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Prohibido vender cuchillos, censura en internet y “desapariciones” de disidentes: China extrema los controles para inaugurar el segundo mandato del presidente Xi Jinping

October 24, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by BBC Mundo on October 17, 2017 Ni cuchillos, ni globos, ni voces incómodas. Pekín extrema los controles para la reunión más importante que celebra el Partido Comunista chino en cinco años: el congreso en el que el secretario general de la formación y presidente del país, Xi Jinping, renueva (read more…)

China Tightens Control as Top Leader Consolidates Power at Party Congress

October 24, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by Voice Of America on October 17, 2017 BEIJING — China’s Communist Party is set to host a high-level meeting in Beijing that will usher in a much-anticipated reshuffle of the ruling party’s top leadership. Strict security measures have been put in place, along with sweeping online censorship controls to (read more…)

Ni el anonimato puede esquivar la “Gran Cibermuralla” china

October 17, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by La Vanguardia on September 30, 2017 Jèssica Martorell Pekín, 30 sep (EFE).- Cada vez resulta más difícil opinar libremente en China, donde la censura gubernamental sigue endureciéndose para eliminar cualquier grieta que permita ser crítico con el régimen. Lo último, la prohibición del anonimato en internet para (read more…)

Congreso comunista chino llega en medio de la mayor represión desde Tiananmen

October 16, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by La Vanguardia on October 13, 2017 Jèssica Martorell Pekín, 13 oct (EFE).- China afronta la renovación de la cúpula de su régimen comunista con la “peor” situación de los derechos humanos desde la matanza de Tiananmen en 1989 como telón de fondo y bajo el temor de (read more…)

Chinese Activist In Government Custody Is In Failing Health

October 16, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by NPR on October 12, 2017 Human rights activist Huang Qi has been in Chinese government custody for nearly a year and is in failing health. The Chinese dissident was critical of the government after the Sichuan earthquake. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: Now an update on a Chinese human (read more…)

Zhen Jianghua (甄江华)

October 10, 2017 Comments Off

Zhen Jianghua 甄江华 (released) Crime: Inciting subversion of state power Length of Punishment: Two years Court: Zhuhai City Intermediate People’s Court Trial Date: August 10, 2018 Sentencing Date: December 16, 2018 Dates of Detention/Arrest: September 1, 2017 (detained); September 2, 2017 (criminally detained); December 2017 (residential surveillance in a police-designated location); March 2018 (formally (read more…)

Video: Special Procedures – A spotlight on individual and collective human rights

October 9, 2017 Comments Off

什么是联合国特别程序？人权理事会特别程序由独立专家主持，从人权专题角度或具体国别角度，对人权问题提供建议和报告；接受个案申诉；进行国家访问。各种“特别程序”系统涵盖公民、文化、经济、政治和社会等多方面的人权问题，是联合国人权机制的重要组成部分。这部短片简洁地解释了联合国特别程序的工作。

Civil Society Follow-Up Report Submitted to UN Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women – September 2017

October 7, 2017 Comments Off

Joint Civil Society Report Responding to China’s Follow-up Report to The Committee for the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) in Collaboration with a Consortium of Chinese Civil Society Groups September 2017 Read as PDF Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Insufficient (read more…)

[CHRB] Ongoing Suppression of HRDs: Li Xiaoling Arrested; Lawyer Liu Yao Loses Appeal Over 20-Year Sentence; Gao Zhisheng Still Missing (9/22-27/2017)

September 27, 2017 Comments Off

Guangdong activist Li Xiaoling (李小玲) was arrested after she commemorated the Tiananmen Massacre. Guangdong rights lawyer Liu Yao (刘尧) lost his appeal over a 20-year sentence. Gao Zhisheng (高智晟) is in custody in Beijing after disappearing from house arrest on August 13.

Prêt à sanctionner une féministe, Pékin fait marche arrière

September 25, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by Tribune deGeneve on September 21, 2017 Le gouvernement chinois a rétropédalé. La Chine a finalement autorisé une jeune militante féministe à quitter le territoire pour aller suivre un master de droit à Hongkong. « Je pars ce dimanche » a confirmé hier Wu Rongrong à La Tribune de (read more…)

Malá zpráva o velkém utrpení: Jak se žije politickým vězňům v Číně

September 25, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by HlídacíPes on September 14, 2017 Zbavit se nepohodlných živlů se dá i bez popravy. Třeba podáním neznámého „léku“. Uvedlo vás to do stavu, kdy jste si mysleli, že tentokrát je po vás. Duševně to bylo nejhorší, nevěděli jste, co vám dali, a tak jste si mysleli, že vás určitě (read more…)

En Chine, un militant taïwanais pro-démocratie jugé pour «subversion»

September 25, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by AFP on September 11, 2017 Un militant pro-démocratie taïwanais a reconnu lundi devant un tribunal chinois les charges de «subversion», au cours d’un procès vivement dénoncé par les organisations de défense des droits de l’homme et source de vives tensions entre Pékin et Taipei. Mis en cause (read more…)