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.
8月1至2日，数百名租住在四川绵阳高新区普明街道石桥铺社区的租户，连续两天发起示威，封堵道路，抗议社区强行围村收取停车费。 From August 1 to 2, hundreds of tenants living in the Shiqiaopu Community of Puming Subdistrict, High-Tech Zone, Mianyang, Sichuan, held demonstrations for two consecutive days, blocking roads to protest the community’s forced enclosure and imposition of parking fees.
湖南衡阳衡东县吴集镇，约200村民周四（7月31日）在位于吴集镇五里坪村的一处大型垃圾站项目工地集会，抗议当地政府不顾村民反对，强行推进垃圾站项目。村民表示，五里坪村拥有一处大型蔬菜基地，供应全县约80%的蔬菜，且项目选址距离洣水水源保护地仅数百米。一旦垃圾站建成，将对全县水源和食品安全造成严重污染。 On Thursday, July 31, around 200 villagers in Wujizhen, Hengdong County, Hengyang City, Hunan Province, gathered at the construction site of a large waste treatment facility in Wuliping Village to protest against the local government’s decision to push forward…
8月1日，湖南长沙访民“涵涵妈妈”在北京永定门国家信访局附近被十余名截访人员绑架，押上车辆，至今去向不明。 “涵涵妈妈”因2010年年幼女儿在湖南长沙儿童医院遭遇医疗事故不幸身亡，14年来持续维权。她所在的长沙市雨花区高桥街道永祥社区各级政府，多年来对其维权行动持续打压。期间，她多次被截访人员跟踪、殴打、关押，一度被当地法院判刑入狱。 On August 1, a petitioner from Changsha, Hunan—known as “Hanhans Mama”—was abducted near the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration in Yongdingmen, Beijing by more than ten interception agents. She was forced into a vehicle, and her whereabouts…