Gu Yimin
Gu Yimin is a human rights defender who has taken part in various rights defence campaigns in his native Jiangsu province. Prior to his brief detention in February 2015, Gu Yumin had participated in the anti-corruption activities of the New Citizens Movement, a loose network of human rights defenders who campaign for constitutional government, for increased transparency among Chinese Communist Party officials and for greater equality within the education system. Many human rights defenders affiliated with the New Citizens Movement were arrested and faced judicial harassment.
Chinese HRDs face intimidation, harassment, house arrest, abductions, torture and imprisonment. They also work under very restrictive legislation, including laws which criminalize all unauthorized demonstrations and require government sponsorship for NGO registration, which is refused to any organisation touching on human rights issues.
