Institutions of Democratic Governance
Restrictions on Accessing and Sharing Information on Middle East Protests, Jasmine Revolution
February 27: Beating, Rough Treatment, Detention, and Deleted Video in Beijing
The General Office of the Communist Party Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council jointly issued the Provisions Regarding Reporting of Relevant Personal Matters By Leading Cadres (2010 Provisions) on May 26, 2010, according to a July 12, 2010, People's Daily article. The 2010 Provisions replace two previous measures, the 2006 Provisions Regarding Reporting of Relevant Personal Matters by Leading Cadres (2006 Provisions), which sets forth guidelines on the disclosure of Party officials' personal information to the Party and the 1995 Provisions Regarding Reporting of Income by Leading Cadres in Party and Government Organs at the County Level and Above (1995 Provisions), which covers the disclosure of officials’ personal finances to the Party.
The following text was retrieved from the Xinhua Web site on February 18, 2011.
The following text was retrieved from the National People's Congress Web site on February 19, 2013.
The following text was retrieved from the Xinhua Web site on February 18, 2011.
Prominent intellectual Liu Xiaobo submitted an appeal of his 11-year sentence to the Beijing High People's Court on December 29, 2009, according to a January 4, 2010, New York Times (NYT) article. Article 196 of the PRC Criminal Procedure Law gives the high court until mid-February (one and a half months after accepting an appeal) to make its decision, although a ruling could come any time before then. Article 196 also allows the high court to extend its time to decide a case by an additional month, but only under special circumstances.
Freedom of Expression
On December 22, 2009, the Jiangsu Provincial High People's Court upheld the 10-year sentence against Guo Quan, formerly a university professor and past member of the state-approved China Democratic League, according to a copy of the court's judgment published by Boxun on January 4, 2010. In October, the Suqian Intermediate People's Court in Jiangsu handed down the sentence, which also included three years' deprivation of political rights, finding that Guo used the Internet to organize an "illegal" political party called the "China New Democracy Party," recruited members for the party, published numerous "reactionary" articles online, called for a seven-day stay-at-home boycott of the government, and sought to "overthrow" the socialist system.