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Citizen Activists on Trial 2013-2014: Schedule/Status and Essays

Updated: May 8, 2015

Starting in late 2013, a number of citizen activists, many of whom were involved in the New Citizens Movement and actively campaigning for official asset transparency, were put on trial in Beijing and Guangdong. The numerous detentions and trials of citizen activists demonstrate a trend of intensifying crackdown on citizen activism, particularly in relation to official asset transparency and corruption. Below is a regularly updated HRIC compilation of trial schedules and statuses, as well as related statements and essays. 

EU: Suspend China Human Rights Dialogue
The European Union should cancel its upcoming human rights dialogue with China and suspend the exchange until the meetings can bring genuine human rights improvements, ten human rights organizations said today. The next EU-China human rights dialogue is scheduled for June 22-23, 2017, in Brussels...
June 19, 2017
Joint Statements
For Fairness and Justice, We Will Persevere: On the 33rd Anniversary of the June Fourth Massacre
Seeking government accountability for the massacre in accordance with the law is our legitimate right. For 33 years, we have been pursuing the three demands of “truth, compensation, and accountability” in a peaceful and rational manner, calling for a dialogue with the government through the legal...
June 1, 2022
Statement
How the Chinese Authorities View the Internet: Three Narratives
What is the Chinese government’s vision of Internet development? There are at least three versions: the government’s internal narrative, a made-for-export narrative, and an official narrative for the Chinese people. Together, these three narratives offer an overview of the Chinese government’s real...
July 9, 2010
China Rights Forum
Quanzhang, We're Waiting for You to Come Home—Excerpts
“If I don't do this, and if nobody does it, then what would happen to the people who need help?”—Wang Quangzhang . . . As the wife of a human rights lawyer, I worry about your safety constantly. Every time I see you drag your tired body home after rushing around day and night—everything my eyes...
August 6, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Podcasts
In Custody and Released: Lawyer Teng Biao, Rights Activist Hu Jia
A Twitter message sent out by Teng Biao ( 滕彪) , lawyer and rights activist, says he and rights activist Hu Jia ( 胡佳) have been released from custody. According to HRIC sources and information available online, in the evening of July 25, 2013, Teng and Hu were taken away by Domestic Security...
July 25, 2013
Press Work
Reservoirs of Repression: State Love Affair with Big Dams Brings Suffering to Chinese People
Despite the questions raised around the world about the human and ecological impact of big dams, China remains committed to building them. The cost in human rights abuses has been, and continues to be, high, according to Kelly Haggart and Yang Chongqing . Many of these abuses violate international...
February 21, 2003
China Rights Forum
Testimony of Xu Jue, mother of Wu Xiangdong
Wu Xiangdong , male, born August 13, 1968, 21 when he was killed; worked at the No. 4 Workshop of the Beijing East Wind Television Factory and was a third-year student of business management at the Beijing Instrument and Meter Workers' University. Wu Xiangdong was shot at about 11:00 p.m. on June 3...
January 31, 1999
Shanghai Rights Defenders Detained in Advance of 18th Party Congress
Human Rights in China (HRIC) has learned that at least four rights defenders in Shanghai were detained in late September: Mao Hengfeng (毛恒凤) , Cui Fufang (崔福芳) , Wang Kouma (王扣玛) , and Tong Guojing (童国菁) . Three of them have been charged with “gathering a crowd to disturb public order” or “...
October 2, 2012
HRIC Bulletin
Mao Hengfeng

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