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US Rights group casts suspicion over Chinese media reports claiming tennis player Peng Shuai is ‘safe’

November 19, 2021 Comments Off

Originally published by ANI on 19 November, 2021 A US-based rights group has cast suspicion over Chinese media reports which claim that Chinese star Peng Shuai is ‘safe’. Peng has been incommunicado since she accused a former ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader of pressuring her into a sexual relationship, Radio (read more…)

WTA’s Simon reiterates willingness to remove events from China

November 19, 2021 Comments Off

Originally published by SBJ on 19 November, 2021 WTA CEO Steve Simon reiterated the tour is “definitely willing to pull our business” in China as the world seeks answers in the disappearance of tennis player Peng Shuai, and “deal with all the complications that come with it.” Appearing on CNN’s “Erin (read more…)

Email raises concerns about fate of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai

November 18, 2021 Comments Off

By NEWS WIRES Originally published by France 24 on 18 November, 2021 The boss of women’s tennis has cast doubt on an email posted on China’s media purportedly from tennis star Peng Shuai, saying it “only raises my concerns as to her safety.” Steve Simon, chairman of the WTA, said in (read more…)

Email fuels doubts over fate of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai

November 18, 2021 Comments Off

By FRANCESCA REGALADO Originally published by Nikkei Asia on 18 November, 2021 TOKYO — The head of the global governing body for women’s tennis has raised fresh concerns about the well-being of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, after state media posted an email allegedly from the former Wimbledon doubles champion (read more…)

#MeToo: Tennis chief has ‘hard time believing’ alleged email from China’s Peng Shuai, ‘only raises’ safety concerns

November 18, 2021 Comments Off

Originally published by HONG KONG FREE PRESS on 18 November, 2021 Peng, a former Wimbledon and French Open doubles champion, alleged on the Twitter-like Weibo earlier this month that former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli had “forced” her into sex during a long-term on-off relationship. The boss of women’s tennis has cast doubt on (read more…)

Rights group casts doubt on Chinese state media claim that Peng Shuai isn’t ‘missing’

November 18, 2021 Comments Off

By Han Qing and Fong Tak Ho Translated and edited by Luisetta Mudie Originally published by Radio Free Asia on 18 November, 2021 The head of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) says he has tried repeatedly and failed to reach Peng. Recent assurances from Chinese state media that tennis star (read more…)

Activists denounce China’s secret residential surveillance system

December 28, 2021 Comments Off

Originally published by Aljazeera on 28 December, 2021 On September 24, Chinese authorities released Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig after detaining them for more than 1,000 days. The pair were not held in an ordinary prison but were instead placed in “Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location” (RSDL), conditions that have (read more…)

Job vacancy: Finance & Office Administrator

December 24, 2021 Comments Off

Small Nonprofit Organization Job Opening: Finance & Office Administrator The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) (https://www.nchrd.org), a small non-profit organization that monitors human rights developments in China, has a job opening for Finance & Office Administrator. Job title: Finance & Office Administrator Job description: The Finance & Office (read more…)

Chang Weiping (常玮平)

December 22, 2021 Comments Off

Chang Weiping (常玮平) Current Detention Criminal Charge: “Subversion of state power” Length of Punishment: 3.5 years Court: Feng County Court Trial Date: July 26, 2022 Sentencing Date: June 8, 2023 Dates of Detention/Arrest: October 22, 2020 (detained under Residential Surveillance in a Designated Location); April 7, 2021 (formal arrest); July 26, 2022 (trial); June 8, (read more…)

New Wave of Persecution Against Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Must Sound the Alarm

December 6, 2021 Comments Off

CHRD calls for urgent international attention to recent developments in persecuting and clamping down on human rights lawyers in China, with criminal trials against three Chinese human rights lawyers – Li Yuhan, Qin Yongpei, and Hao Jingsong — and revocation of the licenses of two veteran lawyers – Liang Xiaojun, (read more…)

China: COVID citizen journalist ‘close to death’ in jail

November 5, 2021 Comments Off

Originally published by AFP on 5 November, 2021 Zhang Zhan traveled to Wuhan in February last year to report on the chaos at the epicenter of the first coronavirus outbreak. She is on hunger strike after receiving a 4-year jail sentence for “provoking trouble.” Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, who (read more…)

Journalism Becomes a Victim of China’s New Nationalism

October 27, 2021 Comments Off

After a half a century, very few Chinese people have reconsidered the correctness of this war, just like back then the company of soldiers didn’t doubt the ‘wise policy decisions’ of their superiors.”