China: Information on the Chinese Progressive Alliance
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 April 1996 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | CHN23709.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, China: Information on the Chinese Progressive Alliance, 1 April 1996, CHN23709.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ad0846.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Information on the Chinese Progressive Alliance could not be found among the sources consulted by the DIRB. However, as discussed, please find attached information on the China Progressive Alliance (CPA).
Included in the attachments is an Amesty Interntional document that is an English translation of court proceedings against members of the CPA. Please consult the Human Rights Watch/ Asia document Pressure Off, China Targets Activists of 29 July 1994 available at Regional Documentation Centres, for a criticism of this trial.
Please also consult the July 1995 DIRB Question and Answer Series paper, China: Political DissentAn Update for additional information on the CPA and other dissident movements.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Amnesty International. June 1995. China: Six Years After Tiananmen: Increased Political Repression and Human Rights Violations. Appendix. "Translation of the Verdict Passed in the Case of Hu Shigen and 14 Other Defendants on 16 December 1994 in Beijing." (UNHCR RefWorld database: Country and Regional Information/Amnesty International Country Reports)
Asia Watch. November 1993. Vol. 5, No. 20. China in 1993: One More Year of Political Repression. New York: Human Rights Watch, p. 13.
_____. 2 March 1993. Vol. 5, No. 4. Economic Reform, Political Repression: Arrests of Dissidents in China Since Mid-1992. New York: Human Rights Watch, p. 6.
Human Rights in Developing Countries Yearbook 1994. 1994. Edited by Peter Boehr et al. Oslo: Nordic Human Rights Institute, p. 167.
Human Rights Watch/Asia. June 1995. Vol. 7, No. 7. China: Keeping the Lid on Demands for Change. New York: Human Rights Watch, p. 9.
The Independent. 17 December 1994. Teresa Poole. "China Sends Nine Political Activists to Jail." (NEXIS)
Inter Press Service. 29 August 1994. Yojana Sharma. "China-Labor: Clampdown on Labor Groups Prompts New Exodus." (NEXIS)
Reuters. 4 June 1993. BC Cycle. "Dissent Groups List June 4 Detainees." (NEXIS)
South China Morning Post. 3 March 1993. Geoffrey Crothall. "Crackdown on Dissent Goes on Despite Prison Releases." (NEXIS)
United Press International (UPI). 16 December 1994. BC Cycle. "Amnesty to China: Release 9 Prisoners." (NEXIS)
_____. 14 July 1994. BC Cycle. Nick Driver. "China Tries Pro-Democracy Activists." (NEXIS)
_____. 17 September 1993. BC Cycle. Nick Driver. "China to Try Largest Group of Post-1989 Dissidents." (NEXIS)