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BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese human rights activist whose husband was jailed earlier this year has disappeared and may have been taken by police to prevent her from speaking to journalists during the Beijing Olympics, an overseas-based human rights group said Friday.
The group, Chinese Human Rights Defenders, said Zeng Jinyan disappeared on Thursday and has not been heard from. Zeng is married to activist Hu Jia, who was sentenced to 3 1/2 years in prison in April.
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Aug. 11, 2008, 1:40AM
Un activista cristiano que fue detenido cuando se dirigía en bicicleta a un servicio religioso al que asistiría el presidente estadounidense George W. Bush el fin de semana de la inauguración de los Juegos Olímpicos no ha retornado a casa, dijo su hermano.
Hua Huilin dijo el lunes que él y su hermano Hua Huiqi, miembro de un iglesia cristiana no autorizada de Beijing, fueron detenidos por agentes de seguridad que se movilizaban en dos automóviles negros cuando se dirigían de madrugada a la iglesia protestante Kuan Jie.
WASHINGTON, 5 (ANSA)- Un grupo de activistas favorables a la independencia de Tíbet, con base en Washington, denunció hoy que en la región hay centenares de personas desaparecidas tras la represión ordenada por el gobierno chino a principios de año.
La asociación, denominada Campaña Internacional por Tíbet, denunció en un informe que desde los días de los enfrentamientos en Lhasa, capital de la región tibetana, varios soldados chinos rodearon la ciudad.
Centenares de tibetanos, estudiantes, campesinos, monjas y monjes fueron detenidos o han "desaparecido" y muchas personas tmen ser detenidas sin motivos en Lhasa.
"China reforzó dramáticamente las medidas de seguridad en Tíbet y anunció nuevos planes 'anti-terrorismo', para prevenir cualquier posible motivo de vergüenza por parte del Partido Comunista frente a la audiencia mundial de los Juegos Olímpicos", dice el informe de la organización. JMG
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MADRID, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Spain's High Court said on Tuesday it would investigate seven high-ranking Chinese officials over accusations that they oversaw widespread killing and torture to suppress this year's protests in Tibet.
In a ruling three days before the Olympic Games open in China, the high court -- which prosecuted former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet -- accepted the case from Tibetan rights groups.
Among those accused of violent suppression of anti-Chinese protests are China's Defence Minister Liang Guanglie and Tibet's hardline Communist Party boss, Zhang Qingli.
Case CHN 250708
The International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in the People’s Republic of China.
Brief description of the situation
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by a reliable source and Antenna International, member organisation of OMCT SOS-Torture Network, about the detention of Mr. Xie Changfa, a dissident from Changsha, Hunan Province, and the forced disappearance of Mr. Lü Honglai, a Tianjin-based dissident.
According to the information received, on 25 June 2008, the Yuhua branch office of the Changsha Public Security Bureau (PSB) detained Mr. Xie Changfa on ground of “suspicion of subverting state power”. His brother, Mr. Xie Changzhen, and a teacher surnamed Wu were also detained. Mr. Xie Changzhen was reportedly released on 17 July 2008 to await trial as he was not charged with a serious offence, while Wu was reportedly released earlier. Mr. Xie Changfa may be detained at Changsha City Detention Center but this information could not be confirmed.
Enforced disappearance /
Risk of torture or ill-treatment
People’s Republic of China
October 12, 2007
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention on the following situation in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The Observatory has been informed by “Chinese Human Rights Defenders” (CRD) about the enforced disappearance of Ms. Liu Jie, an activist for the rights to complain and to seek justice.
According to the information, on October 11, 2007, Ms. Liu was arrested by Beijing police around noon as she was leaving some friends at Beijing Zhong Ding Village, near South Train Station. She was taken to the nearby You-an Men police station where her cell phone was confiscated. Police officers then put her in a car and drove away.
Hu, nominado junto a su esposa Zeng Peiyan para el premio Sajarov del Parlamento Europeo, escribió varias misivas a medios de comunicación en las que denunció como muchos de los activistas están en paradero desconocido.
Enforced disappearance /
Risk of torture or ill-treatment
People’s Republic of China
October 11, 2007
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), requests your urgent intervention o the following situation in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
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The Observatory has been informed by “Chinese Human Rights Defenders” (CRD) about the enforced disappearance of Messrs. Yao Lifa and Lu Banglie, two activists promoting local democratic elections in Hubei Province
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information
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disappearance / Harassment
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The
Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of
the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation
Against Torture (OMCT), has received new information and requests your urgent
intervention on the following situation in the People’s Republic of
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description of the situation:
