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Ailing Sichuan Rights Defender Huang Qi in Custody for Nearly Two years, Mother, 85, Urges Fair and Open Trial

Detained since November 2016, Sichuan rights activist Huang Qi was indicted in January 2018 on charges of “illegally providing state secrets abroad.” But the authorities have not yet brought him to trial. The charge was based on Huang’s publication on the Internet of a document by the Political and...

August 22, 2018

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Huang Qi

Students from 12 Other Colleges Issue Letters of Support for Shenzhen Jasic Workers

Students from 12 colleges across the country have joined the campaign initiated by the students of Peking University to call for the release of Jasic workers detained for demanding to form a labor union. On July 27, seven of the workers, and 23 supporters were taken into custody and have been...

August 2, 2018

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Open Letter from Scholars Inside and Outside China in Support of Shenzhen Workers Demanding to Form Labor Union

More than 100 scholars inside and outside China have joined a growing domestic campaign to call for the release of workers at the Jasic factory in Shenzhen, who have been detained for demanding to form their own labor union to protect their rights. On July 27, seven of the workers, and 23...

August 1, 2018

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Peking University Student Group Reports Widening Support for Detained Jasic Workers

In this update, the students and recent graduates of Peking University who initiated the public statement on July 29 to support the detained Jasic workers in Shenzhen report that their statement has garnered more than 1,600 signatures in just one day—despite the statement having been deleted from...

July 31, 2018

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Letter of Support for Shenzhen Jasic Workers Arrested for Demanding to Form Labor Union

On July 27, 30 of workers and their supporters at Jasic Technology Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen, who were demanding to form a labor union, were detained by the police. On July 29, Yue Xin ( 岳昕 ), a recent graduate of Peking University’s School of Foreign Languages, initiated a signature campaign for a...

July 29, 2018

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Urging the 19th Party Congress to Oust Xi Jinping and Fully Implement Structural Political Reform

Since the 18th Party Congress in 2012, human rights have deteriorated, the rule of law has regressed, torture has increased, and the number of wrongful incarcerations has grown dramatically—Beijing rights defender Yu Wensheng states in an open letter. Yu says that since Xi Jinping came to power...

October 18, 2017

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Yu Wensheng

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

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Urgent Appeal to Investigate Actions by Ministry of Public Security Police against More than 200 Lawyers and Citizens

On July 31, lawyers, relatives of targeted lawyers, and other citizens initiated a signature campaign for an appeal to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate. The appeal requests that officers from the Ministry of Public Security be investigated and...

August 4, 2015

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Joint Statement by Chinese Lawyers Demanding Investigation into Beating of Lawyer Xie Yang in Nanning

At roughly 11:00 p.m. on May 17, 2015, while providing legal services in Nanning, Guangxi, Hunan lawyer Xie Yang was beaten by several unidentified, armed persons. He sustained multiple injuries and his lower leg was fractured. In response to the incident, on May 18 Beijing lawyer Zhang Lei issued...

May 18, 2015

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Father Intentionally Shot by Police—A Daughter’s Appeal for Justice

Lu Xuancheng (路选成) is a resident of Tuole Village, Shiqiao Township, Pan County of Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province. In 2008, the local government demanded that he relocate the tombstone factory he operated in his unoccupied backyard. On August 20, 2009, Gu Yong (顾勇), Party Secretary of Shiqiao...

March 18, 2015

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