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Press Releases and Statements

HRIC's press releases, statements, and open letters are categorized by year below. To subscribe to HRIC's press list, please e-mail communications@hrichina.org with "SUBSCRIBE" as the subject heading.

1. Heavy Prison Term for Uyghur Advocate of Inter-ethnic Understanding
   July 23, 2010
   
   
2. Case Update: Husband Reports Abuse of Mao Hengfeng in Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp
   July 22, 2010
   
   
3. Case Update: Dissident Liu Xianbin Arrested on Suspicion of Inciting Subversion of State Power
   July 06, 2010
   
   
4. CASE UPDATE: Veteran Dissident Liu Xianbin Placed in Criminal Detention Again
   June 29, 2010
   
   
5. Three Resisters of Forced Demolition Sentenced by Guangxi Court
   June 11, 2010
   
   
6. Sichuan High Court Upholds Five-Year Sentence for Earthquake Activist Tan Zuoren
   June 09, 2010
   
   
7. Writer Zhang Jianhong, Gravely Ill, is Released on Medical Parole; Family Struggles to Pay for Treatment
   June 08, 2010
   
   
8. Independent Report on June Fourth Victims: A Directory of 195 Killed and More Than 800 Imprisoned
   June 03, 2010
   
   
9. Guizhou Authorities Suppress Activities to Commemorate June Fourth
   June 02, 2010
   
   
10. “An Offering to the Spirits of the Victims”: Essay by the Tiananmen Mothers
    June 01, 2010
    
    
11. HRIC Briefing Note: Tighter Regulation of Foreign Funding Support of Chinese Civil Society Groups
    May 27, 2010
    
    
12. Shanghai Rights Activist Mao Hengfeng Starts Hunger Strike in Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp
    May 26, 2010
    
    
13. Guangxi Authorities Target Village Chief Active in Land Rights
    May 19, 2010
    
    
14. U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue Resumes: Foundation for Action?
    May 14, 2010
    
    
15. CASE UPDATE: Disbarred Lawyers File Criminal Complaint Against Judicial Bureau Official
    May 12, 2010
    
    
16. Beijing Judicial Bureau Revokes Licenses of Two Rights Defense Lawyers
    May 07, 2010
    
    
17. HRIC Statement: Imprisoned Democracy Activists Gravely Ill, Require Immediate Medical Parole
    May 06, 2010
    
    
18. Protester of "99% of Petitioners Are Mentally Ill" Statement Gets One Year in Prison
    May 04, 2010
    
    
19. Citizens Find No Redress for Home Lost to Shanghai Expo
    April 30, 2010
    
    
20. China Sharpens Legal Weapons for Information Control
    April 29, 2010
    
    
21. Shanghai Petitioner Mounts “Expo of Judicial Injustice”
    April 27, 2010
    
    
22. Judicial Authorities Target Lawyers, Eroding Rule of Law
    April 22, 2010
    
    
23. CASE UPDATE: Lawyers Challenge License Revocation Decision; Judicial Bureau Balks
    April 21, 2010
    
    
24. Lawyers Facing License Revocation Detail Irregular Courtroom Activities Permitted by Judge
    April 20, 2010
    
    
25. Liver Cancer Suspected, Activist Hu Jia Seeks Medical Parole
    April 09, 2010
    
    
26. HRIC Statement: Chinese Government Should Respect Gao Zhisheng’s Rights
    April 08, 2010
    
    
27. Women’s Rights NGO Responds to Cancellation by Peking University
    April 07, 2010
    
    
28. Twenty-Seven Henan Families Accuse Army Hospital of Malfeasance
    April 06, 2010
    
    
29. Home Demolished for World Expo, Shanghai Petitioners Seek Just Compensation
    April 01, 2010
    
    
30. Provisional Regulations on the Protection of Commercial Secrets of Central State-Owned Enterprises
    March 27, 2010
    
    
31. Shanghai Petitioner Recounts Detention in Black Jail and Leveling of Family Farm
    March 18, 2010
    
    
32. In Statement, Tiananmen Mothers Urge Government to Open Up the Internet
    March 10, 2010
    
    
33. Shanghai Petitioner to Serve 18 Months of Reeducation-Through-Labor after Shouting Slogans
    March 09, 2010
    
    
34. Barred from Traveling, Writer Liao Yiwu Speaks to German Readers in Open Letter
    March 01, 2010
    
    
35. Statement by Geng He, Wife of Gao Zhisheng
    February 17, 2010
    
    
36. Court Affirms 11-Year Sentence for Liu Xiaobo against International Appeal for His Release
    February 11, 2010
    
    
37. Top EU Official Asks China to Account for Missing Chinese Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
    February 10, 2010
    
    
38. Sichuan Activist Sentenced to Five Years for “Inciting Subversion of State Power”
    February 09, 2010
    
    
39. In Letter, Writer Liao Yiwu Seeks Help from Angela Merkel
    February 08, 2010
    
    
40. Wife of Disappeared Lawyer Says to Chinese Government: Give Back My Husband
    February 04, 2010
    
    
41. Liu Xiaobo Appeal Charges Court with Abuse of Public Power
    January 29, 2010
    
    
42. Václav Havel, in HRIC Interview, Sends Message of Solidarity to Liu Xiaobo and Family
    January 27, 2010
    
    
43. Google Attacked from China: Wake-up Call to International Business
    January 12, 2010