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, 20102. Chen Xi ( ), activist and organizer of the Guizhou Human Rights Forum, wastaken from his home in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province on April 22 by local policeand detained at the "Postal Service Resort" on the outskirts of town. Chen was heldthere for five days while officials questioned him about activities planned by GuizhouHuman Rights Forum to commemorate “sensitive” anniversaries such as the 10 thAnniversary of the crackdown on Falun Gong on April 25 and the May FourthMovement. Chen was briefly detained again on December 4 by National SecurityOfficers under the Guiyang Public Security Bureau. The officers hoped to prevent theGuizhou Human Rights Forum from carrying out planned activities to mark theanniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10.西 陈 3. Chen Yunfei ( ), a democracy activist from Chengdu, Sichuan, wasblindfolded and led away from his home a group of more than 10 policemen andNational Security officers on May 28. The officers searched his home, though theydid not confiscate any property. Chen was taken to an unidentified location, where hewas held until midnight on June 8. For five of the eleven days he was detained, Chenwent on a hunger strike, which he ended on the evening of June 4. On June 8, theofficers, once again blindfolding Chen so he could not discover where he had beenheld, returned him to his home. Later, Chen was taken from his home by police fromthe Qingliu Town police station in Xindu District, Chengdu on December 9 and heldin the Qingliu Town police station until December 15. Chen stated that he was neverprovided with legal documentation authorizing his detention, and added that he was飞 云 陈denied medical attention and beaten while he was detained.4. Feng Zhenghu ( ), Shanghai-based activist and legal advisor, was seized onFebruary 15 while in Beijing and forcibly returned to Shanghai. He was then illegallydetained in a room at the Donghu Guesthouse for 41 days before being released onthe afternoon of March 25. Feng would make international headlines later in the yearfor camping out in protest at Tokyo’s Narita Airport after Chinese officials deniedhim entry into the country on eight consecutive occasions between June andNovember. He was finally able to return to his home just before Chinese New Yearin 2010.虎 正 冯 5. Guo Baofeng ( , aka “amoiist”), a blogger from Fujian Province, was takenaway from his home by police from the Mawei District Public Security Bureau (PSB)in Fuzhou City in the early morning hours of July 16. Guo was detained for postingonline messages in support of You Jingyou (see above). He was released on July 31.峰 宝 郭 6. Hu Jun ( ), a rights activist from Xinjiang, was kidnapped in Beijing on August25 by interceptors from Changji Prison in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. It isbelieved that Hu has been forcibly sent back to Xinjiang, where he is at risk of军 胡 61