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<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
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders in China (2009)April 26, 201091 CHRD, Voters in Hubei’s Tianmen City Threatened for Attempting to Recall People’s CongressRepresentative ( ), April 29, 2009, http://crdnet.org/Article/Class55/200904/20090429183347_15182.html欲罢免人大代表反遭威胁 92 CHRD, Guangxi Villagers Injured, Detained for Resisting Forced Demolition, China Human RightsBriefing November 3, 200993 Item 8 “The right to oversee,” Section II, Guarantee of Civil and Political Rights, National Human RightsAction Plan94 The lawyer whose license was formally revoked was Jiang Tianyong (湖).北On省July 9, Jiang’s nameappeared on a list of lawyers whose licenses were not renewed issued by the Beijing Municipal Bureau ofJustice. On April 12, 2010, two other lawyers, Tang Jitian ( ) and Liu天Wei门(市), received a noticeissued by选the民Beijing Bureau of Justice notifying them that the Bureau decided to cancel their licensesbecause they “disturbed the order of the court and interfere with the normal activities of the legalproceedings.” The two are given a hearing on April 22 and the final decision on their licenses will be madefollowing the hearing. CHRD, “Lawyers Face Revocation of their Licenses for Defending Human Rights,”May 25, 2009; CHRD, “Licenses of 18 Rights Lawyers Still not Renewed a Month after Deadline,” July 2,2009; CHRD, “Update: At Least Eight Human Rights Lawyers Remain Without Licenses,” China HumanRights Briefing January 14-18, 2010, January 27, 2010.95 Teng, a lecturer at China University of Politics and Law, and previous employee of Beijing’s Huayi LawFirm, apparently had his license revoked as punishment for his work on human rights cases. In particular,authorities were angered by his role in the offer by a group of lawyers to provide pro bono legal advice toTibetans detained in the aftermath of the March 2008 protests.96 江天勇CHRD, “Guangzhou Court Hears Lawsuit from Lawyer Deprived of License,”巍刘田吉唐China Human RightsBriefing January 25, 201097京忆通律师事务北98 CHRD, “Beijing’s Yitong Law Firm Remains Closed after Ten Months,” China Human Rights Briefing所February 2, 201099 CHRD, “Lawyers Face Revocation of their Licenses for Defending Human Rights,” May 25, 2009.100 Article 96 of CPL states that, “…If a case involves State secrets, before the lawyer meets with thecriminal suspect, he shall have to obtain the approval of the investigation organ.”101 CHRD, “Beijing Lawyer Prevented from Meeting with Client in Nanjing,” China Human RightsBriefing April I 2009, April 14, 2009.102 CHRD, “Fuzhou Police Deny Lawyers' Request to Visit Detained Activists, Claim ‘State Secrets’,”China Human Rights Briefing July 13-19 2009, July 23, 2009.103 CHRD, “Imprisoned Lawyer and Torture Victim Wang Yonghang Meets with Lawyers for First Time,”China Human Rights Briefing January 19, 2010104 CHRD, “CCP Central Committee: ‘Solve’ Petitioners’ Problems Locally to Ensure AnniversaryStability,” China Human Rights Briefing August 3-9, 2009, August 11, 2009; CHRD, “Petitioners Told toReturn Home as Supreme People’s Court will Travel to Three Provinces to Hear their Complaints,” ChinaHuman Rights Briefing July 27- August 2, 2009, August 4, 2009.105 CHRD, “Shenzhen Officials Issue Guidelines on ‘Improper’ Petitioning,” China Human Rights BriefingNovember 14-16, 2009, November 17, 2009; CHRD, “New Shanxi Petitioning Regulations DetailProhibited Actions, Punishment for Petitioners,” China Human Rights Briefing November 27-December 4,2009, December 8, 2009.106 Ibid法制宣传日国107全108 CHRD, “Over 600 Shanghai Petitioners Detained in ‘Black Jails’ in Beijing During Legal PublicityDay” ( ”), December 6, 2009.109 CHRD, “Hoping to Welcome Obama, Large Group of Petitioners Seized and Detained,” China HumanRights Briefing November 17, 2009110 CHRD, “Petitioners Beaten, Briefly Detained for Protesting Outside Detention Center,” China HumanRights Briefing May 4-10, 2009, May 10, 2009.111 Banyuetan, “Over 100,000 Cases of People Suing the Government in a Year, Less than 30% Chance ofWinning普a多Case” ( ), October 27, 2008. 成万案民中71600 日法名上海访民在京被抓进 “ 黑监狱" " 10 一年官告国以上胜诉率不足三件
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