Professors demonstrate before Beijing Municipal Government
The Beijing Heshi Garden Realty Development Project has stopped construction after it was discovered the project developer was involved in bribery. Hundreds of investors and buyers appealed more than 20 times for the project to continue, without luck. In the afternoon on January 4, over 120 victims, including professors from Beijing University and Qinghua University, [...]
Arrested for creating the China Petitioners Alliance
Ms Wang Li-Qing is a petitioner from Shanghai. She participated in a non-government organisation called the China Petitioners Alliance. Following a meeting of the Alliance she was intercepted at her front gate by plain-clothed policemen delegated by the Hongkou District government. She was forcibly taken, against proper procedure.
Rights lawyers condemn suppression of toxic milk scandal victims
In further news, about the detention of family members protesting the Sanlu milk scandal, Beijing human rights lawyers and activists have condemned the authorities for carrying out unlawful detentions. Family members had initially tried to organise a press conference with media outlets to discuss compensation. However they now find themselves under surveillance and face intimidation [...]
Outbreak of lead poisoning in Jiangsu province
Over forty children from Xinshanhe Village in Pizhou city in Jiangsu province have been diagnosed with lead poisoning. Locals claim that these are the results of polluted air pumped out by a local lead alloy company. It severely contaminates the air of villages around the factory. Villages also claim that they have been stopped from [...]
Defending Falun Gong practitioners becomes growing trend
According to Sound Of Hope news reports, in 2008 many human rights lawyers in China have defied a ban by the Chinese Communist Party, and have chosen to defend the innocence of Falun Gong practitioners. This has become a growing trend for mainland Chinese lawyers.
Liu Peng on hunger strike for eight months
Reports from the 29th December reveal that Liu Peng, a Falun Gong practitioner from Shanghai, was illegally arrested in February 2008 by police in the Xuhui district of Shanghai. At the end of April, he went on a hunger strike to protest his illegal kidnapping and torture administered by the Shanghai authorities. His health is [...]
