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To Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia
At the request of the Tiananmen Mothers, HRIC issues the group’s message to Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia (below). [Translation by Human Rights in China] Xiaobo: Although you lost your freedom and lost your life, you still possess the great love of the world, which no one on Earth can match. In our hearts...
July 14, 2017
Citizens' Square
Liu Xia
Liu Xiaobo’s Death is a Stain on the CPC, International Community Must Press for Liu Xia’s Freedom
Human Rights in China mourns in great sorrow the tragic passing of Liu Xiaobo ( 刘晓波) today, at age 61. Liu was a proponent of a nonviolent citizens’ movement and a leading advocate for constitutional democracy in China. He was a Nobel Peace laureate who envisioned a better future for the people of...
July 13, 2017
Statement
Liu Xiaobo
Tiananmen Mothers: Open Letter to Xi Jinping
At the request of the Tiananmen Mothers, HRIC issues the group’s open letter to Xi Jinping (below) regarding Liu Xiaobo. Letter to President Xi Jinping from Tiananmen Mothers Regarding Liu Xiaobo Chairman Xi Jinping: We were shocked by the devastating news that in prison, Mr. Liu Xiaobo became...
June 29, 2017
HRIC Bulletin
Liu Xiaobo
Tiananmen Mothers: Statement
At the request of the Tiananmen Mothers, HRIC issues the group’s statement (below) regarding Liu Xiaobo. Statement by the Tiananmen Mothers Regarding Liu Xiaobo When Mr. Liu Xiaobo won the Nobel Peace Prize, he had expressed that he wanted to regift the award money to us. We thanked him for his...
June 29, 2017
HRIC Bulletin
Liu Xiaobo
Late Diagnosis of Liu Xiaobo an Outrage, Chinese Authorities Must Account to Family & International Community
HRIC is shocked by the information that imprisoned Nobel Peace Laureate Liu Xiaobo ( 刘晓波 ) is suffering from late-stage liver cancer, and outraged by the fact that it is only at this point that the Chinese authorities have released him on medical parole. We are greatly saddened by the heartbreaking...
June 26, 2017
Statement
Liu Xiaobo
Is the Supreme People’s Court the Highest Form of “Government Window Dressing”?
Today we went to the entrance of the Supreme People’s Court. The bailiff was blocking the way of an elderly woman petitioner. But when he saw us, he let us through, and called on his mobile to inform the authorities inside: “They have arrived and are going in.” Wenzu and I exchanged a knowing smile...
June 23, 2017
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Jiang Tianyong’s Family Rejects Officially-Appointed Lawyers
In a statement issued today, family members of Jiang Tianyong ( 江天勇 ) , a prominent rights lawyer disappeared in November 2016 in Changsha and who was officially arrested on suspicion of “subversion of state power” on May 31, 2017, protest the authorities’ refusal to let lawyers retained by the...
June 15, 2017
HRIC Bulletin
Solemn Statement Regarding the Forceful Dismissal of Jiang Tianyong’s Defense Lawyers
Jiang Tianyong’s wife is shocked to hear her husbad’s statement dismissing his two defense lawyers, and does not believe that this is Jiang’s true wish. She presumes that Jiang Tianyong’s statement—signed on the day when his six-months of residential surveillance expired—was the product of torture...
May 31, 2017
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Chen Yunfei Sentenced to 4-Years Imprisonment for “Picking Quarrels and Provoking Troubles” (Chen Yunfei’s FinalStatement in Court Attached)
On March 31, 2017, renowned Sichuan dissident and activist Chen Yunfei was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment by Chengdu Wuhou District Court on the charge of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles.” As he listened to the judgment, Chen gestured the “peace” sign with both hands, and said he...
March 31, 2017
Citizens' Square
Chen Yunfei
Huang Qi Case Update
On February 21, 2017, the mother of detained rights activist Huang Qi, retained two lawyers, Sui Muqing and Li Jinglin, to go to the state security unit of the Mianyang Municipal Public Security Bureau to request that the person handling Huang’s case provide information on his case, in accordance...
February 21, 2017
Citizens' Square
Huang Qi
First Meeting with Su Changlan Since the Verdict
On the morning of April 6, after the verdict was announced on March 31 in her trial, Su Changlan was finally permitted to meet with her lawyer for the first time. Su told her lawyer that although she had predicted the verdict, after it was announced she felt angry and upset. Moreover, she believes...
April 9, 2017
Citizens' Square
Su Changlan
Su Changlan and Chen Qitang Separately Convicted on March 31, in Foshan Intermediate Court
Human rights activists Su Changlan and Chen Qitang (also known as Tian Li), both from Foshan, Guangdong Province, were tried for and convicted of “subversion of state power” on March 31, 2017 in Foshan Intermediate Court. In separate announcements, the court sentenced Su to three-years’...
March 31, 2017
Citizens' Square
Su Changlan
Families of 709 to President Trump (Fourth Letter)
March 26, 2017 (Sent on April 4, 2017) In advance of the China-U.S. Summit, the wives of Li Heping, Wang Quanzhang, and Jiang Tianyong—lawyers arrested during the “709 Crackdown”—jointly sent their fourth open letter to U.S. President Donald Trump. In their letter, they cite police misconduct in...
March 26, 2017
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Meeting Chen Qitang on Final Date of Appeal Period
Activist Chen Qitang (also known as Tian Li), from Foshan, Guangdong Province, was convicted of “subversion of state power” on March 31, 2017 and sentenced to four-and-a-half years’ imprisonment. On the final date of the appeal period (April 10, 2017), his lawyer, Li Fangping, met him at the Nanhai...
April 10, 2017
Citizens' Square
Wife of 709 Lawyer Fears Arrest
Below is a message sent today by Wang Qiaoling (王峭岭) , wife of lawyer Li Heping (李和平) , who has been in detention since July 2015 in the 709 Crackdown and is facing “subversion of state power” charges. She reports that in recent days cameras are mounted in front of her apartment building tracking...
April 7, 2017
HRIC Bulletin
709 Families and Supporters

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