Name Cao Shunli | ||
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Died March 14, 2014, Beijing, China | ||
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Cao Shunli simplified Chinese: 曹顺利; traditional Chinese: 曹順利 (1964 – 14 March 2014) was a Chinese lawyer and human rights activist.
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- The world wants the truth regarding the death of activist cao shunli
- Early life
- Political activism
- Arrest and death
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The world wants the truth regarding the death of activist cao shunli
Early life
Born in Beijing, during the Cultural Revolution (1966–71) she was forcibly deported along with her family to their ancestral home in Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province as a result of her grandfather being a member of the "enemy classes" according to Communist Party of China doctrine of the time. After attending Beijing College of Political Science and a period of post-graduate study she was assigned to work at the research centre of the Ministry of Labor and Human Resources.
Political activism
During the 2002 housing reforms, Cao reported corruption amongst her supervisors and lost her job. Thereafter she became a human rights activist and subsequently served at least two terms in prison camps as a result of her activities.
Arrest and death
Cao was detained in September 2013 following a two-month sit in at the Foreign Affairs Ministry as part of a group demanding a national human rights review. Cao died in a Chinese military hospital on 14 March 2014 with her body showing "signs of her mistreatment during approximately five and half months in detention".