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China Holds Activist Who Posted Umbrella Selfie on Tiananmen Square on June 4

July 6, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on June 9, 2015 Authorities in the Chinese capital are holding an activist on public order charges after he raised a black umbrella on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on the anniversary of the June 4, 1989 military crackdown on the student-led democracy movement, activists said. Du (read more…)

Dissidents imprisoned on 26th anniversary of Tiananmen Square

July 6, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by The Washington Free Beacon on June 5, 2015 Original participants in China’s pro-democracy movement in 1989 are back in prison on the 26th anniversary of the government’s brutal suppression of those protests, a stark reminder that the ruling Communist Party continues to repress dissidents, activists say. On June 4, (read more…)

[CHRB] Criminal Charges & State Media Smear Campaign Against Versatile Rights Activist (6/26-7/2/2015)

July 2, 2015 Comments Off

Detained activist Wu Gan (吴淦), widely known by his online alias, “The Butcher” (屠夫), faces charges of “libel,” “creating a disturbance,” and “inciting subversion of state power,” and a state media smear campaign has been unleashed against him. Both the official media attack against Wu and the “inciting subversion” charge—which (read more…)

Submission to UN on Guo Yushan and He Zhengjun – June 20, 2015

July 2, 2015 Comments Off

Submission to: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly and of association Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Special (read more…)

[CHRB] More State-Approved Violence Against Rights Lawyers (6/20-25, 2015)

June 26, 2015 Comments Off

Four separate incidents of physical assaults against lawyers since April show the increasing risks faced by human rights lawyers in China, a trend that CHRD detailed in its 2014 annual report. In the latest incident of such violence, lawyer Wang Quanzhang (王全章) was beaten in a Shandong courthouse on June (read more…)

[CHRB] Closed-Door Trial of Guangzhou Activists & Hunger Strike in Henan Detention Center (6/16-19/2015)

June 19, 2015 Comments Off

The trial of disbarred lawyer Tang Jingling (唐荆陵) and activists Yuan Chaoyang (袁朝阳 aka Yuan Xinting 袁新亭) and Wang Qingying (王清营) began behind closed doors at the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court on June 19. Meanwhile, The health of detained activist Jia Lingmin (贾灵敏) has rapidly deteriorated following a month-long hunger (read more…)

Police Detain Two Rights Advocates as NGO Crackdown Intensifies

June 15, 2015 Comments Off

On the evening of June 12, Guangdong police, in a coordinated move with state security officers from Beijing and Henan Province, seized two activists and detained them on suspicion of “illegal business activity.” Guo Bin (郭斌), the head of the NGO Zhongyixing, which advocates for the rights of persons with (read more…)

Tausende erinnern in Hongkong an Tiananmen-Massaker

June 11, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by Deutsche Welle on June 4, 2015 Etwa 135.000 Menschen kamen im Victoria Park im Zentrum Hongkongs zusammen, um schweigend der Opfer des Massakers auf dem Tiananmen, dem “Platz des Himmlischen Friedens”, in Peking zugedenken. Der Park wurde zu einem Meer aus Kerzen. Die frühere britische Kronkolonie Hongkong, (read more…)

Chinese artist who posted funny image of President Xi Jinping facing five years in prison as authorities crackdown on dissent in the arts

June 11, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by The Independent on May 28, 2015 A Shanghai-based artist has been detained for depicting President Xi Jinping pulling a funny face and sporting a large moustache, seemingly the latest episode in Chinese authorities’ crackdown on dissent in the arts. Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD), the advocacy group, said (read more…)

Shanghai Artist Dai Jianyong Arrested for Posting Comical Photos of President Xi

June 11, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by China Topix on May 31, 2015 A Shanghai artist faces up to five years in jail if he is found guilty of “creating a disturbance” for posting a photo online which depicts the comically altered face of Chinese President Xi Jinping, according to The Independent. The beleaguered artist (read more…)

China detains artist for mocking Xi Jinping

June 11, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by AFP on May 30, 2015 SHANGHAI — Chinese police have detained an artist for creating an image of Communist leader Xi Jinping with a crinkled face and a moustache, according to a human rights group. Shanghai police held artist and photographer Dai Jianyong, who posted the image online, (read more…)

Shanghai artist detained after depicting Xi Jinping as Hitler

June 11, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by Shanghaiist on May 28, 2015 A Shanghai-based artist was detained on criminal charges yesterday after publishing an image that some speculate was meant to compare Chinese President Xi Jinping to Adolf Hitler. The photo, which artist Dai Jianyong slapped across t-shirts and Coca-Cola cans, depicts Xi Dada sporting (read more…)