Originally published by The Weekly Standard on July 2, 2014 In a 2007 article in THE WEEKLY STANDARD, “Let a Hundred Flowers Be Crushed,” the Chinese lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, told of being followed by security agents every year around the anniversary of the June 4, 1989 massacre of democracy protesters. Pu responded by ushering the (read more…)
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Originally published by SCMP on May 6, 2014 At least four prominent participants at a low-key event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the crackdown on the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement have been placed under criminal detention, their lawyers and families said yesterday. One thing that is certain is that it was (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on October 9, 2013 The relatives of a high-school student from the southern Chinese province of Guangdong who died last month after being forced to work 12-hour shifts at an electronic appliance factory on a work experience program has hit out at local authorities for “passing (read more…)
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Originally published by Reuters on May 7, 2014 (Reuters) – The United States urged China to release rights activist Pu Zhiqiang and other rights campaigners detained this week after attending a meeting that called for a probe into the suppression of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. “The United States is (read more…)
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December 10, 2013, marked the 5th anniversary of Charter 08—a manifesto on human rights and democracy in China—and the 65th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Unfortunately, that day of great inspiration was marred because the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize recipient Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), continued to languish in (read more…)
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Originally published by Epoch Times on October 6, 2013 Ni Yulan, a well-known property rights activist who was tortured and beaten so badly by police that she now gets around in a wheelchair, has been released after two years in prison. After being greeted by family, friends, and journalists from abroad on (read more…)
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Originally published by Reuters on May 6, 2014 BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Tuesday detained five rights activists, three lawyers and a rights group said, after they attended a weekend meeting that called for a probe into the suppression of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Among those held (read more…)
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Originally published by Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders (blog) on October 4, 2013 Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou are continuing to hold human rights lawyer Yang Maodong, better known as Guo Feixiong, without criminal activists said on 3 October. He was criminally detained on 8 August on charges of “incitement to disturb public (read more…)
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Originally published by CNN on May 6, 2014 Editor’s note: Johan Nylander is a freelance journalist who has lived in Hong Kong since 2011. He reports mainly on the politics, business, and culture of China. (CNN) — Wu Yuanhong, a man suffering from schizophrenia in China’s southeastern Jiangxi Province, was forced by (read more…)
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Police seized rural activist Zhao Fengsheng (赵枫生) on November 28 in Hunan Province on charges of “subversion of state power.” In Jiangxi, the long-delayed and suspended trial of activists Liu Ping (刘萍), Wei Zhongping (魏忠平), and Li Sihua (李思华) resumed on December 3. On the next day, the scene outside (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on October 3, 2013 Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou are continuing to hold a top human rights lawyer with no announcement of criminal charges against him, in spite of a vocal campaign for his release, activists said Thursday. Yang Maodong, better known as (read more…)
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剥夺身患疾病的在押良心犯的医疗健康权是危及他们生命的一种酷刑。拒绝为他们提供充足的治疗违犯了中国法律的有关规定和国际人权标准，比如，《禁止酷刑和其它残忍、有损人格或非人道待遇或惩罚公约》，《公民政治权利国际公约》，以及《囚犯待遇基本原则》。 联合国《经济社会文化权利国际公约》委员会在2014年5月审议中国后得出的“结论性意见”里，对他们所获悉的剥夺在押维权人士和律师医疗健康权的情况表示关注，这种剥夺成了当局报复这些人士的一种手段；委员会要求中国保障这些人士“在任何情况下能得到充分的康复治疗”。
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