BEIJING — Chinese authorities have detained Yang Maodong, a leading member of the country’s loose New Citizens campaign that promotes democratic rights, his friend and an international human rights advocacy group said Saturday.
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Chinese human rights activist Cao Shunli died on Friday after falling critically ill in police detention where she was at first denied treatment, a rights group and prominent dissident said.
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Tsondue and Gedun Tsultrim were among many Tibetan monks and lay people detained and interrogate shortly after a self-immolation protest on November 19, 2012. Tsondue was sentenced for being the chief chant-master during a prayer service held in honor of the self-immolation victim, Wangchen Norbu (旺青诺布). Gedun Tsultrim was charged (read more…)
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Police have detained the founder of a human rights website and at least four writers after the site reported on a self-immolation in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and a defacement of Mao’s portrait there.
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On August 8, Guangzhou-based activist Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄) was criminally detained on suspicion of “gathering a crowd to disrupt order of a public place” as part of the ongoing crackdown on peaceful assembly and association. Alleging that Guo’s case involves “state security,” Guangzhou police on August 21 did not allow (read more…)
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我们沉痛哀悼一位无畏的人权捍卫者，曹顺利。她用自己的生命向中国政府对内暴力镇压人权和人权捍卫者、对外虚假承诺“保护人权”标榜“人权进步”发出她最后的一次挑战。曹顺利之死再次证明了中国政府对人权捍卫者的残酷打压、对争取民间参与联合国人权机制运作竭尽全力的报复
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BEIJING (AFP) – Chinese police have detained a lawyer who sought to visit a prominent activist taken into custody this week, a Beijing-based dissident and overseas rights groups said on Friday.
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Originally published by EL DÍA on June 6, 2014 Tamara Gil, Pekín, EFE Tras la masacre de Tiananmen la noche del 3 al 4 de junio de 1989, vino la persecución: juicios sumarísimos y miles de encarcelamientos de estudiantes y trabajadores. Hoy, 25 años después, sólo queda una persona entre barrotes: Miao (read more…)
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BEIJING – A Chinese human rights group and a friend say authorities have detained Guo Feixiong, a leader of the country’s loose New Citizens campaign to promote democratic rights.
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Originally published by SCMP on March 13, 2014 Three citizen journalists have been placed under criminal detention for reporting on two incidents at Tiananmen Square last week – a woman who attempted to set herself on fire, and the defacing of the famous portrait of Mao Zedong – the founder (read more…)
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A detained Chinese activist has managed to release a video from behind bars urging citizens to fight for their rights in an act likely to further antagonise authorities.
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Originally published by US News on June 6, 2014 The anniversary of the June 4, 1989, suppression of China’s democracy protests has passed. However, dissidents and activists detained in the weeks leading up to the anniversary are still in custody. According to Chinese Human Rights Defenders, more than 40 have been criminally (read more…)
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