Photo Gallery: Citizens Appeal for Justice on Human Rights Day, Police Take Action

Chinese citizens marked Human Rights Day on December 10 by protesting against rights violations and calling for social justice in many parts of the country. Several thousand petitioners who tried to lodge grievances in Beijing, particularly around the UN Development Programme Office and other international agencies, were swept up and held in the temporary detention facility at Jiujingzhuang. Activists and petitioners also publicly expressed their grievances in, among other cities, Wuxi City in Zhejiang Province, Shenzhen in Guangdong, and Fuzhou City in Fujian. Online, activists also pushed for the country’s new leaders to protect human rights and release political prisoners.