2013年9月13日 来源：华盛顿邮报
By Simon Denyer, Published: September 13
BEIJING — Last month, Chinese police invited Wang Gongquan in for a “cup of tea,” often a prelude here to detention. He had launched a public petition calling for the release of arrested dissident Xu Zhiyong, and the authorities were not amused. But Wang effectively told the police to forget it — he had no time for tea, he was traveling, and he had said everything he wanted to say. 继续阅读…
2013年9月13日 来源：
BBC中文网
消息称，曾声援被捕法律学者许志永的中国知名投资人王功权被北京警方以扰乱秩序为由带走。
媒体人笑蜀对BBC中文网说，据王功权的家人对他称，北京市公安局20多名警员星期五（9月13日）上午到其家中搜查近两个小时，随后把王功权以及其电脑等物品带走。
笑蜀说，警方出示了传唤通知书，涉嫌罪名是扰乱公共场所秩序。目前王功权下落不明。 继续阅读…
王功权
今天，2013年9月13日。中午十一点半，北京市公安局二十多个警察突然闯进王功权先生的住所，抄家两个小时之后，将他带走。晚上8点17分，警方宣布刑拘王功权先生，向他家人送达了刑拘通知书，涉嫌罪名是“扰乱公共场所秩序”。
我们认为，这是一个荒诞的指控，王功权先生不可能扰乱任何公共场所秩序。
王功权先生是新公民运动的坚定支持者，但他支持新公民运动的全部初衷，无非是通过和平、合法之途，来争取宪法规定的公民权利，通过争取公民权利的进程带动公民社会的成长，最终推动中国的和平转型，让我们的社会更多人性，更多自由与公义，更多爱与温暖。
这是王功权先生的价值观所注定的。他是一个真诚的佛教徒，一个彻底的人道主义者与和平主义者。柔软，善良，悲悯与责任，是他与生俱来的气质。他对这个世界、对所有人充满了善意。 继续阅读…
来源：美联社 8月23日 作者：Gillian Wong
Featured in 彭博商务周刊, ABC News, 华盛顿邮报, Fox News 等
BEIJING (AP) — The formal arrest this week of one of China’s most well-known civil rights advocates underscores how unnerved the country’s new leaders are by any independent, vaguely organized political action — even if it is as mundane as gathering for a dinner party.
Beijing activist Xu Zhiyong, arrested Thursday, is one of the founders of a loose network of campaigners known as the New Citizens Movement, who, among other things, have called for people to get together on the last Saturday of each month for dinner to discuss China’s constitution and other legal issues. 继续阅读…
许志永
7月16日，“新公民运动”发起人许志永博士在被非法软禁长达三个月之后，被北京市警方刑拘。而在此之前，警方已经刑拘或正式逮捕了“新公民运动”至少15名参与者。政府当局全面压制“新公民运动”的意图显而易见。
这是一起个极其严重的事件。从远处说是对斯大林模式的所谓“无产阶级专政”的延续，从近处说是对十年刚性维稳的延续，就当下说更是对习近平先生承诺的“全面实施宪法”的公开背弃
反宪政潮流因舆论的顽强狙击已经退潮，但对公民社会的压制仍甚嚣尘上，而且直接动用国家机器，实施定点打击。许志永和他的伙伴们遭遇的厄运，是这方面的最新案例。 继续阅读…
Drive to Strengthen One-Party Rule Unhindered by Upcoming UN Rights Council Election
AUGUST 30, 2013 来源：人权观察 Human Rights Watch
(New York) – The Chinese government has undertaken a nationwide crackdown on dissent in an apparent campaign against perceived challenges to one-party rule, Human Rights Watch said today. Since February 2013 the government has arbitrarily detained at least 55 activists, taken into custody critics and online opinion leaders, and increased controls on social media, online expression, and public activism, rolling back the hard-won space China’s civil society has gained in recent years. 继续阅读…
来源：Reuters
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union called on China on Wednesday to release one of the country’s most prominent rights activists, Xu Zhiyong, telling Beijing to respect international standards on freedom of expression.
Police arrested Xu, who has called for officials to disclose their wealth, last week, raising the stakes in the government’s crackdown on anti-graft campaigners. 继续阅读…
来源：华尔街日报中文版
北京警方本周正式逮捕了呼吁政府提高透明度的知名人士许志永，外界担心中国当局正在加大力度打击要求其放权的呼声。
全文请见：http://cn.wsj.com/gb/20130824/bch152508.asp
华泽
来源：New York Times By HUA ZE (华泽)
Published: August 18, 2013 23
XU ZHIYONG, a lawyer for the underprivileged, knew he risked his freedom by challenging the Chinese Communist Party to fulfill its vows to fight corruption and promote the rule of law.
His fight made him one of China’s best known human-rights advocates, and it has now landed him in prison. 继续阅读…
刘卫国律师
你好，志永：
很是惭愧，身为你的辩护律师，我却被警方剥夺了会见你的权利，以至于不能履行自己的职责，辜负了你的信任。在此表示歉意，并藉此信对警方滥用权力践踏法律的行为，表示无比愤慨和抗议！
诚然，对于警方的违法，你早已司空见惯。在被捕之前，你已经被限制人身自由近百日了。而这种不定期的非法限制多年来一直陪伴着你，成了你生活中的一部分。今年4月，我们在济南火车站短暂相聚不足10分钟：你要去合肥救助小安妮；我要去靖江声援王全章。匆匆一别，竟有了高墙之隔。
那也是你被捕前最后一次在自己的祖国自由行走。 继续阅读…
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