xu Jue , an important member of the Tiananmen Mothers, died at 8:51a.m. on April 24, 2017, at age 77. Ms. Xu Jue was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2009, and shortly after her surgery, the cancer spread to her liver. She passed away after an eight-...
April 27, 2017
HRIC Biweekly
Huang Qi Case Update
On February 21, 2017, the mother of detained rights activist Huang Qi, retained two lawyers, Sui Muqing and Li Jinglin, to go to the state security unit of the Mianyang Municipal Public Security Bureau to request that the person handling Huang’s case provide information on his case, in accordance...
February 21, 2017
Citizens' Square
Huang Qi
Just Who Was Actually Destroying Electoral Order?
In the afternoon of November 14, 2016, independent candidate Feng Zhenghu who was running for one of the deputies to the Yangpu District People's Congress in Shanghai, was lawfully handing out canvassing materials for his campaign when individuals from his neighborhood security office tried to stop...
December 25, 2016
Citizens' Square
Feng Zhenghu
On Election Day, the Ballot Box Is Delivered to My House, and Students Were Made to Vote in the Lobby
During the elections for deputies to the Jinan district and township level People's Congresses, Sun Wenguang, an independent candidate and retired professor of Shandong University, was imprisoned in his home for several days under round-the-clock watch by public security officers. In the article...
December 23, 2016
Citizens' Square
Xu Peiling and Three Other Shanghai Campaign Volunteers Apply for State Compensation
Xu Peiling, Cui Fufang, Fan Guijuan, and Dai Zhongyao—four volunteers of independent candidate Feng Zhenghu’s campaign for People’s Deputy of Shanghai’s Yangpu District—were illegally detained on November 13, 2016, by officers from the Wujiaochang police sub-station of the Yangpu Public Security...
December 17, 2016
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