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, 2010during an October 29 protest against black jails at the Zhejiang ProvincialProcuratorate. They were released on November 5.6. Li Tie ( ), a Shenzhen-based democracy activist, was released on January 15following 15 days of administrative detention. Li was detained in Shenzhen afterreturning from Shanghai, where he, along with internet writer Pan Gang ( ) andothers organized a public opinion poll on government reform and distributed copiesof a book entitled Suggestions for National Reform.刚 潘 铁 李 7. Mao Hengfeng ( ), a Shanghai reproductive rights activist recently releasedfrom jail, was detained by Shanghai police in January for shouting slogans advocatingfreedom outside of Shanghai Exhibition Center, the venue of the Shanghai MunicipalPeople's Congress and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Congress(Shanghai Committee). Mao was given seven days of administrative detention for"disrupting public order."凤 恒 毛 8. Pang Wei ( ), one of a group of representatives of villagers facing forced evictionin Sanhekou Village, Beihai City, Guangxi Province, met with a group of localofficials led by the vice chief of the Beihai Letters and Visits Office in Beijing onMay 19. Pang and the other representatives were persuaded to return home by theofficials, who promised to resolve the issue. Upon their return, the representativeswere questioned for three hours at the Beihai PSB, and Pang was detained for“disturbing the order of a public place.” His current status is unknown.伟 庞 9. Qiu Yumei ( ), a Hangzhou rights activist, was taken into custody on October29 while she and more than 40 other citizens were protesting against black jails at theZhejiang Provincial Procuratorate. Qiu was administratively detained for five days for"disrupting the work of the Procuratorate," and released on November 3. Since Qiu'shome was forcibly demolished several years ago, Qiu has been petitioning at alllevels of government. During the period surrounding the PRC's 60th anniversary, Qiuwas detained without explanation for 21 days.梅 玉 裘 10. Shen Peilan ( 兰 沈 佩 ) and Jin Tingqian ( 金 兰), 乾 婷two petitioners and activists from恩Shanghai, travelled to the home of former lawyer Zheng Enchong ( ) to payhim a visit on the morning of October 28. When Shen and Jin arrived at Zheng'shome, they were prevented from meeting with him, and an officer struck Shen’s chestwith his fists, injuring her. The next day, October 29, Shen was summoned by policefrom the Maqiao Town, Minhang District PSB, and administratively detained for tendays for "disrupting public order." She was released on November 8. Later, Shen wasseized on December 16 and detained for five days in a "black jail" in Shanghai'sSongjiang District. According to Shen, she learned from guards that she was detained宠 郑59