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Verdict in the Case of Three Asset Transparency Advocates
The Yushui District People’s Court in Xinyu, Jiangxi Province convicted three asset transparency advocates and New Citizens Movement participants on June 19, 2014. Liu Ping ( 刘萍 ) and Wei Zhongping ( 魏忠平 ) were sentenced to six and a half years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking troubles...
June 19, 2014
Citizens' Square
Li Sihua
Detention Notice of Wang Aizhong
Wang Aizhong (王爱忠) was criminally detained on May 29, 2014 on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles,” following a police search on his home the same afternoon. Wang, a Guangdong human rights defender and successful businessman, is a prominent member of the Southern Street Movement.
May 29, 2014
Citizens' Square
A Citizen Who Attacks the Order of a System of Slavery is Innocent—Ding Jiaxi’s First Instance Trial Defense Statement
In this statement , also written for public dissemination, Ding Jiaxi's lawyer Sui Muqing (隋牧青) likens China to a system of slavery: “When people's words and deeds are constantly shackled and constrained by all kinds of unspoken rules and fears, when their words and deeds are faulted at every turn...
April 16, 2014
Citizens' Square
Ding Jiaxi
Four More New Citizens Movement Advocates Convicted, Sentenced to Between Two and Three-and-a-Half Years
Four citizen activists involved in public calls for high-ranking officials to reveal their assets in 2013 have each been found guilty of “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place.” Two of them— Ding Jiaxi ( 丁家喜 ) and Zhao Changqing ( 赵常青 ) — were accused of planning street actions in...
April 18, 2014
Case Update
Ding Jiaxi
Draft Defense Statement for the Trial of Zhang Baocheng
This is the draft defense statement by one of Zhang Baocheng’s former lawyers, prepared for the original trial on January 27, 2014. In that trial, in protest of procedural problems, Zhang dismissed his lawyers and forced an adjournment of the trial. (The new trial took place on April 8, and Zhang...
April 16, 2014
Citizens' Square
Zhang Baocheng
The Light of Justice Shines Forever--A Smiling Zhang Baocheng: Defense Statement for the Trial of Zhang Baocheng
In his defense statement for Zhang Baocheng, lawyer Ge Yongxi argues that the procedural irregularities prove that the trial is nothing but reprisal against a human rights defender. He argues that the evidence, especially video of the peaceful assemblies for which Zhang was indicted, proves that...
April 12, 2014
Citizens' Square
Zhang Baocheng
Lawyer’s Request to Present 75 Witnesses to Testify at Open Hearing
On appeal of his first-instance verdict and four-year prison sentence, Xu Zhiyong requested that the second instance trial conducted in an open court, and that all witnesses who originally submitted written testimonies be allowed to testify in-person in court. This is a request, submitted by one of...
April 3, 2014
Citizens' Square
Xu Zhiyong
Freedom of Speech Is the Starting Point for Civil Society and Good Governance--Defense Argument for Dr. Xu Zhiyong’s second instance trial
In this argument submitted to the Beijing Municipal People’s High Court, Xu Zhiyong’s second instance trial defense lawyer, Liu Shuqing (刘书庆), raised three issues: the facts of the first instance trial were unclear; the first and second instance trials had major procedural flaws; and the importance...
April 7, 2014
Citizens' Square
Xu Zhiyong
Excerpt from Ding Jiaxi’s Final Statement
Ding Jiaxi was tried on April 8-9, 2014, for “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place,” in connection with his participation in citizen actions calling for disclosure of officials’ assets as a way to fight corruption since 2012. The trial concluded on April 9 without a verdict. Ding’s...
April 9, 2014
Citizens' Square
Ding Jiaxi
A Free Soul Imprisoned: Citizen Xu Zhiyong’s Statement for Second-Instance Trial
[Translation by Human Rights in China] The “New Citizens” trials in their entirety, whether procedurally or substantively, have left the dignity of the rule of law in utter ruin. As legal professionals, you are in fact well aware that the “disrupting order in a public place” charges against us are...
April 2, 2014
Citizens' Square
Xu Zhiyong

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