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HRIC is frequently asked, “What can I do to make a difference?” This page gives suggestions on what you can do in specific areas of concern. This summer, action to combat racial discrimination will be high on the global agenda . The preparations for the World Conference Against Racism, to be held...
April 17, 2001
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Hada
Hada was sentenced to a 15-year prison term on November 11, 1996, for “separatism” and “espionage”. He is being held in Inner Mongolia’s No. 4 Prison, and suffers from pneumonia and intestinal problems.
April 16, 2001
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Hada
Letter writing can change lives
Domestic & international appeals gain release of retiree
April 15, 2001
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From the Editor
Over the last two decades, a handful of cases in which individuals have been incarcerated in psychiatric institutions for their political views have become known outside China. It was generally assumed that these were aberrations, where local officials were exceeding their powers, and that China...
January 30, 2001
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HRIC Bulletin
REPORTS
January 29, 2001
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Political bedlam
Psychiatric detention of dissidents and the rise of the Ankang system Although in recent years a handful of cases in which individuals were incarcerated in psychiatric institutions for their political activism have become known, it was thought that China had not systematically adopted the...
January 28, 2001
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The case of prisoner Zhu
A textbook example of “political lunacy” The following case study appeared in a 1994 textbook on criminal psychiatric work, Consultative Questions and Answers for Forensic-Psychiatric Medical Evaluations (Sifa Jingshen Yixue Jianding Zixun Jieda) edited by Long Qingchun, a leading official at the...
January 27, 2001
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Tiannanmen & the Chinese Antigone
The leaked documents published in January 2001 as The Tiananmen Papers comprise a set of highly-classified materials detailing the deliberations of China’s key decision-makers during the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, and the evolution of those events. Jeremy Paltiel examines what the documents...
January 26, 2001
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The end of innocence
Heterodox thought on human rights & political reform during the Cultural Revolution
January 25, 2001
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History's place in the human rights debate
China’s modern history and its cultural traditions are often evoked to justify the country’s current authoritarian system of government. But Jeffrey Wasserstrom argues that looking back into the past can also be useful in advocating for greater respect for rights and freedoms. This essay’s main...
January 24, 2001
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