Corruption

Information Relating to the Complaint against the Xinfu District People’s Procuratorate, Fushun, Liaoning Province, for Bending the Law and the Public Security Department of Fushun Petroleum Chemical Company

[Zhang Hengyin, Sinopec Group] Zhang used his real name to report to Sinopec Group’s discipline inspection commission the corrupt actions of Nie Sizhi, a unit manager at the Fushun Petroleum Chemical Company, a Sinopec’s subsidiary. In 1996, Zhang was detained by the company’s public security...

May 16, 2011

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Corruption

Zhang Hengyin

In Defense of a Free Press: Remembering Imprisoned Journalist Qi Chonghuai on World Press Freedom Day

[Translation and Abridgment by Human Rights in China]

November 16, 2011

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Corruption

Wang Lihong’s Criminal Verdict

[Wang Lihong] On September 9, 2011, Beijing rights activist Wang Lihong was sentenced to 9 months in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking troubles.” On April 16, 2010, Wang organized a protest for the Three Netizens on trial after they exposed a police cover-up of a rape and murder. The...

September 9, 2011

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Corruption

Wang Lihong

Pei Minxin on Reactions to the Nobel Peace Prize

A noted China scholar discusses the Chinese official reactions to the Nobel Peace Prize for Liu Xiaobo and the unstoppable domestic forces pushing for a more transparent and accountable government. Human Rights in China (HRIC): You’re an astute observer and commentator on Chinese politics, but you’...

January 26, 2011

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Rights Defense

Liu Xiaobo

An Open Letter to the Media from 27 Families in Henan

—— The Cry of Many Victims: Lives are at Stake, We Appeal for Your Concern, Save Us! April 6, 2010 [Translation by Human Rights in China] The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) No. 152 Central Hospital in Pingdingshan City, Henan Province, is taking advantage of the illustrious image the PLA has in the...

April 6, 2010

Appeal

Rights Defense

Xue Qiuxiang

Wrongful death

The extrajudicial execution of Cao Haixin, a good citizen of Zhengzhou By the admission of the authorities, judicial corruption in China has reached endemic proportions. But this is not just a matter of money; sometimes life itself may be at stake. And even the intervention of public spirited...

February 20, 2003

China Rights Forum

Access to Justice

Letter from a journalist in prison

To: The Honorable Mary Robinson, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Your Excellency , My name is Gao Qinrong. I am a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and a former correspondent of Shanxi Youth Daily. I worked as a correspondent for the Journalist Observer magazine of Xinhua News...

July 25, 2001

China Rights Forum

Government Accountability

The prospect for China

Democracy or nationalism? The anti-Western nationalism fanned by the Chinese authorities as a way of uniting the country at a time of difficult economic and social changes will not help to resolve social conflicts in the long run, argues Carl Gershman .

April 21, 2001

China Rights Forum