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Chinese University Probes #MeToo Sexual Harassment Claim From Former Student

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on January 2, 2018 A university in the Chinese capital is investigating a prominent scientist after a former student posted allegations using the sexual assault and harassment hashtag #MeToo. “The university takes seriously the recent named allegations made via social media regarding the ethics of (read more…)

US and Germany urge China to release human rights activist from imprisonment

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Jurist on December 28, 2017 [JURIST] The US and Germany embassies released a statement [text] on Wednesday urging China to release human rights activist Wu Gan, known as the “Super Vulgar Butcher,” who was sentenced to imprisonment for eight years for undermining governmental authority. According to the statement, the (read more…)

China tells U.S. not to be a ‘human rights judge’ after sanctions on Chinese official

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Reuters on December 22, 2017 BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Friday urged the United States not to set itself up as a “human rights judge” and denounced the U.S. Treasury Department for punishing a Chinese public security official for alleged rights abuses. Gao Yan was one of (read more…)

China decries US human rights sanctions slapped on former official

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Asia Times on December 23, 2017 Some human rights groups were happy to hear this week that Washington has finally decided to put the Global Magnitsky Act into action. The law, which allows authorities to prohibit entrance into the US and use of its banking system for (read more…)

Beijing Police Chief is First Chinese Official to be Sanctioned by US

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on December 22, 2017 Officials in the United States have sanctioned a Chinese police officer under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act for his role in the death by neglect of human rights activist Cao Shunli while she was in police custody. Gao Yan (read more…)

German Intelligence accuses China of unlawful information gathering

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Asian News International on December 12, 2017 Hong Kong, December 12 (ANI): China‘s leaders vehemently deny that they interfere in the internal politics of others or that they pursue hegemony – because they are not like others. However, that proclamation of innocence has been shown to be a bald-faced lie (read more…)

CHINA Rights Activists Slam China’s Homegrown Take on Human Rights

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on December 8, 2017 An overseas-based rights group has hit out at Beijing’s attempts to “weaken” international human rights norms, as the ruling Chinese Communist Party held a conference promoting its home-grown view of human rights. Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi told the South-South Human (read more…)

China, accused of abuses, hosts human rights forum

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by The Straits Times on December 7, 2017 BEIJING (AFP) – China touted its political and development model as it hosted an inaugural global human rights forum on Thursday (Dec 7), even as activists slammed the country’s own abuses. President Xi Jinping has overseen a sweeping crackdown on (read more…)

Chinese Feminists Forced to Leave City Ahead of Fortune Global Forum

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on December 1, 2017 Three feminist activists in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong say they are leaving the provincial capital following a protracted campaign by authorities to force them out of their rented accommodation. Activists Zhang Leilei, Guo Jing and Xiong Zai, who have been living in Guangdong’s (read more…)

Chinese Rights Activist ‘Still Not Free’ Following Release From Prison: Lawyer

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on December 1, 2017 Chinese rights activist Su Changlan, who once supported Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement and campaigned for the land rights of rural women, has yet to regain her freedom, more than a month after her reported “release,” her lawyer said on Friday. Su’s (read more…)

中国政府剥夺人权律师执业权利，持续打压律师推动法治的抗争

January 29, 2018 Comments Off

（CHRD – 2017年1月29日）在最近的几个月内，中国司法部门又开始新一轮对人权律师的打压活动，先后非法剥夺了几位律师的执业权利，受害律师包括余文生律师，隋牧青律师，祝圣武律师，吴有水律师，王理乾律师，王龙德律师。这是官方在报复惩罚这些律师正当行使言论自由权、敢言批评当局的司法腐败、并努力倡导司法独立。

China Strips Rights Lawyers’ Licenses in Reprisal Against Their Push for Rule of Law

January 24, 2018 Comments Off

Chinese authorities have stripped several human rights lawyers of their law licenses in recent months, sending a strong signal that the government will continue to punish lawyers who are not cowed into silence by the “July 2015 Crackdown.”