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Reporting human rights development from the grassroots
December 1-15, 2008HIGHLIGHTS
On December 9, a group of 303 Chinese citizens launched Charter 08, a declaration that outlines a vision for a democratic China and establishes a platform for citizen action. More than 5,000 people have since added their names to the Charter. The Charter and discussions about it have spread over China's internet faster than cyber-censors' attempts to squelch them.
A day before the launch of Charter 08, police took into custody Liu Xiaobo and Zhang Zuhua, two Beijing-based dissident intellectuals the authorities believe to be the Charter's organizers. Although Zhang was later released, Liu remains in custody on suspicion of "inciting subversion of state power".
As of December 18, CHRD has documented official harassment of at least 48 other Charter signatories. Authorities in Guizhou illegally and secretly detained three activists, now released, to prevent them from publicly commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, in direct contradiction of the government's claim in November that "the accusation that China was obstructing NGOs from publicizing human rights instruments 'is groundless".
A day before the launch of Charter 08, police took into custody Liu Xiaobo and Zhang Zuhua, two Beijing-based dissident intellectuals the authorities believe to be the Charter's organizers. Although Zhang was later released, Liu remains in custody on suspicion of "inciting subversion of state power".
As of December 18, CHRD has documented official harassment of at least 48 other Charter signatories. Authorities in Guizhou illegally and secretly detained three activists, now released, to prevent them from publicly commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, in direct contradiction of the government's claim in November that "the accusation that China was obstructing NGOs from publicizing human rights instruments 'is groundless".
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
* Freedom of Expression
o China's Censors Block or Delete Charter 08
* Right to Participate in Government
o Hubei Villagers Protest Appointment of Unelected Village Secretary
* Harassment and Persecution of Rights Activists
o Prominent Dissident Intellectual Liu Xiaobo Remains in Police Custody
o Crackdown on Charter 08 Widens as More Activists are Interrogated and Intimidated
o Guizhou Human Rights Activists Released
o Olympics Protest Applicant Held Incommunicado in Fujian Province
o Exiled Tiananmen Student Leader Detained during Family Visit to China
* Harassment and Persecution of Petitioners
o Petitioners Detained for Walking around Tiananmen Square Wearing Complaint T-shirts
o Petitioners Intercepted in Beijing and Forcibly Returned to Wuhan
* Right to Fair Trial
o Falun Gong Practitioner Convicted Without Access to Legal Counsel
* Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment
o Petitioner and Activist Liu Jie's Application for Release for Medical Treatment Denied
o Olympics Prisoner Yang Chunlin Forced to Perform 14 Hours of Daily Labor
o Member of Pan-Blue Alliance of Chinese Nationalists Tortured in Prison
o Hubei Villagers Seriously Injured in Violent Land Seizure
* Regulation and Policy Watch
o Wuhan Passes Regulations to Protect Rights of Mentally Ill
o Zhejiang to Protect Migrant Children's Right to Education
* Citizens' Actions to Defend Human Rights
o Chinese Citizens Launch Charter 08
o CHRD Calls on the Government to Ratify International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
* Notable CHRD Publications
o CHRD's Latest Report Finds No Decrease in Media Censorship in China
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