• An Unprecidented Social Experiment

    - Submitted by michael.lrf on 03/11/2010 - 15:10

    Welcome to Laogai Research Foundation's "An Unprecedented Social Experiment: The Far-Reaching Effects of China's One Child Policy" conference.

    Please watch the recorded webcast below:


    We also invite you to participate in the conference by commenting and/or asking questions. 

    Tweet about this event on our backchannel: #onechildcon
    And follow us @1childdebate

    Comment and ask questions anonymously in our One Child Policy conference chatroom.


    Schedule of Events for March 11, 2010 (after the jump)

    9:00 AM - Coffee and refreshments available for guests
    9:30 AM - Opening remarks by Dr. Barbara Miller
    9:40 AM - Introduction to video of Zhou Xiaoping by LRF Executive Director Harry Wu
    9:50 AM - Video testimony of Ms. Zhou Xiaoping

    10:00 AM - Panel discussion

        * Toy Reid, Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC)
        * Nicole Kempton, Laogai Research Foundation
        * Tencho Gyatso, International Campaign for Tibet
        * Reggie Littlejohn, Women's Rights Without Frontiers

    11:00 AM - Discussion
    11:45 AM - End of conference

     View a visual introduction of the One Child Policy after the jump.


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  • Team of International Lawyers Petition UN over Gao Zhisheng case

    - Submitted by andrew on 03/10/2010 - 13:01

    According to the Associated Press, on Tuesday a group of prominent lawyers from around the globe petitioned the United Nations to condemn the illegal detention of legal activist Gao Zhisheng.  The petition mentioned that not only does the current jailing violate international rights standards; it also violates China’s own legal statutes. 

    Gao was taken into custody on February 4, 2009 and has not been seen or heard from since.  During his detention, Gao has never been formally charged or arrested and his family has never been informed of his whereabouts.  Under Chinese law, all of these measures should have been taken at some point during the past year. 

    This arrest follows Gao’s disclosure of the torture he endured after his detention in 2007.  During that detention, the Chinese authorities threatened to kill him if he ever spoke out about the torture inflicted upon him.  As with his 2007 detention, all of his arrests have been a result of his continued activism against illegal government action including police corruption, illegal land seizures and restriction of religious freedoms.


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  • Teng Biao Tweets, Continued

    - Submitted by michael.lrf on 03/03/2010 - 16:53

    Prolific Twitterer and Chinese human rights lawyer Teng Biao continues to follow the story of three men who staged a hunger strike to protest their death sentences in a murder case. According to Teng, the situation is "growing desperate!" LRF has translated his latest tweets and posted them below.  To see Teng's earlier tweets about the case, as translated by LRF, click here.

    #lpya Tweets from Teng Biao in Chronological Order (Oldest to Newest) Part II

    江西乐平无辜公民被以故意杀人罪判死缓，多年申诉无果，方春平、黄志强和陈发根自2月23日早在景德镇监狱3绝食，现已100小时。采访电话：13155771226；13241918519；13910576638 #lpya #deathpenalty
    Leping, Jiangxi Province-Innocent citizens were wrongfully sentenced to deferred death sentence for intentional homicide, Fang Chunping, Huang Zhijiang, and Cheng Fagen have been on a hunger strike since February 23rd, totaling 3 days! Interview phone numbers: 13155771226；13241918519；13910576638 #lpya #deathpenalty

    死刑冤案： 3名公民正在景德镇监狱绝食 #lpya #sixing http://tengbiao.blog.sohu.com/144911410.html
    Wrongful Death Sentence: 3 citizens in Jingdezhen prison are on a hunger strike #lpya #sixinghttp://tengbiao.blog.sohu.com/144911410.html

    江西乐平无辜公民被以故意杀人罪判死缓，方春平、黄志强和程发根自2月23日早在景德镇监狱绝食，现已4天，生命危急！！！家长13155771226；监狱07982662967；13979865126 律师13241918519 #lpya
    Leping, Jiangxi Province-Innocent citizens were wrongfully sentenced to deferred death sentence for intentional homicide, Fang Chunping, Huang Zhijiang, and Cheng Fagen have been on a hunger strike since February 23rd, totaling 4 days and the situation is growing desperate! Lawyer  13241918519 Prosecutor’s office 0791-8312947 Family  13155771226 Prison 07982662967#lpya


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  • The Laogai: An introduction

    - Submitted by michael.lrf on 03/02/2010 - 16:21

    Do you ever find yourself trying to explain the Laogai to your friends and family, but don't know where to start? LRF has created a fact sheet just for you! 

    "The Laogai: Exercising Dictatorship Over Dissent" fact sheet helps explain the basics of the Laogai, complete with lots of new and interesting facts -- for instance, do you know how many capital offenses exist in China today?  Feel free to download, print, and share this PDF and learn more about China's Laogai.  To download, click the image on the right.

    If you still have questions about the Laogai after reading the fact sheet, please post your questions in the comments of this post  and we'll be sure to respond!

     


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  • Harry's Lunchbox: This is a Test

    - Submitted by michael.lrf on 02/26/2010 - 17:00

    In this installment of Harry's Lunchbox, a recurring video segment in which Harry Wu discusses life under Communism and in the Laogai, Harry explains the Chinese idiom "Zi Lu Wei Ma" (To call a deer a horse).

    Watch more videos of Harry and LRF on Youtube.


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