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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.

CHN 007 / 1007 / OBS 128

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.

Muchos disidentes chinos fueron deportados, maltratados o desaparecieron en los últimos días, dijo hoy a Efe el activista pro Derechos Humanos Hu Jia, en lo que se considera la peor campaña de acoso y derribo a la disidencia en 5 años.

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.

CHN 006 / 1007 / OBS 127
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

New information

CHN 009 / 1106 / OBS 136.2

Enforced disappearance / Harassment

People’s Republic of China

September 27, 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), has received new information and requests your urgent intervention on the following situation in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

 

Brief description of the situation:

 

The Observatory has been informed by “Chinese Human Rights Defenders” (CRD) about the enforced disappearance of Mr. Gao Zhisheng, a human rights lawyer and the director of the Beijing-based Shengzhi Law Office, which has taken on high-profile human rights cases.