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<str<strong>on</strong>g>Annual</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> Situati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Defenders</strong> <strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a (2009)April 26, 2010136 CHRD, “Police Summ<strong>on</strong> Activist for Allegedly Draft<strong>in</strong>g <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g>,” January 12, 2009.137 CHRD, “Beij<strong>in</strong>g Dissident Jiang Qisheng Summ<strong>on</strong>ed, Home Searched,” April 1, 2009138 CHRD, "University Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Dismissed for Sign<strong>in</strong>g 'Charter 08' ()," December 8, 2009.139 CHRD, “Activists Put under House Arrest as Cl<strong>in</strong>t<strong>on</strong> Arrives <strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a,” February 21, 2009.140 CHRD, “As Obama Arrives <strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a, Police “Tuck away” Activists for Fear <strong>of</strong> C<strong>on</strong>tact,” November 16,2009.141 CHRD, :Police Deta<strong>in</strong> and Harass Activists <strong>on</strong> Eve <strong>of</strong> Tiananmen Anniversary,” June 4, 2009; CHRD,“Ch<strong>in</strong>ese Government Tightens <strong>the</strong> Screws Ahead <strong>of</strong> Nati<strong>on</strong>al Day,” September 30, 2009.142 ibid143 CHRD, As Obama Arrives <strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a, Police “Tuck away” Activists for Fear <strong>of</strong> C<strong>on</strong>tact, November 16,2009.144 Though H<strong>on</strong>g K<strong>on</strong>g is part <strong>of</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a, ma<strong>in</strong>land Ch<strong>in</strong>ese residents must obta<strong>in</strong> a permit to travel to H<strong>on</strong>gK<strong>on</strong>g, and pass through customs and immigrati<strong>on</strong> procedures en route.145 CHRD, "Shanxi Dissident Activist Deng Taiq<strong>in</strong>g Raises Adm<strong>in</strong>istrative Lawsuit, <strong>Defenders</strong>大Right学to教Leave师<strong>the</strong>因 签 署 《 零 八 宪 章 》 遭 解 职Country ( )", June 11, 2009. 的 出 境 权 146 CHRD, “Wang Sen’s Daughter Might Have to Quit School Due to Lack <strong>of</strong> Fees ()”, August 24, 2009; CHRD, “Wang Sen’s Daughter’s Identity Cards Mark that She EndangersState Security ( )”, August 30, 2009.王 森 女 儿 可 能 因 欠 缺 学 费 而 辍 学 王 森 女 儿 身 份 证 注 明 危 害 国 家 安 全 147 CHRD, "Feng Zhenghu Arrives <strong>in</strong> Shanghai" ( ), February 12, 2010.山 西 异 议 维 权 人 148 See, for example, <strong>the</strong> case <strong>of</strong> Zhou Mengx<strong>in</strong> ( ), an activist from Heze City, Shand<strong>on</strong>g士Prov<strong>in</strong>ce邓<strong>in</strong>太CHRD, “Shand<strong>on</strong>g Activist Zhou Mengx<strong>in</strong> Rega<strong>in</strong>s Freedom” ( ),October 9, 2009.清 提 起 行 政 诉 讼 , 捍 卫 自 己由 149 CHRD, Part 2, “<str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> <strong>the</strong> Situati<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> Ch<strong>in</strong>a’s <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>Defenders</strong> (2009) (冯(2009)),”正March虎1,抵2010.达 上 海 周 梦 新间 报 告 150 CHRD, “<strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> Lawyer Gao Zhisheng ‘Miss<strong>in</strong>g’ Say Beij<strong>in</strong>g Authorities, Ch<strong>in</strong>a <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong>Brief<strong>in</strong>g January 14-22, 2010, January 27, 2010.151 Associated Press, “Crusad<strong>in</strong>g Ch<strong>in</strong>ese lawyer gives up activism,” April 7, 2010.152 ibid153 CHRD, “Shand<strong>on</strong>g Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Assaulted for Commemorat<strong>in</strong>g Reformist Leader Zhao Ziyang,” April 6,自 获 重 新 梦 周 士 人 权 维 东 山 民 况 状 者 卫 捍 权 人 国 中2009.154猫 躲155 CHRD, In Letters Smuggled out <strong>of</strong> Pris<strong>on</strong>, Journalist Qi Ch<strong>on</strong>ghuai Details Abuses, December 9, 2009.猫156 ibid157 UN Committee Aga<strong>in</strong>st Torture (CAT), C<strong>on</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g Observati<strong>on</strong>s <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Committee aga<strong>in</strong>st Torture:Ch<strong>in</strong>a (CAT/C/CHN/CO/4), 21 November,2008, http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/cat/docs/CAT.C.CHN.CO.4.pdf158 UN Work<strong>in</strong>g Group <strong>on</strong> Arbitrary Detenti<strong>on</strong>, “Individual Compla<strong>in</strong>ts, Urgent Appeals, Deliberati<strong>on</strong>s,”http://www2.ohchr.org/english/issues/detenti<strong>on</strong>/compla<strong>in</strong>ts.htm159 The maximum amount <strong>of</strong> time an <strong>in</strong>dividual may be deta<strong>in</strong>ed for questi<strong>on</strong><strong>in</strong>g accord<strong>in</strong>g to <strong>the</strong> Crim<strong>in</strong>alProcedure Law is 12 hours; though summ<strong>on</strong>s and “chats” <strong>in</strong>volve a temporary loss <strong>of</strong> freedom, we chooseto limit our discussi<strong>on</strong> <strong>of</strong> detenti<strong>on</strong>s to those over 12 hours because <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> frequency with which activistsare subjected to chats, summ<strong>on</strong>s, and o<strong>the</strong>r forms <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>terrogati<strong>on</strong> by police <strong>of</strong>ficers.160 For an <strong>in</strong>-depth look <strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> use <strong>of</strong> black jails <strong>in</strong> Beij<strong>in</strong>g, please see our 2007 report, “Black Jails <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>Host City <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ‘Open Olympics’,” September 21, 2007.161 CRLW, “Xiao Changhai Deta<strong>in</strong>ed; Family, Wuhan Petiti<strong>on</strong>ers Protest” ( 肖), January 21, 2009.162 CHRD, “Liu Shasha Forced Out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Black Jail to Defend <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> ( 刘 议 抗 民August 8, 2009; CHRD, “Break<strong>in</strong>g News: Liu Shasha and Miaojue Cizhi Escaped from ‘Black Jails’”( August 4, 2009.163 CHRD, "X<strong>in</strong>hua Magaz<strong>in</strong>e <str<strong>on</strong>g>Report</str<strong>on</strong>g>s <strong>on</strong> “Black Jails” <strong>in</strong> Beij<strong>in</strong>g," Ch<strong>in</strong>a <strong>Human</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> Brief<strong>in</strong>gsNovember 21-27, 2009, November 24, 2009.黑 快昌 海 被 拘 留 家 人 及 武 汉 访 沙 沙 冲 出 黑 监 狱 维 权 经73过 )”,” 刘 沙 沙 和 妙 觉 慈 智 分 别 逃 出 : 讯”)”, 狱 监

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