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Letter to Xi Jinping on 268 Days of Illegal Detention
In this article (Chinese only), Shanghainese rights activist Feng Zhenghu (冯正虎) narrates how he sent a letter to CPC Secretary-General and PRC President Xi Jinping (习近平) in December 2012, with a complaint on how he spent 268 days in illegal detention in 2012, and what happened as a result.
January 14, 2013
Article
Feng Zhenghu
You Can Expunge the World, but Not Dignity
January 7, 2013 [English translation by Human Rights in China]
January 7, 2013
China Rights Forum
Southern Weekly Incident: The Rise of Civil Disobedience in China
Gao Wenqian HRIC Senior Policy Advisor Excerpt ：
January 11, 2013
China Rights Forum
An Open Letter to the Nobel Committee for Literature
In his letter, the exiled dissident Chinese writer Liao Yiwu raises questions about the character, as well as writings, of Mo Yan, the recipient of the 2012 Nobel Prize for Literature.
November 25, 2012
Open Letter
Liao Yiwu
An Appeal to Chinese Government to Release Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia—Global Signature Campaign
Attachment 1 Announcement of a December 8, 2012 press conference and seminar in Flushing, New York City, organized by “Friends of Liu Xiaobo,” to launch a global campaign to obtain the release of Liu Xiaobo and his wife, Liu Xia. Attachment 2 A letter of support for the campaign from Ding Zilin, a...
December 4, 2012
Public Appeal
Liu Xia
The Poverty of China’s Civil Opposition: On the 13th Anniversary of June Fourth
May 14, 2002 [English translation by Human Rights in China]
November 30, 2012
China Rights Forum
Liu Xiaobo
Microblogs Have Become the Focus of Internet Censorship in China
By the beginning of 2009, the Chinese authorities had worked out a comprehensive content monitoring system for the Internet.
November 26, 2012
China Rights Forum
A Book Review by Andrew J. Nathan
November 26, 2012
China Rights Forum
Liu Xiaobo
Defending One Person’s Freedom is to Defend the Freedom for All: To all Signers of the “Support Chen Pingfu and Oppose Criminalization of Speech” Campaign
The authors state that the campaign, which began in early September, has garnered 1,059 signatures, and that the campaign continues a 63-year battle waged by the people of China for freedom of expression. Chen is a laid-off teacher in Lanzhou, Gansu Province. He was tried for “inciting subversion...
October 4, 2012
Citizens' Square
Chen Pingfu
Signature Campaign to Support Chen Pingfu and Oppose Criminalization of Speech
This open call (Chinese only) protests the prosecution of Chen Pingfu (陈平福) and calls for people to add their names in support for his case. Chen is a former teacher who was tried for "inciting subversion of state power" on September 4, 2012. The prosecution's charges were based on articles that...
September 8, 2012
Citizens' Square
Chen Pingfu

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