Criminal Justice
On December 5, 2012, the Longhua District People's Court in Haikou city, Hainan province, imposed a three-year suspended sentence and a 17,000 yuan (US$2,727) fine on Liu Futang, a retired forestry official and environmentalist, for allegedly engaging in "illegal business activities" (Chinadialogue, 5 December 12; Caixin journalist's blog entry, 11 October 12). Liu's sentencing came nearly two months after his trial on October 11 (Southern Weekend (SW), reprinted in Chinadialogue, 19 October 12).
Report 2005: Civil and Political Rights, Including the Question of Torture and Detention; Opinions Adopted by the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention
Document Number: E/CN.4/2005/6/Add.1
19 November 2004
No.21/2003 - Li Ling and Pei Jilin.
No.23/2003 - Xu Wenli.
No.25/2003 - Di Liu.
No.26/2003 - Ouyang Yi and Zhao Changqing.
No.14/2004 - Jae Hyun Seok.
No.15/2004 - Huang Qi.
The Yinan County People's Court in Linyi city, Shandong province, sentenced Chen Kegui to three years and three months in prison on November 30 for "intentional injury" (a crime under Article 234 of the PRC Criminal Law), according to a November 30 Associated Press (AP) report (via Google). The charges against Chen are in connection to his clash with officials when they invaded his home after discovering that his uncle, prominent legal advocate Chen Guangcheng, had escaped illegal home confinement (Washington Post (WP), 30 November 12).
On October 31, 2012, the Kunming Intermediate People's Court sentenced democracy advocate Cao Haibo to eight years in prison on the charge of "subversion of state power" (Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), 1 November 12). The same article noted the charges related to Cao's discussions of democratic reforms and constitutional rights in an online chat group called "Society to Strengthen China" (Zhenhuahui). According to a November 5, 2012, Human Rights in China (HRIC) article, Cao also created other online chat forums to talk about the Three Principles of the People, a political philosophy created by Sun Yat-sen, a leader of the Nationalist Party (Kuomintang) and the first provisional president of the Republic of China (1911–1912) who was considered to be the father of modern China. (Encyclopedia Britannica, online).
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Statement of CECC Chairman Christopher Smith and Cochairman Sherrod Brown on the Trial and Sentencing of Chen Kegui
November 30, 2012
(Washington, DC)—Today we are deeply dismayed to learn that authorities have sentenced Chen Kegui, nephew of renowned legal advocate Chen Guangcheng, to more than three years in prison, in a trial marred from beginning to end by glaring procedural violations. Authorities' treatment of this case raises serious questions about the rule of law in China.
The following Chinese text was retrieved on December 2, 2016, from the website of Nanjing Municipal Public Security Bureau, Yuhuatai Branch.
Refer to this page for the prior version of the PRC Public Security Administration Punishment Law, passed on August 28, 2005, and effective on March 1, 2006.
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CECC Releases Chinese Translation of 2011 Annual Report Executive Summary
May 15, 2012
Transcript (PDF) (Text)
The recent escape of self-trained legal advocate Chen Guangcheng from illegal house arrest has attracted international attention and concern. On April 22, Chen escaped from his home in Dongshigu village, Linyi city, Shandong province, where he and his family had been detained without charge for 19 months. After escaping from home confinement, Chen met the U.S.
The National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) reviewed a revised draft of the Mental Health Law (NPC, 29 October 11) during its bimonthly session in late October 2011. In June 2011, the State Council Legislative Affairs Office had released an initial draft (Xinhua, 10 June 11) for public comment. This draft was "repeatedly revised" before being sent to the NPCSC for review, according to a November 21 Sina report. A draft had also been passed "in principle" in a September 2011 State Council executive meeting chaired by Premier Wen Jiabao (PRC government, 19 September 11), but it is unclear which draft the participants reviewed.