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  • Tan Zuoren and wife Wang Qinghua, April 2014 Photo Credit: www.64tianwang.com More photos at: http://www.64tianwang.com/bencandy.php?fid=10&aid=16925
Released Sichuan Rights Activist Tan Zuoren Reportedly Taken to Undisclosed Location in Chongqing
Media reports and information available online indicate that upon his release from prison today, Sichuan environmental activist and writer Tan Zuoren ( 谭作人 ) did not return to his home in Chengdu but was taken by the authorities to an undisclosed location in Chongqing. Tan served a five-year term...
March 27, 2014
Press Work
Tan Zuoren
Summary Charts: China’s Responses to Recommendations Advanced by Human Rights Council Member and Observer States 2nd Universal Periodic Review of China
On March 20, 2014, the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) officially adopted the Report of the Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) for China’s second UPR, a comprehensive evaluation of its human rights obligations under the UN system. As the official record of China’s review...
March 27, 2014
The Jiansanjiang Case: Chronology of Events and Actions Carried Out by Lawyers, Citizens, and Officials
This chronology was compiled by Legal Professionals for the Public Good (公益法律人), a Google Group, and lists daily events and actions carried out by lawyers, citizens, and officials involved in the Jiansanjiang case from March 21 to April 15. 维权全程 24 天日志 （ 3.21 — 4.15 ） 3月21日 【官方】 抢手机、绑架关押 。 八点十五左右，...
April 16, 2014
Citizens' Square
He Sacrificed Himself for China
[Translation by Human Rights in China] After visiting families of victims in Guangzhou and Nanning, we headed to Sichuan. There is only one train every day from Nanning to Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan. The trip, a 32-hour ride, would take us through Guangxi and Guizhou Provinces. Along the way,...
April 25, 2014
China Rights Forum
Foreign Policy: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out
From David Wertime with Foreign Policy, “ Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out ” : Sharon Hom , executive director of overseas Chinese NGO Human Rights in China , told Foreign Policy that her organization has heard reports of Wang spending 60 days in solitary confinement. The post may have been an oblique...
January 30, 2014
HRIC in the Media
Phayul.com: Trial of Chinese activist Xu ends without verdict, foreign journalists attacked
From Phayul.com, “ Trial of Chinese activist Xu ends without verdict, foreign journalists attacked ”: Xu’s two lawyers, Zhang Qingfang and Yang Jinzhu, told Human Rights in China (HRIC) that they and Xu remained silent during most of the court hearing to protest the “unjust nature” of the trial. In...
January 23, 2014
HRIC in the Media
The New York Times: China Sentences Xu Zhiyong, Legal Activist, to 4 Years in Prison
From Andrew Jacobs and Chris Buckley with The New York Times , “ China Sentences Xu Zhiyong, Legal Activist, to 4 Years in Prison Other participants in the New Citizens Movement and similar protests also face prosecution, including two who stood trial in the two days after Mr. Xu’s trial. Four...
January 26, 2014
HRIC in the Media
Agence France-Presse: China dissident's father dies in disputed suicide: Human Rights in China
From Agence France-Presse, “ China dissident's father dies in disputed suicide: Human Rights in China ”: According to a statement released by Human Rights in China on Monday, and confirmed by a family friend, both Xue's father and mother, Wang Shuqing, were taken away by police in Qufu in eastern...
February 4, 2014
HRIC in the Media
Reuters: Detained China dissident Cao Shunli near death: Close friend
From Sui-Lee Wee, John Ruwitch, and Michael Perry with Reuters, “ Detained China dissident Cao Shunli near death: Close friend ”: She went missing in mid-September after authorities prevented her from flying to Geneva for a human rights training programme. She was formally arrested in October on...
February 28, 2014
HRIC in the Media
Independence of Lawyers: The Role of Justice Bureaus and Lawyers’ Associations

China’s more than 250,000 lawyers do not yet benefit from many of the fundamental protections outlined in the UN Basic Principles for Lawyers. Moreover, the growing body of rights defense lawyers and their increasingly sophisticated and diverse legal activism has triggered heightened interference from authorities, both legal and extralegal.

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