Criminal Justice
China’s Pervasive Use of Torture
April 14, 2016
| Hearing
Urging China’s President Xi To Stop State-Sponsored Human Rights Abuses
September 18, 2015
| Hearing
Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China
August 29, 2015
| PRC Legal Provision
State Security Law of the People's Republic of China
July 1, 2015
| PRC Legal Provision
Lawyers Cite Procedural Violations, Await Decision on Appeal in Ilham Tohti Case
November 17, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Inadequate Medical Care for Cao Shunli Before Her Death Contradicts International Law
April 2, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Detainee Liu Xia Hospitalized as Health Reportedly Worsens
March 27, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Chairman Brown and Cochairman Smith Urge China To End the Unlawful House Arrest of Liu Xia
March 12, 2014
| Press Release
Xi’s Anticorruption Drive: Trials for Transparency Advocates, New Rules for Officials
February 21, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Xu Zhiyong Tried for Advocacy of Education Equality and Official Transparency
January 23, 2014
| Commission Analysis
Gansu Teenager Detained Under New Rules on Online Rumors
December 13, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Corruption in China Today: Consequences for Governance, Human Rights, and Commercial Rule of Law
November 21, 2013
| Roundtable
Chinese Authorities Release Journalist and Democracy Advocate Shi Tao Early
October 28, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Prospects for Reforming China's Reeducation Through Labor System
May 9, 2013
| Issue Paper
The End of Reeducation Through Labor? Recent Developments and Prospects for Reform
May 9, 2013
| Roundtable
Authorities Deny Chen Kegui Urgent Medical Treatment and Medical Parole; Harassment and Intimidation of Family Continues
May 2, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Deny Medical Treatment to Zhu Yufu; Condition Serious
April 16, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Chen Kegui Serving Criminal Sentence, Legal Experts Refute Conviction
March 28, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Advocacy Groups Deliver Petitions Calling for Release of Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia
March 28, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Use Threats, Abuse, and Harassment To Maintain Control Over Chen Kegui and Family
March 28, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Official Opinion Urges Criminal Prosecution of Persons Linked to Self-Immolations
January 18, 2013
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Authorities Detain Blogger for Satirical Tweet About 18th Party Congress
December 21, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Family Members and Supporters of Li Wangyang Detained and Harassed
December 21, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Falun Gong in China: Review and Update
December 19, 2012
| Hearing
Two Years Later: The Ongoing Detentions of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Liu Xiaobo and His Wife Liu Xia
December 19, 2012
| Hearing
Officials Give Environmentalist Liu Futang a Suspended Three-Year Sentence for Exposés
December 14, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Sentence Chen Kegui in Trial Marred by Procedural Violations
December 7, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Democracy Advocate Cao Haibo Sentenced to Eight Years for Subversion
December 4, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Statement of CECC Chairman Christopher Smith and Cochairman Sherrod Brown on the Trial and Sentencing of Chen Kegui
November 30, 2012
| Press Release
Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China
October 26, 2012
| PRC Legal Provision
CECC Releases Chinese Translation of 2011 Annual Report Executive Summary
May 15, 2012
| Press Release
Recent Developments and History of the Chen Guangcheng Case
May 3, 2012
| Hearing
Officials Review Second Draft of Mental Health Law, Final Draft Expected in 2012
March 19, 2012
| Commission Analysis
Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China
March 14, 2012
| PRC Legal Provision
The Case and Treatment of Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
February 14, 2012
| Hearing
Authorities Sentence Chen Wei to 9 Years for Posting Pro-Democracy Essays
December 23, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Loosen Some Restrictions on Chen Guangcheng and Family, Continue To Hold Them Under Tight Control
December 22, 2011
| Commission Analysis
2011 Crackdown Update: Ding Mao, Chen Wei, and Ran Yunfei
November 15, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Statement of CECC Chairman Christopher Smith and Cochairman Sherrod Brown on the Release of the 2011 Annual Report
October 13, 2011
| Press Release
Statement of CECC Chairman Christopher Smith and Cochairman Sherrod Brown on Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
August 22, 2011
| Press Release
UN Group Calls for Immediate Release of Liu Xiaobo and Wife Liu Xia
August 12, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Current Conditions for Human Rights Defenders and Lawyers in China, and Implications for U.S. Policy
June 23, 2011
| Roundtable
Authorities Crack Down on Rights Defenders, Lawyers, Artists, Bloggers
May 3, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Detain Prominent Human Rights Lawyers
April 14, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Recent Developments in Judicial Reform
March 31, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Uyghur Webmaster Receives Seven-Year Sentence
March 31, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Chen Guangcheng, Wife Reportedly Beaten After Release of Video Detailing Official Abuse
March 11, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Considers Reducing Number of Crimes Punishable by Death
February 23, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Upholds Eight-Year Sentence for American Geologist Xue Feng
February 23, 2011
| Commission Analysis
New Information on Sentences Emerges as Official Information on Xinjiang Trials Remains Limited
January 20, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang's First Large-Scale Training Class for Ethnic Minority Lawyers Stresses Meeting Political Goals
January 19, 2011
| Commission Analysis
Henan Authorities Order One-Year Reeducation Through Labor Sentence for Activist's Satirical Tweet
December 10, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Procuratorate Decides Not to Arrest Author Xie Chaoping in Sanmenxia Dam Relocation Program "Book Case"
December 10, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Deny Human Rights Lawyers Professional License Renewals
December 10, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Supreme People's Court Approves Fan Qihang Execution Despite Allegations of Torture
December 10, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Statement of CECC Chairman Byron Dorgan and Cochairman Sander Levin Congratulating Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo
December 10, 2010
| Press Release
Xinhua Article Claims Liu Xiaobo Case Meets International Standards
December 9, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Public Security Issues Ban on Public Parades of Suspected Sex Workers
October 27, 2010
| Commission Analysis
So-Called "Punishment Because of Speech" Is a Misreading of the Judgment in the Liu Xiaobo Case
October 25, 2010
| Site Page
New Information Released on Uyghur Political Prisoners Mehbube Ablesh and Omer Akchi
October 20, 2010
| Commission Analysis
CECC Releases 2010 Annual Report on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
October 15, 2010
| Press Release
Statement of CECC Chairman Byron Dorgan and Cochairman Sander Levin on China's Newest Nobel Laureate: Liu Xiaobo
October 8, 2010
| Press Release
Statement of the Chairman and Cochairman on Political Imprisonment in China Today
August 19, 2010
| Press Release
Ministry of Public Security Launches Seven-Month Nationwide "Strike Hard" Campaign
August 11, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Political Prisoners in China: Trends and Implications for U.S. Policy
August 3, 2010
| Hearing
Beijing Court Sentences American Geologist to Eight Years for State Secrets
July 30, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Statement of CECC Chairman Byron Dorgan and Cochairman Sander Levin on the Newly Enhanced Political Prisoner Database
July 27, 2010
| Press Release
Case of Wrongful Conviction in Henan Captures National Attention
July 8, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Human Rights Defender Gao Zhisheng Disappears Again
June 4, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Environmental Activist Wu Lihong Released, Alleges Abuse
June 4, 2010
| Commission Analysis
State Secrets Protection Law of the People's Republic of China
April 29, 2010
| PRC Legal Provision
Beijing Justice Bureau to Hold Hearing on Permanently Disbarring Human Rights Lawyers
April 21, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Statement of CECC Chairman Byron Dorgan and Cochairman Sander Levin on Deteriorating Health of Hu Jia
April 21, 2010
| Press Release
198 People in Xinjiang Reportedly Sentenced in Trials Marked By Lack of Transparency
March 26, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Chengdu Court Sentences Tan Zuoren to Five Years and Upholds Huang Qi's Sentence
February 26, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Beijing High People's Court Affirms Liu Xiaobo's 11-Year Sentence
February 26, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Number of Trials for State Security Crimes in Xinjiang Increases in 2009
February 3, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Trials Continue in Xinjiang, Press Reportedly Warned Against Independent Reporting
January 27, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Liu Xiaobo Appeals Sentence; Official Abuses Mar Case From Outset
January 21, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Jiangsu Court Affirms 10-Year Sentence of Guo Quan for Organizing Political Party Online
January 21, 2010
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Sentences Liu Xiaobo to 11 Years
January 5, 2010
| Commission Analysis
CECC Chairman Byron Dorgan and Cochairman Sander Levin Issue Joint Statement on the Trial of Liu Xiaobo
December 23, 2009
| Press Release
Prosecutors Indict Liu Xiaobo; Trial To Take Place December 23
December 22, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Sentence Rights Activist Huang Qi to Three Years in Prison
December 18, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Police Transfer Liu Xiaobo's Case to Prosecutors
December 9, 2009
| Commission Analysis
CECC Chairman Byron Dorgan and Cochairman Sander Levin Issue Joint Statement on Human Rights Day 2009
December 9, 2009
| Press Release
Authorities Raid Unregistered Church in Shanxi, Beat and Detain Leaders
December 7, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Jiangsu Court Sentences Guo Quan to 10 Years for Organizing Political Party
December 4, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Execute 9 After Trials in Xinjiang Marked by Due Process Violations
November 30, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Authorities Continue Detentions, Announce Arrests Connected to July 5 Incident
November 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Chengdu Courts Hold Trials of Earthquake Activists
November 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Gansu Authorities Order Environmental Activist Sun Xiaodi and His Daughter to Serve Reeducation Through Labor
November 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Congressional Executive Commission on China Releases Annual Report on State of Human Rights in China
October 16, 2009
| Press Release
Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
October 7, 2009
| Hearing
Ahead of Sensitive Dates, Lhasa Officials Add "Strike Hard" to Crackdown
August 30, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Administrative Penalty Law of the People's Republic of China
August 27, 2009
| PRC Legal Provision
Authorities Pledge Crackdown Following Xinjiang Demonstration and Clashes
August 6, 2009
| Commission Analysis
CECC Chairman Byron Dorgan Calls on China to Reveal Whereabouts of Gao Zhisheng
July 28, 2009
| Press Release
Beijing Police Formally Arrest Liu Xiaobo on Inciting Subversion Charge
July 2, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Officials Extend Liu Xiaobo's Residential Surveillance Beyond Legal Time Limit
July 2, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Two Men in Inner Mongolia in Detention for Involvement in Mongolian Organization and for Planned Protest
June 24, 2009
| Commission Analysis
State Security Cases From Xinjiang Appear to Surge in 2008
April 16, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Uyghur Historian Released From Prison
March 12, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Chengdu Court Postpones Trial of Activist Huang Qi
March 12, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Lhasa Court Sentences Tibetans for Sharing Information With "The Dalai Clique"
February 3, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Manipulation of the Criminal Law to Penalize "Cults" Continues in Case of Painter and Popular Musician
February 1, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Two Young Uyghurs Detained for Distributing Leaflets Calling for Student Demonstration
February 1, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Officials Harass Charter 08 Signers; Liu Xiaobo Under Residential Surveillance
February 1, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Officials To Strengthen Security Before Anniversaries and During Economic Downturns
February 1, 2009
| Commission Analysis
Over 300 Citizens Issue "Charter 08"; Several Activists Detained
December 20, 2008
| Commission Analysis
CHARTER 08 and the Detention of Liu Xiaobo
December 20, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Execution of Chinese Prisoner May Proceed In Spite of Alleged Procedural Irregularities
December 19, 2008
| Commission Analysis
CECC Recommends Action on CHARTER 08 and the Detention of Liu Xiaobo
December 17, 2008
| Press Release
CECC Chairman Sander Levin Issues Statement on Reported Execution of Mr. Wo Weihan
November 29, 2008
| Press Release
CECC Chairman Issues Statement on Wo Weihan Death Penalty Case
November 27, 2008
| Press Release
Authorities Increase Repression in Xinjiang in Lead-up to and During Olympics
November 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Target Religious Leaders During, After Olympic Games
November 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
CECC Releases 2008 Annual Report on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
November 18, 2008
| Press Release
CECC Chairman Sander Levin and Cochairman Byron Dorgan Issue Statement on China's Olympic Commitments
August 1, 2008
| Press Release
Officials Report Release of More Than 3,000 of the More Than 4,400 Detained Tibetan "Rioters"
July 9, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Harassment of Beijing-based Activists During the U.S.-China Human Rights Dialogue
July 8, 2008
| Commission Analysis
CECC Publishes New List of 734 Political Prisoners Currently Detained or Imprisoned in China
July 3, 2008
| Press Release
Mongolian Rights Advocate Released From Detention, Placed Under House Arrest
June 28, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Family Questions Hu Jia's Medical Treatment; CECC Translation of Criminal Judgment
June 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Zhejiang Court Affirms Lu Gengsong Sentence; CECC Translation of Decision
June 25, 2008
| Commission Analysis
CECC Chairman and Cochairman Issue Statement on China's Legal Development
June 25, 2008
| Press Release
CECC Cochairman Byron Dorgan's Opening Statement at Hearing on China's Future Legal Development
June 18, 2008
| Press Release
What Will Drive China's Future Legal Development? Reports from the Field
June 18, 2008
| Hearing
CECC Chairman Sander Levin's Opening Statement at Hearing on China's Future Legal Development
June 18, 2008
| Press Release
Wang Zaiqing Presumed Released From Prison, Shi Weihan Detained in Separate Bible-Printing Cases
May 12, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Land Rights Activist Yang Chunlin Sentenced to Five Years
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Sentences Hu Jia to 3 Years 6 Months' Imprisonment
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Tries Hu Jia, Official Abuses Reported
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
House Church Leader Zhou Heng Released From Detention
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Uighur Editor Korash Huseyin's Prison Sentence Expires
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Public Security Officials Formally Arrest Activist Hu Jia
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
CECC Political Prisoner Data Shows Rise in Tibetan Detentions in 2007
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Wang Dejia, Shi Weihan Released on Bail
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Public Security Officials Detain Activist Hu Jia, Intensify Surveillance of Others
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Internet Essayist Wang Dejia Detained for Inciting Subversion
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Ganzi County Soundly Launches "Public Security Head" Pilot Project (Chinese and English Text)
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Tibetans Appeal Splittism, Espionage Sentences for Horse-Racing Festival Incident
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Guo Feixiong Sentenced to Five Years for Illegal Business Operation
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Tibetan Nomad Calling for Dalai Lama's Return Convicted of Subversion and Splittism
May 5, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Foreign Minister "Freedom of Speech" Comments At Odds With Arrests, Detentions
March 17, 2008
| Commission Analysis
Hu Jia's Indictment (CECC Full Translation)
March 7, 2008
| Site Page
CECC Cochairman Byron Dorgan's Opening Statement at Hearing on The Impact of the Olympics on Human Rights in China
February 27, 2008
| Press Release
Tibetan Abbot Suspected of Link to Posters Sentenced to Three Years' Imprisonment
February 12, 2008
| Commission Analysis
CECC Notes Worsening Human Rights Climate in the Run-Up to the Beijing Olympic Games
January 31, 2008
| Press Release
Anti-Corruption Journalist Gao Qinrong Released Early After Serving Eight Years
February 8, 2007
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Reduce Sentences of Six Political Prisoners, Release Three on Parole
January 3, 2007
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Impose Special Procedures on Release of Shanghai Lawyer Zheng Enchong
December 12, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chen Guangcheng Remains in Prison Following Flawed Retrial
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Senior Official Acknowledges Role of Police Abuses in Wrongful Convictions
December 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities in Jiangsu Arrest Writer Yang Tianshui on Suspicion of Subversion
November 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Writer Yang Tianshui's Status, Location Unknown a Month After Officials Detain Him
November 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Release One China Democracy Party Leader, Detain Another Member
November 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Sentences Journalist Ching Cheong to 5 Years' Imprisonment
November 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Sentence Guo Qizhen to Four Years in Prison for Online Essays
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Shaanxi Provincial Officials Continue Harassment of Catholic Bishop Wu Qinjing
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Law Amended To Require SPC Approval of All Death Sentences
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
SPC, SPP Issue Joint Interpretation on Death Penalty Appeals
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Supreme People's Court Limits News Media Coverage of Court Cases
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Appellate Court Orders Retrial of Chen Guangcheng Case
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
MPS Revises Internal Procedures To Conform With Public Security Administration Law
November 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Postpone Trial, Target Relatives and Neighbors of Chen Guangcheng
November 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Sentence Chen Guangcheng After Taking His Defense Team Into Custody
November 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Announces Reform of Judicial Disciplinary System
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Central Circular Orders Party-Led Campaign on Enforcing Judicial Decisions
October 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Accuse Rights Defender Guo Feixiong of Illegally Operating a Business
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Gao Zhisheng Held Incommunicado, Without Charge or Access to His Defense Lawyer
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Detention, Torture of Anhui Teens Reflect Continuing Criminal Procedure Violations
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Continue to Target Rights Defenders
October 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Human Rights and Rule of Law in China
September 20, 2006
| Hearing
Supreme People's Procuratorate Details New Efforts to Prosecute Abuses of Power
September 7, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Court Sentences Journalist Zhao Yan to 3 Years' Imprisonment
September 7, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Release House Church Filmmaker After 140 Days in Custody
September 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Leaders of Banned House Church Convicted and Sentenced for Murder and Fraud
September 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Formally Arrest Legal Advocate Chen Guangcheng
August 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Proposed Criminal Law Amendment to Ban Sex-Selective Abortion Withdrawn
August 23, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Supreme People's Court to Strengthen Handling of Citizen Petitions by Trial Judges
August 14, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Obstruct Publicity and Legal Defense Efforts in Chen Guangcheng Case
July 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
State-Run Media Highlight Human Rights Abuses and Deaths While in Police Custody
July 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Justice Issues Prohibitions to Restrain Prison and RTL Police Abuses
July 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Public Security Reports Third Quarter Crime Statistics
July 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Coerced Confession in Henan Leads to Wrongful Criminal Conviction
July 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Try Mongol Couple, Assault Son of Imprisoned Mongol Activist
July 25, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Supreme People's Procuratorate Recognizes Continuing Problem of Extended Detention
June 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Hong Kong Newspaper Highlights Government Repression of Lawyers
June 2, 2006
| Commission Analysis
MPS Supports Taping Interrogations, But Has No Plans for Nationwide Implementation
June 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Shaanxi Provincial Court Announces Gradual Elimination Of Advisory Opinions
May 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
UN Special Rapporteur on Torture Concludes Two-Week Visit to China
May 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
NPC Standing Committee Passes Public Security Administration Punishment Law
May 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Public Security Urges Use of "Strike Hard" to Counter Social Unrest
May 22, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Imprisoned U.S. Businessman Jude Shao Eligible for Parole on May 8, 2006
April 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Release AIDS Activist Hu Jia After 41 Days in Detention
April 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Officials Report Increase in Fines and Detentions Under New Public Security Law
April 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Provisions Issued on Organ Transplants, Fail to Address Executed Prisoners
April 24, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chongqing Court Exonerates Man Who Retracted Coerced Confession
March 29, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Torture Rapporteur's Report Discloses New Prison Near Lhasa
March 29, 2006
| Commission Analysis
New Youth Study Group Members To Become Eligible for Parole
March 16, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Local Party Secretary Receives Life Sentence for Authorizing Villager Shootings
March 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
HRIC: Activist Zhao Changqing Subject to Abuse by Prison Officials, Inmates
March 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Beating of Shandong Resident Leads to Clash Between Security Officials, Villagers
March 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Release Date Approaches for Imprisoned China Democracy Party Member Tong Shidong
March 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Provincial High Courts Implement SPC Circular on Death Penalty Hearings
March 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Human Rights Defenders Launch Hunger Strike to Protest Government Oppression
February 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Housing Rights Activist Ye Guozhu Suffers Abuse in Prison, Eligible for Medical Parole
February 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Shanghai Court Upholds Three-Year Sentence for Xu Zhengqing
February 28, 2006
| Commission Analysis
RSF: Imprisoned Journalist Yu Dongyue Evidently Tortured
February 27, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Prison Law of the People's Republic of China (Chinese Text)
February 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Central Government Deliberates on New Law to Restrain Administrative Actions
February 8, 2006
| Commission Analysis
SPC Incorporates Reform of Death Penalty Review into New Five Year Program
February 6, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Supreme People's Court Maps Future Judicial Reforms in Five Year Reform Program
February 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Takes Steps Against Corruption While Land Abuses Continue
February 1, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Guangzhou Officials Release Activist Guo Feixiong
January 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Hebei Provincial Government Issues Opinion Prohibiting Torture to Obtain Evidence
January 31, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Court Sentences Shaanxi Investor Feng Bingxian to Three Years Imprisonment
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Zheng Yichun Wins Human Rights Award, Loses Appeal
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Court Sentences Xu Wanping to 12 Years Imprisonment for Inciting Subversion
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Public Security Reports Rise in Public Order Disturbances in 2005
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Falun Gong Practitioner Charles Lee Released, Expelled to the United States
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Li Changqing Gets Three Years Imprisonment for Reporting Disease Outbreak
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Shanghai Officials Forcibly Admit Petitioner Liu Xinjuan to Psychiatric Care
January 30, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Shanghai Court Sentences Petitioner Xu Zhengqing to Three Years in Prison
January 27, 2006
| Commission Analysis
U.S. Senate Passes Resolution Calling for Release of Chinese Political Prisoners, Including Tenzin Deleg
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua: Tenzin Deleg May Receive Commutation When Reprieve of Death Sentence Expires on January 26
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
European Parliament Adopts Resolution on Tenzin Deleg and Rule of Law in China
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
TIN: New Information Emerges on Sentence Reductions for Tibetan Political Prisoners
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
RFA: Five Tibetan Monks Imprisoned in Qinghai
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Police Detain Tibetan Monk From Prominent Qinghai Monastery
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Court Official Acknowledges Imprisoning Tibetans Who Carried Dalai Lama Photos Into the TAR
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
RFA: Three Tibetans, Previously Unknown, Sentenced for Dalai Lama Photos, Teachings
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Potala Palace Monk Detained Before TAR 40th Anniversary
January 26, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Authorities Punish Imprisoned Activist Zheng Enchong After He Receives Human Rights Award
January 23, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Procuratorate Indicts Feng Bingxian and Three Other Shaanxi Oil Investors
January 17, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Releases Uighur Businesswoman Rebiya Kadeer
January 10, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang Police Form Special Unit To Investigate Exiled Activist Rebiya Kadeer
January 9, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Police Attempt to Take into Custody Son of Uighur Activist Rebiya Kadeer
January 9, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Supreme People's Court Calls for Hearings in Death Penalty Appeals
January 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Trade Officials Tell WTO That Government Contemplates No New Changes to Criminal IPR Laws
January 4, 2006
| Commission Analysis
Three Gorges Project Results in More Evictions, Land Scandals, and Corruption Cases
January 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
U.S. NGO Reports that Official Abuse of Petitioners Is Rampant in China
January 3, 2006
| Commission Analysis
China Continues Crackdown on Public Intellectuals and Activists
December 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
New York Times Reports on Current Status of Detained Researcher Zhao Yan
December 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Jilin Provincial Government Will Allow Citizens To Challenge Internal Regulations
December 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Highlights Overall Lack of Progress in China
December 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Women's Law Amendment Takes Effect, Outlaws Sexual Harassment and Domestic Violence
December 5, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Central Government Expands Provision of Legal Aid in Criminal Cases
December 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
First Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Since Amendment to Women's Law
December 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Shenzhen Public Security Authorities Release Activist and Journalist Liu Shui
December 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Public Security Bureau Compensates She Xianglin for Wrongful Imprisonment
November 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Officials Order Gao Zhisheng to Shut Down His Law Firm
November 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Shanxi Authorities Arrest 293 Officials for Illegal Coal Mine Investments
November 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Deadline Nears for Release of Rural Activist Guo Feixiong
November 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Hu Jinyun's Appeal to the Beijing Intermediate Court in the Case of Cai Zhuohua et. al.
November 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Guangzhou Officials Formally Arrest Rural Activist Guo Feixiong
November 20, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Former Anti-Graft Hero Gets Life in Jail for Corruption
November 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Washington Post: Whistleblower Huang Jin'gao Investigated and under Pressure in Fujian Province
November 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Justice Ministry Takes Steps To Improve the Independence of Expert Factual Determinations
November 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SPC Takes Additional Steps to Reclaim Authority Over Death Penalty Review
October 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Legal Activist Chen Guangcheng Beaten Again
October 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Officials Beat Protestant Businessman in Xinjiang
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Traffic Police in Zhejiang Beat, Detain Editor After Newspaper Publishes Critical Report
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Public Security Officers Detain Environmentalists in Zhejiang Province
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Guizhou Court Sentences Child Traffickers
October 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Court Rejects Writer Zhang Lin's Appeal of Conviction for Subversive Writings
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Local People's Congress Representative, Journalists Beaten While Covering Taishi Village Incident
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Scholars Complete Working Draft of Revised Criminal Procedure Law
October 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Changsha Intermediate People's Court's Written Judgment in the Shi Tao State Secrets Trial
October 4, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Yahoo! Cited in Court Decision as Providing Evidence in Shi Tao State Secrets Trial
October 4, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Public Security Officials Interrogate Chen Guangcheng
September 30, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Liaoning Court Sentences Author Zheng Yichun to Seven Years Imprisonment for Inciting Subversion
September 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Sichuan Court Sentences Officials and Company Officers for Environmental Crimes
September 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Shanghai Authorities Sentence Petitioner Wang Qiaojuan to One Year of Reeducation Through Labor
September 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Liaoyang Labor Activist Yao Fuxin Has Heart Attack in Prison
September 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Shaanxi Authorities Release Lawyer Zhu Jiuhu
September 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Sichuan Provincial Government Issues New Rule Excluding Illegally Obtained Evidence
September 20, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Former Suzhou Vice Mayor to Be Prosecuted for Corruption
September 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Defense Counsel Wonders: Why is the Party Spirit of Corrupt Officials Stronger than their Legal Consciousness? (in Chinese)
September 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Press Report: How Will the Chinese Government End the Era of High-Stakes Gambling?
September 6, 2005
| Commission Analysis
U.N. Special Rapporteur on Torture to Visit China in November
September 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SPC Moving Ahead With Death Penalty Review Reform
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Scholar Says Revised Criminal Procedure Law Likely To Require Witnesses to Appear in Court
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Anhui Court Sentences Writer Zhang Lin to Five Years Imprisonment for Inciting Subversion
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Drug Addict Reportedly Beaten to Death In Police-Run Detoxification Center in Guangdong Province
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Beijing News Reviews Progress and Problems in Criminal Procedure Law Amendment Process
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Prominent Chinese Lawyers Call On Lawyers Association To Investigate the Detention of Zhu Jiuhu
August 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Visits China
August 30, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Police Detain Shaanxi Property Rights Advocate
August 30, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Shanghai Court Sentences Two to Death for Violent Evictions
August 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Party and Government Bodies Detail Early 2005 Anti-Corruption Work
August 29, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Businessman David Ji Released on Bail
August 22, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Latest Edition of HRIC's "China Rights Forum" Focuses on Criminal Justice System
August 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Writer Chen Shaowen Released Following Completion of Sentence
August 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Journalist Wu Shishen Released After More Than 12 Years in Prison
August 5, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese News Media Highlights Government Efforts to Combat Torture
August 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Appeals Court Upholds 10-Year Sentence for Journalist Shi Tao
August 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Jiangsu Official Provides Details on Government Campaign Against Unauthorized Publications
July 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Law in Political Transitions: Lessons from East Asia and the Road Ahead for China
July 26, 2005
| Hearing
Beijing PSB: Few Criminal Suspects Meet With Lawyers During the First Stages of Detention
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Financial Times Reports on Miscarriage of Justice in China
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Investigators Send Zhao Yan Case to Prosecutors, Reset Pre-Trial Detention Clock
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SPP Confirms New Policy on Exclusion of Illegal Evidence
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Anhui Court Tries Writer Zhang Lin on Subversion Charges
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
China Youth Daily Takes Aim at Scholar Opinions in Criminal Cases
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Press Discusses Implementation of New Anti-Torture Measures
July 1, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Web Site Manager Huang Qi Released After Completing Sentence, But Restricted to Home Village
June 7, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Growing Concern About Detention of U.S. Businessman as Key Date Approaches in His Case
May 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Three Chinese Districts Experiment With New Protections for Suspects During Interrogation
May 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Supreme People's Procuratorate Promises to Focus on Eliminating Torture
May 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Procuratorial Daily Commentator Argues That 100 Percent Conviction Rates Should Not Be a Measure of Law Enforcement Effectiveness
May 31, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Statistics Indicate More Than 99 Percent of Criminal Defendants Found Guilty in 2004
May 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Defense Lawyer Guo Guoting Arrives in Canada
May 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Nie Shubin Wrongful Execution Investigation Reportedly at an Impasse
May 25, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Hong Kong Appeals Court Overturns Convictions Stemming From 2002 Falun Gong Demonstration
May 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Scholar: Abuse of Retrial Provisions a Leading Cause of Wrongful Convictions
May 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Sentence Journalist to 10 Years in Prison
May 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Data: Fewer Than One Percent of Witnesses Appear in Court
May 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Asia News: Unregistered Catholic Priests Released in Hebei Province, but Bishop Detained
May 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Fujian Court Imposes Criminal Penalties for Wage Arrears
May 9, 2005
| Commission Analysis
New Wrongful Conviction Cases Revealed as Chinese Media Examine Criminal Justice System
May 9, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Hubei Court Formally Clears She Xianglin of Murder Conviction
May 9, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Liberation Daily: Crime Rate Among Migrant Youth Continues to Rise
May 9, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Legal Daily Examines New Sichuan Rules on Criminal Evidence
May 9, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Southern Weekend Warns of Whitewash in Nie Shubin Wrongful Execution Case
May 9, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Reporters Without Borders Expresses Outrage at Arrest of Chinese Journalist Shi Tao
May 9, 2005
| Commission Analysis
NGO Reports Detention of Seven Unregistered Catholic Priests
April 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Shanghai Communist Party Paper Says it "Understands" People's Anti-Japanese Feelings; Authorities Detain 42
April 27, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Arrests of Unregistered Catholics Coincide with Death of Pope John Paul II
April 12, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese News Media Report on Investigations Into Nie Shubin, She Xianglin Wrongful Conviction Cases
April 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Hubei Man Convicted of Wife's Murder Ten Years Ago Exonerated
April 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Wrongful Execution Sparks Controversy in China
April 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SPP, SPC Work Reports Highlight 2004 Crime Statistics
April 5, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SPC Work Report Reveals Direction of Judicial Reform for 2005
April 5, 2005
| Commission Analysis
California Businessman David Ji Subject to Ongoing Detention in China
April 5, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Detention of Writer Zheng Yichun Prompts Rights Groups to Voice Concern
March 28, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Free Dr. Jiang Yanyong from House Arrest
March 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Formally Arrest Zhang Lin
March 22, 2005
| Commission Analysis
U.S. NGO Calls for Release of Journalist Zhao Yan in Open Letter to PRC President Hu
March 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Senior U.S. Diplomat Announces that the United States Will Not Offer a "China Resolution" in Geneva
March 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Court Convicts Journalist for "Disclosing State Secrets"
March 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
MFA Spokesman Says ICRC Office to Open in Beijing by July 2005
March 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
PRC Envoy to Human Rights Panel Blasts "Unfair" Treatment of Developing Countries
March 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Reports Authorities in Shanxi Province Unlawfully Detained Reporter
March 17, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Justice Seeks to Improve Re-education Through Labor Work Safety
March 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Criminal Law Amendments Proposed To Punish Failure to Pay Wage Arrears
March 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SPC President Urges All Courts to Help Address Worker Wage Arrears
March 14, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Report: Liaoning Province Procuratorate Introduces System to Clear the Names of the Wrongfully Accused
March 14, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Hints Again at Reform of the "Re-Education Through Labor" System
March 14, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Court Web Site Highlights Three Upcoming Judicial Reforms for 2005
March 14, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Use of Advisory Opinions By the Judiciary Draws Media Fire
March 14, 2005
| Commission Analysis
News Report Summarizes 2005 Legislative Plan
March 14, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Jiangsu Procuratorate Experiments with Interviewing Suspects Before Approving Arrests
March 13, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Procuratorial Daily: Administrative Agencies Do Not Transfer Enough Cases to Judicial Organs
March 12, 2005
| Commission Analysis
BBC Reports on the Tiananmen Mothers
March 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
NPC and CPPCC To Address Anti-Secession Law, Military Commission Appointments, Next Five-Year Plan
March 2, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SCMP: Zhao Ziyang Supporter to Sue Chinese Officials Over "Abduction"
February 23, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Scholars and Officials Debate Abolition of the Death Penalty
February 16, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Rights Group: Chinese Authorities Continue to Detain Writer Zhang Lin After Administrative Detention Ends
February 16, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Supreme People's Court Rejects Retrial Petition for Imprisoned American Businessman Jude Shao
February 15, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Rights Group Reports Zhang Lin Detained for Writings, Attempting to Attend Funeral of Zhao Ziyang
February 11, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Dui Hua Foundation Reports New Information on Sentence Reduction and Parole for Prisoners
February 11, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Former Chengdu Land Official Convicted of Corruption Charges
February 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Justice Web Site Publishes ACLA Suggestions on Improving the Work Environment for Defense Lawyers
February 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Southern Metropolitan Daily Discusses Decline in the Number of Re-education Through Labor Detainees
February 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Scholar Reviews Possible Changes to PRC Criminal Procedure Law
February 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
China Law Society Holds Symposium on Official Use of Torture
February 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SPC To Commission Research on the Death Penalty Review System
February 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Ministry of Public Security Releases 2004 Crime Statistics
February 10, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Procuratorial Daily Highlights the Problem of Witness Absence at Chinese Trials
February 8, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua: Tenzin Deleg Death Penalty Commuted to Life Imprisonment
January 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Boxun Reports Chinese Authorities Have Released Writer Yang Tianshui
January 26, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Human Rights Watch Annual Report Highlights Continued Problems in China
January 24, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Pro-Democracy Detainee Yang Jianli Faces 1000th Day in Prison
January 19, 2005
| Commission Analysis
China Daily Calls for Better Rights Protection During Strike Hard Campaigns
January 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
SPC Claims That All Court Cases Involving Extended Detention Have Been Cleared
January 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Beijing Review Examines Key Issues in China's Legal Profession, Among Them the Obstacles Faced By Defense Lawyers
January 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Article Claims That Research on the Difficulties Faced By Criminal Defense Lawyers Restricted After Revealing "Shocking" Initial Results
January 18, 2005
| Commission Analysis
Guangdong Defense Lawyer Convicted of Evidence Fabrication
January 14, 2005
| Commission Analysis
China Announces Formation of "Working Group" on Ratification of the ICCPR
December 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Commentary Condemns the Practice of "Multiple Retrials" in Criminal Cases
December 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Supreme People's Court Rebukes Academics on Proposed Judicial Reforms
December 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Pro-Democracy Detainee Yang Jianli Said to Face Health Difficulties
December 17, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Activist Jailed in China Seeks Medical Aid
December 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Zhengzhou Court Requires Judges to Provide Reasoning to Justify Criminal Sentences
December 8, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Draft Amendment That Would Return Power of Death Penalty Review to the SPC Completed
December 8, 2004
| Commission Analysis
County Government Agency in Guangxi Sues Reporters for Defamation (story in Chinese)
December 8, 2004
| Commission Analysis
MOJ Announces Limited RETL Management Reforms, But Basics of the Current System To Remain Unchanged For Now
December 8, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Media Reports Critical of Law Enforcement in Guangdong Prompt Official Responses
December 8, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Release One Writer, Arrest Another
December 8, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Authorities Consider Amendments to the Organic Law of People's Courts
December 6, 2004
| Commission Analysis
UN Commission on Human Rights Appoints New Special Rapporteur on Torture
December 6, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Procuratorial Daily Highlights Sichuan Torture Case, Discusses the Problem of Torture in China
December 6, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Releases Dissident Labor Activist Liu Jingsheng
November 29, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Opponent of Coercive Family Planning Policies Tortured Again
November 29, 2004
| Commission Analysis
US-China Criminal Defense Lawyer Training Conferences Held in Three Chinese Cities
November 29, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Government Releases Statistics on Extended Detention, Illegal Parole Investigations
November 22, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China Grants Clemency to Labor Leader Chen Gang and Journalist Wu Shishen
November 22, 2004
| Commission Analysis
The U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Revises Chinese-Language Version of Anti-Torture Manual (in Chinese)
November 22, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Expert: Supreme People's Court Has Already Decided to Take Back the Power of Death Penalty Review
November 22, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Liaoning Province Issues Regulations on Defense Lawyer Access to Clients in Custody
November 22, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Southern Weekend Discusses Recent Death Penalty Review Decisions in Gansu Province
November 19, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Court Rejects Imprisoned Newspaperman's Second Appeal (story in Chinese)
November 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Reporters Without Borders: Cyber-dissident He Depu Begins Third Year in Prison
November 4, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Two Political Prisoners Reported to be in Ill Health in Prison
November 2, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Southern Weekend Commentator Argues That Returning the Power of Death Penalty Review to the Supreme People's Court Not Enough
October 29, 2004
| Commission Analysis
US Permanent Resident Yang Jianli Eligible for Parole
October 26, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Draft Public Security Administration Punishments Law Targets Internet Cafes
October 25, 2004
| Commission Analysis
RFA Reports Jiang Yanyong Continues to be Subject to Surveillance and Restrictions
October 18, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Scholars and Officials Discuss "Major Revisions" to the PRC Criminal Procedure Law, Other Procedural Laws
October 13, 2004
| Commission Analysis
HRIC: One-Child Policy Opponent Tortured
October 6, 2004
| Commission Analysis
RSF Reports Chinese Court has Sentenced Internet Writers Kong Youping and Ning Xianhua
October 4, 2004
| Commission Analysis
China's Leaders Warn of Corruption
September 27, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Cites Legal Scholar as Saying China Lacks Sufficient Legal Basis to Prosecute Internet Crime
September 27, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Seventeenth International Penal Law Conference Opens in Beijing
September 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Post Reports that Dissident's Petition Drive to Abolish Reeducation Through Labor Results in his House Arrest (subscription required)
September 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Xinhua Reports that the Chinese Supreme Court is Emphasizing the Connection between Financial Fraud and Official Corruption (story in Chinese)
September 20, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Minister of Justice Points Out Need to Continue Prison Reform (Story in Chinese)
September 16, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Xinjiang High Court Recommends Reform of Written Legal Judgments (in Chinese)
September 15, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Guangdong Authorities Jail Another Newspaper Editor on Corruption Charges
September 14, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Chinese Editors Appeal Jail Terms After Colleague Freed
September 9, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Lawyer in Southern Metropolitan Daily Case now to Focus on Other Detainee
September 2, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Sichuan to Institute Protections for Suspects Immediately Following Arrest
September 2, 2004
| Commission Analysis
Congressional Commission Welcomes Release of Imprisoned Chinese Dissident
March 4, 2004
| Press Release
After the Detention and Death of Sun Zhigang: Prisons, Detention, and Torture in China
October 27, 2003
| Roundtable
CECC Releases 2003 Annual Report on Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China
October 2, 2003
| Press Release
Defense Lawyers Turned Defendants: Zhang Jianzhong and the Criminal Prosecution of Defense Lawyers in China
May 27, 2003
| Issue Paper
The Rule of Law in China: Lawyers without Law?
April 1, 2003
| Roundtable
The Execution of Lobsang Dondrub and the Case Against Tenzin Deleg: The Law, the Courts, and the Debate on Legality
February 10, 2003
| Issue Paper
China's Criminal Justice System
July 26, 2002
| Roundtable
Taming the Dragon: Can Legal Reform Foster Respect for Human Rights in China?
April 11, 2002
| Hearing
CECC's Congressional Members Urge President Bush to Support a China Resolution at the U.N. Human Rights Commission Meeting
March 13, 2002
| Press Release
Baucus And Bereuter Write Letter To President Bush Urging Human Rights Dialogue With Beijing
February 13, 2002
| Press Release
Human Rights in the Context of the Rule of Law
February 7, 2002
| Hearing
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