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, 2010“law education class” in the Wuchang District, Wuhan City, where he was detainedfor more than one month. On January 18, 2009, Xiao was moved to the WuchangDetention Center, where he was administratively detained for five days. His family,who never received any formal written notice of his detention, was told by police thathe was detained for “plotting to travel to Beijing to apply to demonstrate along with新 建Wuhan petitioners Zhang Jianmin ( 张) and Zhou Xinbao ( 周 民).” 宝22. Xiao Qingshan ( ), activist and CRLW volunteer, was asked to "have a meal"with officers from the National Security Unit of the Dongguan City, GuangdongProvince PSB on February 26. At the lunch, officers threatened him that if heinsisted on traveling to Beijing to protest as planned, his nephew would lose his job asa traffic policeman and his son and wife would both "be finished." Unbowed, Xiaoattempted to travel to Beijing by train on February 27, but was stopped at the trainstation in Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province by National Security Officers and forciblyreturned to his hometown, Jian City, Jiangxi Province. On March 1, Xiao tried again,this time attempting to leave from the Jiujiang City train station, but was interceptedby PSB officers and detained in Jian for 14 days. After his release, Xiao travelled toBeijing to sightsee, where he was seized by police at Tiananmen Square on the肖 青 山morning of March 16 and detained along with one hundred petitioners in theTiananmen PSB station. He was later released, and returned to Dongguan on March21. Upon arriving home, however, Xiao was forced to vacate his apartment by hislandlord, who reported she had been pressured by the local PSB.23. Yao Lifa ( ), an activist promoting local democratic elections from Qianjiang 立 法 姚 City, Hubei Province, disappeared on January 18. Yao had been scheduled to returnto Hubei on January 19 to attend the celebration of the inauguration of the USpresident at the US Consulate in Wuhan City, Hubei Province. After three dayswithout contact, Yao was released on January 21, at which point he confirmed that hehad been abducted by the Qianjiang police. Yao has suffered illegal kidnappings anddetention at the hands of Qianjiang authorities on a number of previous occasions.24. Zheng Dajing ( ), a Yunxi County, Hubei petitioner-turned-activist wasdetained in a "black jail" on December 4. While detained, Zheng, who has high bloodpressure, was barred from meeting with his wife Cao Xiangzhen ( and has no 曹 靖 大 郑 志access to medication. When Cao and Zheng's son, Zheng Zhinan ( ), went tothe Beijing Liaison Office of the Shiyan City Government on December 5 to protestZheng’s illegal detention, officials confiscated Cao’s cell phone and camera andbriefly detained Zheng Zhinan. The date of his release is unclear.楠 郑) 珍 祥6525. Zhong Shengniu ( ), a petitioner-turned-activist from Chongqing, was takeninto custody near Beijing West Train Station on September 25. Zhong was seized牛 声 钟