Tang Hui

China Set to Reduce Scope of Death Penalty

by Samuel Wade | Oct 27, 2014

The AP reports that China’s National People’s Congress is likely to roll back the...

Minitrue: Review of Death Penalty for Two Convicts

by Anne Henochowicz | Jun 13, 2014

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...

Rights Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang Arrested

by Samuel Wade | Jun 13, 2014

Beijing police formally arrested prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on Friday, on suspicion of...

“Petitioning Mother” Tang Hui Takes Campaign to Beijing

by Samuel Wade | Jul 17, 2013

Following a court judgment on Monday awarding damages for her wrongful incarceration in a re-education through labor camp, “petitioning mother” Tang Hui has traveled to Beijing to pursue compensation for her...

Tang Hui, Rape Victim’s Mother, Wins Compensation

by Samuel Wade | Jul 15, 2013

Tang Hui won a court appeal on Monday in the latest chapter of a saga that began in 2006, with the kidnapping, rape and beating of her then 11-year-old daughter. Two men were subsequently sentenced to death, four to life in...

Rape Cases Reveal Institutional Problems

by Samuel Wade | Apr 30, 2013

At South China Morning Post last week, Wu Nan spoke to Tang Hui, who continues to campaign for the execution of men who kidnapped and raped her daughter. Tang was recently denied compensation for an 18-month reeducation through...

Xinhua: China to Reform Labor Re-Education System

by Scott Greene | Jan 8, 2013

The Chinese government will pursue reforms to its Re-education Through Labor (RTL) system, according to a report in Xinhua News which followed a national political and legal work conference in Beijing on Monday. From the...

On Re-Education, Netizens Flex Muscles

by Scott Greene | Aug 16, 2012

With netizens up in arms about the China’s re-education system after the mother of a rape victim in Hunan Province was sentenced to 18 months of hard labor, Bloomberg’s Adam Minter ponders the impact of public...

Rape Victim’s Mother Free After Online Protest

by Josh Rudolph | Aug 10, 2012

Tang Hui, mother of an 11-year-old who was kidnapped and forced into prostitution in 2006, petitioned and publicly expressed her disapproval of how the courts dealt with her daughter’s tormenters. AP reports: Ms. Tang’s...