Citizen Participation

“Values and Strategic Narratives in International Human Rights”

“Either/or ways of framing policy choices limit our strategic imagination. . . . We need to move away from traditional binary computing thinking and into the quantum space where both particle and wave can exist simultaneously and the possibilities are infinite.” —Sharon Hom, HRIC Executive Director

August 11, 2016

China Rights Forum

Citizen Participation

UN Expert: Chinese Government Needs “Genuine Accountability”

Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, released a statement today in Beijing saying that while China’s achievements in alleviating extreme poverty in recent years have been “extraordinary,” that progress has been accompanied by “very high levels of inequality...

August 23, 2016

HRIC Bulletin

Government Accountability

Feminist’s Weibo Account Closed, Female Administrator Brings Suit against Sina 3 Times But Court Refuses to File Case

In late March 2016, Zhang Leilei, administrator of the Sina Weibo feminist account, “Feminist Activist Pie is More Delicious” (女权行动派更好吃) found that the account had been shut down for “publishing harmful messages and engaging in other rule-violating behavior.” [The Chinese character for “faction”...

May 16, 2016

Citizens' Square

Access to Justice

“Joint Statement from 709 Victims’ Families: Release Our Family Members, Refuse Attempts to Divide Us, Monitor the Trials, and Acquit the Detained Activists”

In this statements, eight family members of lawyers detained in the “709” crackdown express strong concern about Wang Yu being threatened and pressured into doing a video “interview ” in which she criticized her former colleague, Zhou Shifeng, as not being a “proper” lawyer. The statement also...

August 1, 2016

Citizens' Square

Letters from the Mainland

Wang Yu

Open Letter by Octogenarian Urging CPC to Register

Dear Mr. Xi Jinping: Hello! I am an old woman from Beijing, more than 80 years old. My name is Wang Xiuying. On the 95th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party China (CPC), I would like to discuss the issue of the CPC’s legitimacy. As everyone knows, the CPC was established under the...

June 23, 2016

China Rights Forum

Citizen Participation

On the 8th Anniversary of the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake

How Long Do The Children Still Have to Wait? Citizen Proposal Concerning the Investigation into the Sichuan Earthquake School Disaster Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China; Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council; Zhang Dejiang, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National...

June 9, 2016

China Rights Forum

Citizen Participation

Tan Zuoren

80+ Shanghai Petitioners Call for Revision of Petition Regulations and Investigation into Wrongdoing by State Bureau of Letters and Calls

More than 80 Shanghai petitioners filed a joint application for Administrative Reconsideration with the State Council Legislative Affairs Office, requesting the following: Confirmation, in accordance with the law, that Article 35 of the Petition Regulations of the State Council , other regulations...

March 8, 2016

Citizens' Square

Citizen Participation

Provisions On Ensuring The Practice Rights Of Lawyers In Accordance With Law

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Ministry of Public Security

Supreme People's Procuratorate

Supreme People’s Court

Guo Feixiong on Day 11 of Hunger Strike in Prison, Wife Asks President Xi Jinping to Intervene

Zhang Qing ( 张青 ) , wife of imprisoned rights activist Guo Feixiong ( 郭飞雄 ) (penname of Yang Maodong, ( 杨茂东 ) ) reveals that Guo, already in failing health, is now on day 11 of a hunger strike. Guo began the hunger strike on May 9 to protest the degrading physical exam performed on him by prison...

May 19, 2016

Case Update

Access to Justice

Guo Feixiong

Hunger Strike Relay to Support Guo Feixiong Continues

In a message to HRIC, Ai Wu, one of the participants of the hunger strike relay that begun on May 4 to support Guo Feixiong, reports that the strike has had the support of 161 person-times as of today, May 16. Today’s participants include lawyer Tang Jingling, currently serving a five-year prison...

May 16, 2016

Citizens' Square