Annual Report on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China ...

<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2009)April 26, 2010Party (CCP) Secretary. Wang was caught while petitioning in Beijing in March, atwhich point he was forcibly returned to Yushu City, where he was sent to RTL. He iscurrently held in Yinmahe RTL Camp in Jiutai District, Changchun City, Jilin.12. Yang Huanqing ( ), a representative of laid-off community-run (minban)school teachers from Gong'an County, Hubei Province was seized by the Gong’anPSB on November 20 and sent to one year of RTL. Yang is currently held in theGong’an County Detention Center. The RTL notice received by Yang's family, datedOctober 12, listed three specific occasions in the past four months on which Yangorganized teachers to petition, met with other teachers' representatives, and petitionedwith other representatives.青 焕 杨 13. Zhang Jinfeng ( ), a Shandong rights activists detained on March 5 for takingpart in an assembly along with other veteran petitioners and victims of injustices inJinan City, was sent to one year and nine months of RTL by the Jinan City PSB forparticipating in an "illegal assembly" and "disturbing social order" on March14. Zhang has not been able to meet with her family, friends, or lawyers since beingsent to RTL on March 14.凤 金 张 Human Rights Defenders Administratively Detained but Not Sent to RTL (16)1. Chen Baogen ( ), a Hangzhou activist, traveled to the Hangzhou IntermediateCourt on November 30, where a judge gave Chen a copy of the trial records for aclosed trial involving the Hangzhou Municipal Development and Reform Committee,which Chen and six others had accused of violating the law. However, when Chentried to leave, a group of court police seized him, accusing him of stealing the trialrecords. Police roughly handled Chen and then detained him in an iron cage at acourthouse holding cell overnight without food or water. The next day, Chen was sentto administrative detention for seven days for "obstructing business."根 宝 陈 2. Chen Zengfu ( 夫 陈 增 冈 王 殿 , also known as Chen Ming [ 陈 夫]) and Wang Diangang 明( ), two representatives of community-run (minban) school teachers fromShandong, traveled to Beijing on December 29, 2008 to submit an application tostage a demonstration on January 12 in Jinan City, Shandong Province. The requestwas verbally rejected and Chen and Wang were later detained on January 14 byShandong authorities on the charges of “disrupting social order”. Wang was releasedon January 22 and Chen was released on January 24.冈 王明 陈 584. Huang Limin ( ), Hangzhou activists, were sentto seven days of administrative detention after being seized by Hangzhou authorities黄 利 英 利 黄 民) and Huang Liying ( 黄 民