Daily Challenges

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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Citizen Participation

30 Shenzhen Workers and Supporters Detained for Demanding to Form Labor Union

In this account, the writers, who are workers at Jasic Technology Co., Ltd. in Shenzhen, describe the seizure of fellow workers and their relatives. On the afternoon of July 27, when seven workers who are among the workers demanding to form a labor union came to the factory to work as usual, they...

July 30, 2018

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Citizen Participation

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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Citizen Participation

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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Citizen Participation

Shenzhen Workers Demanding to Form Labor Union Achieved an Initial Victory

In this account, the authors, workers at Jasic Technology Co., Ltd. In Shenzhen state that the company has treated employees badly for a long time, and that, as a result, workers demand to establish a labor union as a way to protect their rights and to protest the maltreatment. But, according to...

July 22, 2018

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Citizen Participation

Shanghai Petitioner Han Zhongming Missing after Being Followed by Non-locals, Police Refuse Filing

Tong Liya and former husband Han Zhongming, a Shanghai rights defender who petitioned and then sued the government over being forcibly evicted and relocated, were followed for 24 hours and watched from outside their temporary home by eight unidentified non-locals beginning September 22. Han has...

October 15, 2017

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Daily Challenges

Ma Yalian

Beijing Activist Ni Yulan Forcibly Removed from Apartment Rented for RMB 40,000 (with photos)

A few days ago, Beijing activist Ni Yulan spent RMB 40,000 to rent an apartment, only then to be harassed by the real estate broker and the landlord, who asked her to move, claiming that the apartment is public housing and not authorized for rental (but when she was renting the apartment, the...

April 16, 2017

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Daily Challenges

Authorities Bar Lawyers from Meeting with Forced Demolition Victim and Murder Suspect, Ming Jingguo

On March 20, authorities prevented lawyers Guo Lianhui and Liu Wenhua from meeting with their client, Ming Jingguo, who is being held at the Nankang District Detention Center in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province. Ming, age 60+, was taken into custody on March 18, a day after he attacked a Zhangfang Village...

March 20, 2017

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