Zheng Enchong
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Zheng Enchong is a Shanghai
-based eiquan movement|Weiquan (rights defending) lawyer. Zheng was sentenced in 2003 to three years in prison for his advocacy on behalf of citizens who had been forcibly evicted from their homes. The charge related to two faxes Zheng was alleged to have sent to the New York-based organisation Human Rights in China concerning workers' protests. Upon his release from prison, he remained under house arrest.
His lawyer Guo Guoting
was allegedly forbidden to see him. Guo Guoting now lives in Canada
.
Zheng Enchong had advised more than 500 families displaced by Shanghai’s urban redevelopment projects on their rights to fair compensation. In 2005, he received the Human Rights Award of the German Association of Judges
.
Zheng, Enchong was later charged and sentenced to three years in prison for "supplying state secrets to foreign entities" in connection with faxes he sent to Human Rights in China
, an NGO based in New York. There are serious concerns that Zheng, Enchong’s detention and conviction were aimed at preventing him from continuing with his advocacy work. A lasting effect of his conviction has been a reported decrease in the number of lawyers in Shanghai willing to "risk" defending people’s rights to housing for fear of reprisals.
On December 8, 2005, the German Judges Association presented Zheng Enchong with its “Human Rights Award” at a reception attended by the German president. Jiang Meili was invited to receive the award on Zheng’s behalf, but his wife Jiang, Meili was restricted from leaving China. Therefore, a petitioner of Hong Kong accepted the award on his behalf.
Zheng, Enchong was released on June 5, 2006, but remained under house arrest.
Authorities Punish Imprisoned Activist Zheng Enchong After He Receives Human Rights Award
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/index.phpd?showsingle=34061#
http://chinaview.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/part-1-member-of-european-parliament-discusses-sensitive-issues-with-china-rights-lawyer-in-shanghai/
http://chinaview.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/part-2-member-of-european-parliament-discusses-sensitive-issues-with-china-rights-lawyer-in-shanghai/
“SHANGHAIED” AT HOME — AND FOREVER?
Jun 9th, 2010 | By USAsialawNYU | Category: Jerome A. Cohen
's Blog,
http://www.usasialaw.org/?p=3728
This article first appeared in the South China Morning Post
on June 10, 2010 under the title “Prisoner in his own home“, and in Chinese in the China Times (简体中文) (繁体中文). Illustration from South China Morning Post.
http://www.usasialaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/2010.6.10-SCMP-Chen-and-Cohen-Prisoner-in-his-own-home_A13.pdf
Jerome A. Cohen
talked about he visited Zheng Enchong in Shanghai on 28/05/2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0FXYi02Z5I
OPINION ASIA/NOVEMBER 11, 2010
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BY JEROME A. COHEN AND EVA PILS
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703805004575607352440807256.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
Empty Chairs in Oslo Speak Volumes
Nov 11th, 2010 | By USAsialawNYU | Category: Features
http://www.usasialaw.org/?p=4599
World Briefing | Asia: China: Lawyer Sentenced
By Joseph Kahn (NYT)
Published: October 29, 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/world/world-briefing-asia-china-lawyer-sentenced.html?scp=2&sq=zheng+enchong&st=nyt
A Mild Shanghai Lawyer and His Accidental Crusade
By HOWARD W. FRENCH
Published: September 18, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/18/international/asia/18guo.html?scp=4&sq=zheng+enchong&st=nyt
Scandals Emerging in Shanghai as Political Season Nears
By HOWARD W. FRENCH
Published: September 5, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/world/asia/05china.html?scp=5&sq=zheng+enchong&st=nyt
Rights Group Urges China to End Curbs on Lawyers
By JOSEPH KAHN
Published: December 11, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/world/asia/11china.html?scp=6&sq=zheng+enchong&st=nyt
Police Said to Have Assaulted Rights Lawyer in China
By HOWARD W. FRENCH
Published: February 26, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/world/asia/26china.html?scp=1&sq=zheng+enchong&st=nyt
China’s Intimidation of Dissidents Said to Persist After Prison
By ANDREW JACOBS and JONATHAN ANSFIELD
Published: February 17, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/world/asia/19china.html?pagewanted=1&sq=zheng%20enchong&st=nyt&scp=3
Zwei Wochen vor Olympia
Chinesischer Internetautor verhaftet
23.07.2008 — 15:02 Uhr
http://www.bild.de/news/vermischtes/news/internetautor-du-daobin-5246052.bild.html
Menschenrechte sind Testfall für die neue Führung Chinas
Autor: Johnny Erling| 02.08.2003
http://www.welt.de/print-welt/article250421/Menschenrechte_sind_Testfall_fuer_die_neue_Fuehrung_Chinas.html
Autor: Kirstin Wenk| 12.12.2005
http://www.welt.de/print-welt/article183661/Peking_bestaetigt_Schuesse_auf_Demonstranten_bis_zu_20_Tote.html
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
-based eiquan movement|Weiquan (rights defending) lawyer. Zheng was sentenced in 2003 to three years in prison for his advocacy on behalf of citizens who had been forcibly evicted from their homes. The charge related to two faxes Zheng was alleged to have sent to the New York-based organisation Human Rights in China concerning workers' protests. Upon his release from prison, he remained under house arrest.
His lawyer Guo Guoting
Guo Guoting
Guo Guoting , is a former Chinese lawyer, and chief partner of the Shanghai Tian Yi Law Firm. He was one of few lawyers who would defend dissidents and Falun Gong practitioners. He represented the imprisoned lawyer Zheng Enchong and journalist Shi Tao. Because of these activities, the Shanghai...
was allegedly forbidden to see him. Guo Guoting now lives in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
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Zheng Enchong had advised more than 500 families displaced by Shanghai’s urban redevelopment projects on their rights to fair compensation. In 2005, he received the Human Rights Award of the German Association of Judges
German Association of Judges
The German Association of Judges is the largest professional organization of judges and public prosecutors in Germany. It was founded in 1909...
.
Biography
A lawyer from Shanghai, represented or advised around 500 families who were evicted due to urban redevelopment in the city, and who received little or no compensation from the authorities. He was detained in June 2003, days after a group of evicted residents he had advised appeared in court attempting to sue the authorities for adequate compensation, alleging collusion between officials and a wealthy property developer.Zheng, Enchong was later charged and sentenced to three years in prison for "supplying state secrets to foreign entities" in connection with faxes he sent to Human Rights in China
Human Rights in China
Human Rights in China is a New York-based international, Chinese, non-governmental organization with a mission to promote international human rights and advance the institutional protection of these rights in the People's Republic of China....
, an NGO based in New York. There are serious concerns that Zheng, Enchong’s detention and conviction were aimed at preventing him from continuing with his advocacy work. A lasting effect of his conviction has been a reported decrease in the number of lawyers in Shanghai willing to "risk" defending people’s rights to housing for fear of reprisals.
On December 8, 2005, the German Judges Association presented Zheng Enchong with its “Human Rights Award” at a reception attended by the German president. Jiang Meili was invited to receive the award on Zheng’s behalf, but his wife Jiang, Meili was restricted from leaving China. Therefore, a petitioner of Hong Kong accepted the award on his behalf.
Zheng, Enchong was released on June 5, 2006, but remained under house arrest.
News links
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Authorities Punish Imprisoned Activist Zheng Enchong After He Receives Human Rights Award
http://www.cecc.gov/pages/virtualAcad/index.phpd?showsingle=34061#
- Member of European ParliamentEuropean ParliamentThe European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
Discusses Sensitive Issues With China Rights Lawyer in Shanghai (part 1)
http://chinaview.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/part-1-member-of-european-parliament-discusses-sensitive-issues-with-china-rights-lawyer-in-shanghai/
- Member of European ParliamentEuropean ParliamentThe European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
Discusses Sensitive Issues With China Rights Lawyer in Shanghai (part 2)
http://chinaview.wordpress.com/2008/12/01/part-2-member-of-european-parliament-discusses-sensitive-issues-with-china-rights-lawyer-in-shanghai/
- Christian Attorney Zheng Enchong Interrogated and Tortured by China Police http://chinaview.wordpress.com/2009/06/24/christian-attorney-zheng-enchong-interrogated-and-tortured-by-china-police/
- Radio Sound of Hope: Asia Cast for Sunday 21th June - SOH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sggD_VJctfw
- NYU U.S.-Asia Law Institute
“SHANGHAIED” AT HOME — AND FOREVER?
Jun 9th, 2010 | By USAsialawNYU | Category: Jerome A. Cohen
Jerome A. Cohen
Jerome Alan Cohen is a professor of law at New York University School of Law, an expert in Chinese law, a senior fellow for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves as "of counsel" at the international law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.Cohen was originally...
's Blog,
http://www.usasialaw.org/?p=3728
This article first appeared in the South China Morning Post
South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post , together with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is an English-language Hong Kong newspaper, published by the SCMP Group with a circulation of 104,000....
on June 10, 2010 under the title “Prisoner in his own home“, and in Chinese in the China Times (简体中文) (繁体中文). Illustration from South China Morning Post.
http://www.usasialaw.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/2010.6.10-SCMP-Chen-and-Cohen-Prisoner-in-his-own-home_A13.pdf
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Jerome A. Cohen
Jerome A. Cohen
Jerome Alan Cohen is a professor of law at New York University School of Law, an expert in Chinese law, a senior fellow for Asia Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations, and serves as "of counsel" at the international law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.Cohen was originally...
talked about he visited Zheng Enchong in Shanghai on 28/05/2010.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0FXYi02Z5I
- The Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street JournalThe Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
OPINION ASIA/NOVEMBER 11, 2010
Empty Chairs in Oslo Speak Volumes-A who's who of those not allowed to attend the awarding of this year's Nobel Peace Prize.
BY JEROME A. COHEN AND EVA PILS
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703805004575607352440807256.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
- NYU U.S.-Asia Law Institute
Empty Chairs in Oslo Speak Volumes
Nov 11th, 2010 | By USAsialawNYU | Category: Features
http://www.usasialaw.org/?p=4599
- The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
World Briefing | Asia: China: Lawyer Sentenced
By Joseph Kahn (NYT)
Published: October 29, 2003
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/29/world/world-briefing-asia-china-lawyer-sentenced.html?scp=2&sq=zheng+enchong&st=nyt
- The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
A Mild Shanghai Lawyer and His Accidental Crusade
By HOWARD W. FRENCH
Published: September 18, 2004
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/18/international/asia/18guo.html?scp=4&sq=zheng+enchong&st=nyt
- The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
Scandals Emerging in Shanghai as Political Season Nears
By HOWARD W. FRENCH
Published: September 5, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/05/world/asia/05china.html?scp=5&sq=zheng+enchong&st=nyt
- The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
Rights Group Urges China to End Curbs on Lawyers
By JOSEPH KAHN
Published: December 11, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/11/world/asia/11china.html?scp=6&sq=zheng+enchong&st=nyt
- The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
Police Said to Have Assaulted Rights Lawyer in China
By HOWARD W. FRENCH
Published: February 26, 2008
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/26/world/asia/26china.html?scp=1&sq=zheng+enchong&st=nyt
- The New York TimesThe New York TimesThe New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...
China’s Intimidation of Dissidents Said to Persist After Prison
By ANDREW JACOBS and JONATHAN ANSFIELD
Published: February 17, 2011
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/world/asia/19china.html?pagewanted=1&sq=zheng%20enchong&st=nyt&scp=3
- BILD
Zwei Wochen vor Olympia
Chinesischer Internetautor verhaftet
23.07.2008 — 15:02 Uhr
http://www.bild.de/news/vermischtes/news/internetautor-du-daobin-5246052.bild.html
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Menschenrechte sind Testfall für die neue Führung Chinas
Autor: Johnny Erling| 02.08.2003
http://www.welt.de/print-welt/article250421/Menschenrechte_sind_Testfall_fuer_die_neue_Fuehrung_Chinas.html
- Peking bestätigt Schüsse auf Demonstranten - bis zu 20 Tote
Autor: Kirstin Wenk| 12.12.2005
http://www.welt.de/print-welt/article183661/Peking_bestaetigt_Schuesse_auf_Demonstranten_bis_zu_20_Tote.html