The continued crackdown on human rights defenders #HRDs has never stopped.
#SitongBridge #PengLifa, still under #ForcedDisappearance;
#ChowHangTung, still detained;
the #HKAlliance3 trial began on 22 January.
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#PengLifa was detained 3 years ago on 13 Oct. after hanging banners on a #Beijing bridge criticizing #XiJinping. He reportedly received a nine-year sentence in July this year, but there has been no information about his location or well-being.
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Qi Hong, who staged the Chongqing protest from a distance, named imprisoned activist #PengLifa as his inspiration. In July, Peng was reportedly sentenced to 9 years on charges including "arson" and "picking quarrels and provoking trouble."
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...
After 2+ years of forced disappearance, bridge protester #PengLifa reportedly gets 9 years for criticizing #XiJinping. His banners called for freedom—Xi's response? Make him vanish. This sentence isn't justice, it's revenge against resistance.
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#PengLifa, detained protester against XiJinping's rule on a Beijing bridge in 2022, is reportedly sentenced to 9 years. Authorities apparently punished him for free speech & peaceful expression, in violation of Chinese Constitution & China's signature on the ICCPR.
www.nchrd.org/2025/07/chin...
The continued crackdown on human rights defenders #HRDs has never stopped.
#SitongBridge #PengLifa, still under #ForcedDisappearance
#ZhangZhan, detained 3 months after release
Iconic protester #PengLifa has been missing for more than two years since police wrestled him into a vehicle on the bridge where he displayed his protest banner.
At least 30 dissidents are currently known to have disappeared since 2019.
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3/4 #HuangXueqin, #HushtarIsa, #YalkunIsa, #JiXiaolong, #LiYanhe, #PengLifa, #QinYongmin, #RuanXiaohuan, #SemkyiDolma, #TashiDorje, #TashpolatTiyip, #IlhamTohti, #WangBingzhang, #WangJianbing, #WangYi, #KamileWayit, #XuNa, #XuQin, #XuZhiyong, #YangMaodong, #YuWensheng,
Fang is far from being alone: Police in #China routinely make people like him vanish, for weeks, months, and some haven't resurfaced for years, #GaoZhishen, #PengLifa, in alarming patterns: www.nchrd.org/2024/08/hund...
