Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
07/12/10 CHN 29/2010 Arbitrary
JUA
detention;
China
Freedom of
expression;
Human rights
defenders;
Torture
Summary of the allegation transmitted
Alleged crackdown on human rights defenders in China following the awarding of the
2010 Nobel Peace Prize to Mr. Liu Xiabo. According to the information received, the
following were arbitrarily arrested and/or detained: Wang Lihong, Wu Gan, and Zhao
Changqing, Liao Shuangyuan, Wu Yuqin, Liu Suli, Hua Chunhui, Wang Yi, Li Hai, Guo
Xianliang, Xu Zhiyong, Wang Lihong, Liu Jingsheng, Wang Guoqi, Wu Gan, He Yang, Xiao
Lu, Tiantian, Gao Jian, Peng Mo, Zhang Yongpan, Zhao Fengsheng, Tiantian, Liu Qiangben,
Shen Minqiang. The following were reportedly subject to restrictions on freedom of
movement through the imposition of house arrests: Zhang Zuhua, Zhou Tuo, Pu Zhiqian, Fan
Yafeng, Yu Jie, Ning Xuan, Hou Wenbao, Cui Weiping, and Xu Youyu. The following
activists had reportedly been put under police surveillance or their freedom of movement had
been restricted: Bao Tong, Liu Xia, Ding Zilin, Jiang Peikun, Jiang Qisheng, Hu Shigen, Gao
Yu, Yu Meisun, Liu Suli, Liu Qiangben, Feng Zhenghu, Chen Tianshi, Yao Lifa, Chen
Guangbiao, Gao Jian, Tiantian, Zhang Dajun, Zhang Jiannan, Liu Di, Liu Junning, Liu Ning,
Li Xiongbing, Zhao Fengsheng, Wang Yi, Sun Wenguang, Qi Zhiyong, Wang Lihong, Li
Zhiying, A Er, Wang Zhongxia, He Yang, Jiang Tianyong, Li Fangping, Xu Zhiyong, Zhao
Changqing, Qang Guangze, Xia Yeliang, Zhang Hui, Wang Jinbo, and Mo Zhixu. Activists
who were prevented from going abroad include Ai Weiwei, Mao Yushi, Liu Xiaoyuan, Cui
Weiping, Mo Shaoping, He Weifang, Li Subin, Jiang Tianyong, He Guanghu, Liao Yiwu,
Hao Jian, Zhang Boshu, Guo Yushan, Fang Cao, Wang Jinglong, Duan Qixian, Yu
Fangqiang, Ding Ding, son of Ding Dong and Geng Xiaoqun. Activists forcibly returned to
their hometowns included Liu Shasha, Wu Gan, Zhao Changqing, Hua Ze, Zhang Hui and
Gao Jian, Mo Zhixu, Hou Wenbao, Chen Tianshi and Li Hai. The following were subject to
acts of intimidation, notably through summons for questioning: Huang Yaling, Sun
Wenguang, Ni Wenhua, Li Hongwei, Qin Zhigang, Xie Jinyu, Chen Xi, Mo Jiangang, Chen
Defu, Shen Youlian, Xu Guoqing, Wang Zang, Wu Yuqin and Liao Shuangyuan, Wang
Lihong,Ye Du, Cha Jianguo, Gao Hongming, Wang Guangze, Jiang Danwen, Yang Anliang,
Wang Zhengwei, Li Chun, Zhang Wei, Wang Lihong, Zhao Changqing, Wu Gan, Xu
Zhiyong, Liu Jingsheng, Wang Guoqi, He Yang, Zhang Yongpan, Yin Yusheng, Zhao
Fengsheng, Bao Longjun, Liao Shuangyuan, Gao Jian, Wei Qiang, A Er, Xiao Lu, Tiantian,
Sun Wenguang, Li Hongwei, Ni Wenhua, Qin Zhigang, Liu Guiqin, Jie Jinyu, Hou Zonglan,
Gao Xiangming, Li Wanlong, Gong Lei, Chen Qingquan, Li Changyu, Li Shijun, Chen Xi,
Huang Yanming, Du Heping, Shen Youlian, Xu Guoqing, Li Renke, Duan Qixian, Zhang
Wei, Zan Aizong, Zhu Xinxin, Ye Du, and Chen Xiaochang. Other activists who were warned
not to celebrate or spread the news
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