8月13日，北京东城区国家信访局附近的永定桥下，两名截访人员在绑架访民时引起公愤，被访民围殴。 On August 13, under Yongding Bridge near the State Bureau for Letters and Calls in Dongcheng District, Beijing, two interceptors provoked public outrage while abducting a petitioner and were beaten by fellow petitioners.
黑龙江漠河边防检查站为了迎接审计组检查，指派警察邱宏超在雨天打扫观景假山，导致其触电身亡。事后，检查站为逃避责任，欺骗家属，称其“淹死的、摔死的”。8月12日，家属在检查站内发现，被指淹死邱宏超的水塘，水深才几十厘米，面积才几平方米。 To prepare for an audit inspection, the Mohe Border Inspection Station in Heilongjiang Province assigned police officer Qiu Hongchao to clean an ornamental rockery on a rainy day, which led to his electrocution and death. Afterwards, in order to…
云南昭通镇雄县康养小镇二期幸福里小区的楼房于七月初开始出现大面积开裂，数百业主持续维权一个月，问题没有得到解决，反而在8月9日遭到警察镇压，至少一名业主遭到抓捕。 In early July, large-scale cracks began to appear in the buildings of the Xingfuli residential community, Phase II of the Wellness Town project in Zhenxiong County, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province. Hundreds of homeowners have been protesting for a month,…
7月31日，云南省昭通市昭阳区永丰镇绿荫村簸箕湾，当地政府出动大量政府人员强抢村民土地，打伤多人，之后又抓捕了数名到当地政府讨说法的村民。据村民透露，被抢土地在2012年就曾被当地政府通过暴力强行承包过。当天，当地政府在尚未支付13年前拖欠的四千多万承包费的情况下，再次使用暴力，抢走了土地。 On July 31, in Bojiwan, Lvyin Village, Yongfeng Town, Zhaoyang District, Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, the local authorities dispatched a large number of personnel to forcibly seize villagers’ land, injuring many. They later arrested several villagers who went to…
8月4日晚，湖南永兴县江山府小区的业主围堵永兴县城关中心派出所，高喊“派出所放人”，抗议派出所警察抓捕维权业主。为抗议开发商私自将大门出卖给商家做茶楼，永兴府业主于7月底发起维权行动，4日白天，业主与开发商发生冲突后，3名业主遭到警察抓捕。 On the evening of August 4, residents of Jiangshanfu Residential Complex in Yongxing County, Hunan, surrounded the Chengguan Central Police Station, shouting “Release them!” to protest the police’s arrest of fellow residents involved in a rights defense action. At…
四川江油，数以千计的市民今天为一名被霸凌的小女孩挺身而出。视频中这位青年，为了保护一名与维稳官员据理力争的老人，被气急败坏的警察当场抓走。每一起类似的大规模抗争中，都有大批为他人的不公挺身而出的英雄，他们被抓捕，被判刑，但他们得到的关注却少得可怜，他们中的大多数都不会为世人所知。《昨天》频道稍后将推出纪录片《江油事件》。 In Jiangyou, Sichuan, thousands of citizens stood up today for a young girl who had been bullied. In the video, a young man is seen being arrested on the spot by an enraged police officer after trying to protect…
8月3日，因生意惨淡难以负担高额租金，湖北武汉大夹街服装批发市场的商户集体罢市，要求市场方下调租金。 On August 3, due to poor business and the inability to afford high rents, merchants at the Dajia Street Clothing Wholesale Market in Wuhan, Hubei, staged a collective shutdown, demanding that the market management lower the rent.
8月1日，广东河源中光电通讯技术有限公司工人集体罢工，抗议公司搬迁不赔偿以及拖欠工资。据工人透露，中光电已经于今年4月搬迁至江西，老板为了逃避赔偿，给不愿搬迁的人留了一条产线，欠薪是为了逼迫他们自动离职。 On August 1, workers at Zhongguangdian Communication Technology Co., Ltd. in Heyuan, Guangdong, staged a collective strike to protest against the company’s relocation without compensation and unpaid wages. According to the workers, the company had already moved to Jiangxi…
8月3日晚，四川绵阳数百租户抗议社区乱收费第三天，租户集体冲毁了社区设立的收费闸门，抵制强收停车费的行动取得初步胜利。 On the evening of August 3, hundreds of tenants in Mianyang, Sichuan, continued their third day of protest against arbitrary community charges. The tenants collectively tore down the community’s installed parking toll gates, marking an initial victory in their…
8月1日，北京国家信访局附近，截访人员在大街上绑架了一名上访的老人。 On August 1, near the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration in Beijing, interceptors abducted an elderly petitioner in broad daylight on the street.