CCS protests the continued detention of Dr. Zicheng Hu, a Chinese-American engineer who has been unable to leave China since November 2008 when he went on a business trip to China. He served a 17 month prison sentence, was released without charges, but is unable to leave China. CCS urges the government of China to release him immediately. … continue reading >>
Award-Winning Chinese-American Engineer Continues to be Detained in China Long After He Was Acquitted of Charges
December 8, 2011
Chinese Dissident Released from Prison
June 27, 2011
Hu Jia in April 2010
Hu Jia, a prominent Chinese dissident whose activism on behalf of the environment and AIDS sufferers landed him in prison for the last three and a half years, was released in the pre-dawn hours Sunday, June 18, and returned to his home in Beijing.
CCS has been advocating for his release, supporting his family”s request for medical parole, in view of Hu Jia’s serious liver ailment.
CCS Urges Chinese Authorities to Release Chinese Activists
November 30, 2010
Ding Zilin
CCS wrote a letter to Chinese authorities concerning Ding Zilin, her husband Jiang Peikun, as well as for Liu Xia.
Associates of Ding Zilin, a former professor of philosophy, a spokesperson for the Tiananmen Mothers and a supporter of Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, state that they have been unable to contact her or her husband by phone or email since October 8, 2010. … continue reading >>
Chinese Activist Liu Xiaobo is Awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
November 3, 2010
“International human rights law and standards are above the nation-state, and the world community has a duty to ensure they are respected,” the Chairman of the Nobel Prize committee says in explaining its award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Chinese activist Liu Xiaobo. Liu, who is serving an 11 year sentence for “subverting state power” after peacefully circulating the “Charter 08″ petition to implement the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, … continue reading >>
Resolution 953 and Uighur rights
July 12, 2010
Congressman James McGovern of Massachusetts recently introduced Resolution 953, which calls for the US to raise the issue of Uighur rights with Chinese officials, for an independent investigation in the July crackdown on Uighur protesters, as well as for the establishment of a US consulate in Urumqi and the opening of a meaningful dialogue with China’s government. We support all of these goals. … continue reading >>
Imprisoned Chinese activist applies for medical parole
April 18, 2010
Imprisoned human rights activist Hu Jia, convicted unjustly for peacefully exercizing his rights in accord with Chinese law, has served two years and three months of his sentence. He has been in poor health all of this time, with cirrhosis of the liver–a fatal and incurable disease–and lately his condition has deteriorated. Hu Jia is a strict vegetarian and in urgent need of good nourishment and treatment. Hu Jia, his wife Zeng Jinyang, and his mother Feng Juan applied to the Beijing Municipal Prison Administration Bureau for medical parole on April 7, 2010.
Chinese professor prevented from travelling
April 16, 2010
Cui Weiping, a professor at the Beijing Film Academcy and prominent academic, planned to lecture at Harvard University and attend a conference sponsored by the Association of Asian Studies but the director of her school told her that she had been forbidden to travel. … continue reading >>
Google in China
April 15, 2010
In March, 2010, Google Corporation decided that it would no longer continue censoring the contents of Google in China, as required by that country’s government. Earlier attacks on the privacy of the Google network led to this decision, including evidence that the Gmail counts of human rights activists in China were being accessed. The company’s decision redirected users in mainland China to uncensored searches delivered via servers in Hong Kong. … continue reading >>
CCS applauds Google for their stand on China
January 28, 2010
Recent attacks on Google email systems in China compromised the privacy of communications by human rights activists. We have been advocating for many years on behalf of Chinese academics and other professionals who peacefully protest government policy.
Lately, peaceful expressions in China of almost any political views that the authorities characterize as subversive have been punished by long prison sentences. … continue reading >>
Liu Xiaobo still imprisoned
January 28, 2010
Liu Xiaobo
Letter on behalf of Liu Xiaobo
Originally published in the Washington Post
To His Excellency Hu Jintao
President of the People’s Republic of China
Prague, Jan. 6, 2010 … continue reading >>
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