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About Li Qiaochu
Last updated: March 22, 2021 Li Qiaochu ( 李翘楚 ) , a feminist and researcher in labor issues, holds a bachelor’s degree from the School of Labor and Human Resources at Renmin University of China and a master’s degree in public policy from the University of York in the United Kingdom. After...
March 2, 2020
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Li Qiaochu
A Letter to Friends
At the request of Ding Zilin, a founding member of the Tiananmen Mothers, a group of survivors and family members of the military crackdown on 1989 Democracy Movement, HRIC posts her letter below. Ding Zilin extends her deep appreciation for international support and humanitarian assistance for the...
May 10, 2021
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Ding Zilin
Urgent Open Letter to Premier Li Keqiang and Minister Zhao Kezhi
On January 10, well-known Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong issued an urgent open letter (see below) to Premier Li Keqiang and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi, urging them to order Guangzhou authorities to return his passport so that he may come to the United States to take care of his...
January 10, 2021
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Guo Feixiong
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Transcript of Video Statement by Detained Rights Lawyer Chang Weiping
Just six days after making this statement, Chang was taken away by police on October 22, 2020. Chang’s disappearance followed 10 months of “residential surveillance in a designated location” (RSDL)—presented by the authorities as “bail” condition of his previous detention that occurred in mid-...
October 16, 2020
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Update on Lawyer Yu Wensheng’s Case
In this update, Xu Yan, wife of detained human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, provides the latest developments in her husband’s case. On the morning of September 3, Yu’s two defense lawyers plan to meet with Yu at the Xuzhou Municipal Detention Center to discuss his upcoming trial of second instance...
September 2, 2020
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Yu Wensheng
The Plight of Chinese Human Rights Lawyers
In this timely essay, Chen Jiangang, one of China’s well-known rights defense lawyers, tells the story of the campaign waged by the Chinese authorities over the past decade intended to crush the rights defense legal profession.
July 6, 2020
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Chen Jiangang
Against Odds, Wuhan Citizen Files First COVID-19 Case Against Government Authorities
On June 10, Zhang Hai of Wuhan submitted a complaint to the Wuhan Municipal Intermediate People’s Court in the first case filed by a Wuhan citizen against government authorities for concealing information about the new coronavirus. This concealment, he argues, led to his father’s death. Zhang…
June 10, 2020
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Feng Xiaoyan, Deputy Investigator of the People’s Congress of Linyi, Shandong, is Forced to Take Schizophrenia Medications for Distributing Democracy Leaflets
Distributing democracy leaflets in Beijing landed Feng Xiaoyan in the No. 4 People’s Hospital in Linyi, Shandong, where she has been kept as a psychiatric patient and force-fed medications.
June 15, 2020
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Xi Jinping’s “Four Breakthroughs”
In his article, lawyer Chen Jiangang discusses what he terms as the “Four Breakthroughs” that President Xi Jinping has “achieved” during his administration: 1. Breaking with the principle of abiding by international treaty obligation, (referring to the the 1984 Joint Declaration that the Chinese...
June 14, 2020
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Chen Jiangang
Defending the Rights of Lawyer Yu Wensheng: A Chronology by His Wife, Xu Yan (Part 8)
On January 19, 2018, lawyer Yu Wensheng published a "Citizen’s Proposal to Amend the Constitution," with recommendations for deleting the "Preamble” to the Constitution and for other political reforms. He was criminally detained the following day, on suspicion of "obstructing official business" and...
June 8, 2020
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Yu Wensheng

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