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, 201069 For example, Wu Gaoxing ( ), a dissident from Linhai City in Zhejiang Province, was brieflydetained on June 2 for cycling with a t-shirt commemorating the Tiananmen Massacre while Beijingresident Wang Zhongxia ( ) was interrogated for nearly seven hours on February 28 for planning toprint a new batch of Charter 08 t-shirts.70 CHRD, “Henan Writer Sent to RTL for Post Calling for Tiananmen Commemoration,” China HumanRights Briefing July 6-12 2009, July 12, 2009. Ning’s brother said the RTL notice given to the family didnot state the reasons for his brother’s punishment.71 CHRD, “Chongqing Activist Chen Yang Sent to One Year of Re-Education through Labor,” ChinaHuman Rights Briefing June 15-21, 2009, June 21, 2009.72 CHRD, “Liaoning Dissident Sent to RTL for Articles on June 4, Taiwan,” China Human Rights Briefing夏 仲 王 兴 高 吴September 7-27, 2009, October 2, 2009.73 CHRD, “Courts Accept Administrative Litigation Lawsuit from Activist in RTL,” China Human RightsBriefing November 14-16, 2009, November 17, 2009.74 CHRD, “Zhejiang Folk Singer Huang Wei Sent to RTL for Plans to Commemorate June 4 th ,” ChinaHuman Rights Briefing July 20-26 2009, July 30, 2009. The official reasons for his detention are unclear asHuang’s family has been unwilling to divulge more details about the singer-activist due to threats andwarnings by local government officials.75 CHRD, “Environmentalist and Daughter Sent to Re-education through Labor Camps,” July 16, 2009.76 CHRD, “Three Fujian Digital Activists Convicted as Thousands Gather in Landmark Protest,” April 16,2010.77 Item 6 “The right to participate,” Section II, Guarantee of Civil and Political Rights, National HumanRights Action Plan of China78 Item 8 “The right to oversee,” Section II, Guarantee of Civil and Political Rights, National Human RightsAction Plan of China79 CHRD, Health Adviser /Professor: “More than 99% of Veteran Petitioners Suffer from Mental Illness,”China Human Rights Briefing March II 200980 Article 306 outlines actions, including “forging evidence,” for which lawyers can be prosecuted fordefending their clients, and has been used as a tool for the government to persecute lawyers whose workirritates or threatens officials.81 CHRD, Concerned Lawyers, Activists Issue Statement Demanding Abolition of PRC Criminal LawArticle 306, China Human Rights Briefing December 17, 200982 CHRD, A Public Letter to President Hu Jintao by Shanghai Farmer Huang Yuqin (), September 29, 2009, http://crdnet.org/Article/Class71/200909/20090928193011_17471.html致 胡 锦 涛 主 席 的 公 开 信 83 CHRD, Peking University Legal Scholars Call Eviction Regulations “Unconstitutional,” China HumanRights Briefing December 10, 200984 CHRD, Over One Hundred Signatories Harassed Since Launch of Charter 08, January 9, 2009.85 CHRD, Liu Xiaobo Sentenced to 11 Years in Prison, December 25, 2009.86 See for example, CHRD, Well-Known Dissident Writer Issues Public Letter Calling for Release of LiuXiaobo, China Human Rights Briefing March II 2009; CHRD, Charter 08 Signatories Pass Ten Thousand,Public Letter Issued as Anniversary Approaches, China Human Rights Briefing November 27-30, 2009;CHRD, Charter 08 Signatories and Intellectuals Call for Liu Xiaobo’s Release, China Human RightsBriefing June 22-28, 2009.87 CHRD, Police Intimidate Signatories of Public Letter in Support of Liu Xiaobo, China Human RightsBriefing December 18, 200988 上 海 农 民 黄 玉 琴Legal Daily, Many forms of democratic rights given to villagers for the first time, Li Xue explains indetail the notice from the two offices ( ), June 1, 民 更 多 民 主 权 李 学 举 详 知 村 予 赋 次 首 个 多2009, http://www.legaldaily.com.cn/0801/2009-06/01/content_1098538.htm89 CHRD, Procedures Violated in Election Re-run in Hubei Village, China Human Rights Briefing May 18-31, China Human Rights Briefing May 18-31, 2009.90 CHRD, Man Beaten to Internal Injuries after Refusing to Vote Bully for Village Chief, China HumanRights Briefing August 17-23, 2009" 两 解" 通 办70