The 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been and gone, but there are still one million Chinese human rights activists detained in the mainland, according to a report released Chinese Human Rights Defenders’ (CHRD) website Oct. 2.

The site added that the number was impossible to verify.

Local authorities in China clamped down on civilians every day for a month to eliminate the so-called 'unstable factors' and to ensure 'social stability' during the Oct. 1 celebration.

Many dissidents, religious followers, and human rights activists were detained or put under house arrest.

Mr. Li from Shanxi Province said, “There are far more than one million petitioners who were detained during the October 1 celebration. I myself am aware of 7,000 who are detained. The number is scary.”

Zhang Junling, member of the Great Alliance of Chinese People Suffering from Injustice told Radio Free Asia last Friday: “Petitioners from Shanghai are either under house arrest or detained without proper procedure. For example, they ordered you to ‘travel’ or would give you some money and ordered you to stay at home. They would send two people to watch you at your home. It is like this all over the country.”

Mr. Ge from Yangpu District of Shanghai said: “More than one million people have lost their freedom.”

Authorities continued with the arrests and detention after the military parade was over on Oct. 1, the report said.

Lin Xuguang from Canshan District of Fuzhou City left Beijing on the morning of Oct. 1 and was arrested at Zhangjiakou that evening. “I was arrested at 6 p.m,” he said. “They used the GPS technology. Now I am in a basement. I was arrested by Fuzhou City representatives working in Beijing.”

In addition, Fan Guijuan, whose house was demolished as a result of the Shanghai World Expo project, was arrested in Beijing and sent back to Shanghai Sept. 25. She was immediately placed in detention. Her ex-husband Mr. Feng hoped the media could appeal for her.

“Fan Guijuan was arrested again,” he said. “My son does not have a place to live. His mother is under arrest. He is very concerned. We hope Radio Free Asia will help us appeal for our rights.”

Shanghai petitioners said that the Shanghai authorities had ordered them all to sign an agreement that they would not go to Beijing to appeal. Those who refused to sign were placed under house arrest.

Xi Renti, who was arrested in Tianjin, has been under house arrest for more than 17 days. “I am still detained at an underground hotel, so that I cannot go to Beijing,” she said. “There are three more people detained here with me—my older sister, my husband, and another person called Dong Yingyun.”

In addition, the Shanghai Authorities closely monitored renowned human rights activist Zheng Enchong. There are policemen along the corridor and outside the building where Zheng lives. Tong Guoqing, Zheng’s barber, told the reporter: “This time the monitoring is even stricter than during the Olympics. No one is allowed to visit him. I was not allowed to see him although I give him a haircut every month.”

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