Mr Xu Zhiyong

China: Front Line welcomes the news of the release of human rights defenders, Mr Xu Zhiyong and Ms Zhuang Luposted on: 2009/08/24

Front Line welcomes the news of the release of human rights defenders, Mr Xu Zhiyong and Ms Zhuang Lu, following their detention on 29 July 2009 and their formal arrest on 12 August.

China: Arbitrary detention of human rights defenders Mr Xu Zhiyong and Ms Zhuang Luposted on: 2009/08/05

Human rights defenders, Mr Xu Zhiyong and Ms Zhuang Lu, were detained by police officers in separate incidents at their homes in Beijing on 29 July 2009. Their whereabouts remain unknown and their relatives and colleagues have not received any communication from them since their detention.