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The Twelve ‘Crimes’ of Wu Gan the Butcher
China Change, August 13, 2017
On Monday one of China’s most well-known rights defense activists, Wu Gan (known by the moniker “The Super Vulgar Butcher” online) will be put on trial in the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court. The court says that the case involves “state secrets” and has announced that it will be a closed hearing. For days now, activists and lawyers around the country have been warned not to travel to Tianjin to try to attend the trial or congregate outside the courthouse. Last December, Wu Gan was charged with subversion of state power. Since the Deng Yujiao case in 2009, he has been an active in the public sphere. All the way until he was arrested in May 2015, Wu Gan was a presence in countless cases involving social justice, grassroots elections, and human rights abuses. He cultivated a renown for his unprecedented ability to mobilize supporters both online and off.
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Open Letter: A Call for Investigation Into HNA Group’s Activities in the US and Likely Corrupt Ties With Top Communist Party Leaders
China Human Rights Accountability Center, August 15, 2017 We are writing this open letter to express our deepest concerns about the highly suspicious activities…
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Wu Gan’s Pretrial Statement
Wu Gan, August 9, 2017 Wu Gan (吴淦), arguably the most celebrated activist in recent years in China’s struggle for justice and human rights,…
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A Home Prison Is Being Built for Recently Released Human Rights Lawyer Xie Yang
China Change, August 2, 2017 According to a recently published video made by Chen Guiqiu (陈桂秋), a professor of environmental science and the…
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Why Is Wu Gan ‘The Butcher’ So Important?
Mo Zhixu, August 16, 2017 The Chinese original was first published in December, 2015. The importance of Wu Gan “the Super Vulgar Butcher”…
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From Brittany, in Memory of Liu Xiaobo’s Spirit and Voice of Conscience
Hermann Aubié, August 9, 2017 Dear Xiaobo, About three weeks ago, shortly after the world learned about your terminal liver cancer diagnosis of…
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Remembering Liu Xiaobo — And What the U. S. Can Do
By Yang Jianli, July 22, 2017 “The U.S. should implement targeted sanctions against those personally responsible for Liu Xiaobo’s death. The U.S. can use the Global Magnitsky Act as a…
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Interview With Yu Zhijian, One of the ‘Three Hunan Hooligans’ Who Defaced the Portrait of Mao Zedong Over Tiananmen Square in 1989, Part Two
Liao Yiwu, June 2, 2017 (Continued from Part One) LIAO: I’ve heard some people say that if they had known blood was…
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Interview With Yu Zhijian, One of the ‘Three Hunan Hooligans’ Who Defaced the Portrait of Mao Zedong Over Tiananmen Square in 1989
Liao Yiwu, June 1, 2017 On the afternoon of May 23, 1989, sitting at home in a small town in Sichuan, poet Liao Yiwu…
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Wang Qiaoling, Wife of Lawyer Li Heping, Reflects on Life, Faith and the 709 Crackdown
Wang Qiaoling, May 26, 2017 This interview was conducted on May 5, 2017, three days before lawyer Li Heping returned home. – The Editors …
