On Anti-Sexual Harassment
Activism
Detention before March the 8th
• Over ten activists were
interrogated in multiple cities
• Five of them were detained on
3/8 at Haidian District
Detention Center in Beijing
• They are: Li Tingting, Wu
Tingting, Zheng Churan, Wang
Man, and Wu Rongrong
• They are affiliated with various
NGOs but they belong in the
same young feminist activist
group
“Causing Disorder”?
• The evidence of their
“crimes”: stickers to call
public attention to sexual
harassments on busses
• Their families have not
received any formal notices so
far. The detention with the
specific criminal charge will
keep them in the detention
center until April 13th when the
decision will be made to
release or arrest them, or let
them be bailed. An arrest
warrant may lead to several
“Crimes” They Have Committed
• The five represent a new
generation of feminist
activists who have
initiated a range of
actions, such as
“Occupy Men’s
Rooms,” and
“Wounded Brides”
• They have also
supported the activism
for the rights of LGBT,
hepatitis B and AIDS
carriers, disabled and
poor women, factory
women workers, and
The Whole World is Watching
• Feminists in South
Korea, India, Malaysia,
England, US, Taiwan,
Hong Kong and other
locations have
organized protests of
the detention.
• Transnational Feminist
Organizations and
important media have
raised voices of
concerns.
• Concerns expressed by
Global Feminist Protests
Voices of Support in China via Internet
Deteriorating Situation
• Five feminists in detention
experienced illegal
interrogation methods;
prevented from seeing their
lawyers; two of the five fell
ill and transferred to
detention hospital.
Requests for bail were
rejected.
• An office of a NGO was
raided by the police on
3/24
• The speaker of the Chinese
Foreign Affairs Ministry
said “no one has the right
Chinese Feminists Need Your Support!
• Global Feminist Petition for
Free Chinese Feminists have
been signed by more than
3,000 people from over 100
countries.
• Petition link:
• http://goo.gl/forms/v7m4L8tYdB
• Facebook page：
Free Chinese Feminists
• Email：45women@gmail.com