Heavy Prison Term for Uyghur Advocate of Inter-ethnic Understanding
July 23, 2010
Gheyret Niyaz (in Chinese, Hailaitie Niyazi [海来提•尼亚孜 or 海莱特•尼亚孜]), a 51-year-old Uyghur journalist, was tried for “endangering state security” on July 23, 2010, and sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment, according to an interview with Niyaz’s wife, Risalet (in Chinese, Reshalaiti [热莎来提]), reported on uighurbiz.net, where Niyaz was an administrator. More »
Case Update: Husband Reports Abuse of Mao Hengfeng in Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp
July 22, 2010
Wu Xuewei (吴雪伟), husband of Shanghai petitioner Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤), told HRIC that Mao has been suffering serious physical abuse in the Anhui Provincial Women’s Reeducation-Through-Labor Camp, where Mao is serving an 18-month sentence. More »
Case Update: Dissident Liu Xianbin Arrested on Suspicion of Inciting Subversion of State Power
July 06, 2010
Liu Xianbin (刘贤斌), a Sichuan-based democracy activist and writer, was formally arrested on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power. Liu’s wife, Chen Mingxian (陈明先), was summoned by the Suining Municipal Public Security Bureau on the morning of July 6, 2010, where she received a formal arrest notification dated July 5. More »
Case Update: Veteran Dissident Liu Xianbin Placed in Criminal Detention Again
June 29, 2010
Liu Xianbin (刘贤斌), a Sichuan-based democracy activist, writer, and one of the first Charter 08 signers, was taken away on June 28, 2010, by Suining state security officers, while he was meeting with Chen Wei (陈卫), another democracy activist, at a local teahouse. More »
Three Resisters of Forced Demolition Sentenced by Guangxi Court
June 11, 2010
On June 11, 2010, the Yinhai People’s Court of Beihai, in southern Guangxi Province, found three inhabitants of the Baihutou Village guilty of “obstructing official business,” and sentenced two of them, Gao Zhenzhang (高镇章) and Gao Shihui (高世辉), father and son, to two years’ imprisonment each. The third defendant, Cai Jianyue (蔡建月), received one-and-a-half years. More »
Sichuan High Court Upholds Five-Year Sentence for Earthquake Activist Tan Zuoren
June 9, 2010
The Sichuan Provincial Higher People’s Court has upheld the five-year sentence, with three years of deprivation of political rights, of Tan Zuoren (谭作人), the Sichuan environmental activist and writer convicted of “inciting subversion of state power.” More »
Writer Zhang Jianhong, Gravely Ill, is Released on Medical Parole; Family Struggles to Pay for Treatment
June 8, 2010
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that imprisoned Zheijiang dissident Zhang Jianhong (张建红), also known by his penname Li Hong (力虹), who suffers from advanced stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s Disease) and is in critical condition, has been granted medical parole. Since 2007, Zhang has been serving a six-year sentence at the Qiaosu Prison in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, on conviction of “inciting subversion of state power.” More »
