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Founder of Chinese rights watch website may face life sentence if convicted of additional charge – Amnesty

September 11, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by HKFP on August 28, 2017 Rights watch website founder Liu Feiyue may face an additional charge of “leaking state secrets,” after a local security bureau made a submission stating it had sufficient evidence to warrant the charge, according to NGO Amnesty International. Liu is currently being held for (read more…)

China rights lawyer ‘confesses’ to attempting to overthrow government

September 11, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by Jurist on August 22, 2017 [JURIST] Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong confessed at a trial on Tuesday to attempting to overthrow the Chinese government. Jiang has been in custody since November of last year. At the trial, he stated [NYT report] that Western laws led him to attempt (read more…)

China activist admits to using Twitter to incite subversion

September 11, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by AP on August 22, 2017 BEIJING (AP) — A prominent Chinese human rights campaigner pleaded guilty to inciting subversion of state power on Tuesday, saying he had used social media to inspire distrust in the Chinese government, in the latest trial in a sweeping crackdown on independent (read more…)

Chinese activist Jiang Tianyong’s subversion trial dismissed as sham

September 11, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by Guardian on August 22, 2017 Human rights activists have denounced as a sham the trial of a leading Chinese civil rights lawyer who authorities claim tried to topple China’s one-party state. Jiang Tianyong, 46, was put on trial in the central city of Changsha on Tuesday morning having vanished (read more…)

Chinese activist on trial accused of inciting subversion

September 11, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by AP on August 22, 2017 BEIJING (AP) — A prominent Chinese human rights campaigner accused of inciting subversion of state power said Tuesday that he had used social media to inspire distrust in the Chinese government, in the latest trial in a sweeping crackdown on independent lawyers (read more…)

Cambridge University Press accused of ‘selling its soul’ over Chinese censorship

September 11, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by Guardian on August 19, 2017 The world’s oldest publishing house, Cambridge University Press, has been accused of being an accomplice to the Communist party’s bid to whitewash Chinese history after it agreed to purge hundreds of politically-sensitive articles from its Chinese website at the behest of Beijing’s censors. (read more…)

China Must End Legalized Enforced Disappearances

August 28, 2017 Comments Off

To mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances on August 30, CHRD calls on the Chinese government to end the legalized practice of involuntary or enforced disappearance of human rights defenders and their family members by repealing “residential surveillance at a designated location.”

Chinese dissident stands trial after 2 years in detention

August 18, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by AP on August 14, 2017 A prominent activist who called himself the Ultra Vulgar Butcher as he put pressure on local Chinese officials he said had done wrong stood trial Monday accused of subverting state power, a court confirmed. Wu Gan’s one-day trial took place and the verdict will be announced (read more…)

Submission to UN on Liu Feiyue – August 16, 2017

August 22, 2017 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders Communiqué on Behalf of Liu Feiyue, Citizen of the People’s Republic of China, Alleging Arbitrary Detention and Reprisal (read more…)

China accused of ‘enforced disappearance’ of Liu Xiaobo’s widow: lawyer

August 7, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by AFP on August 3, 2017 China’s government is responsible for the “enforced disappearance” of Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo’s widow, her lawyer said on Wednesday in a formal complaint. Beijing faced a global backlash for its treatment of Liu when he died of liver cancer last month. Liu Xia (read more…)

An Artist’s Take on Torture in China in Violation of the Convention against Torture

August 11, 2017 Comments Off

An Artist’s Take on Torture in China in Violation of the Convention against Torture A Chinese artist produced a series of cartoons depicting torture methods used by Chinese police. The artist also created cartoons based on the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, which (read more…)

China led to ‘enforced disappearance’ of Liu Xiaobo’s widow; lawyer files complaint to UN

August 7, 2017 Comments Off

Originally published by AFP on August 3, 2017 Beijing: China’s government is responsible for the “enforced disappearance” of late Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo’s widow, her US-based lawyer has said in a formal complaint filed to the United Nations. Beijing faced a global backlash for its treatment of Liu Xiaobo when he (read more…)