Originally published by Diario Información on November 28, 2014 A más de dos horas del centro de Pekín se encuentra el “pueblo de los peticionarios”, un conjunto de chabolas de ciudadanos que viven pidiendo justicia en China y que forman parte de una lista negra del régimen que les impide tener (read more…)
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Originally published by Business Standard on November 29, 2014 BEIJING – More than two hours away from the center of Beijing is the “petitioners village,” a group of huts that belong to citizens demanding justice in China and who are unable to find work or decent housing as they have been (read more…)
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Originally published by South China Morning Post on NOVEMBER 28, 2014 Two prominent Chinese political activists went on trial today for helping to organise small-scale protests against censorship, their lawyer said – the latest prosecution in a deepening government crackdown on dissent. Guo Feixiong and Sun Desheng both face possible five-year (read more…)
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Originally published by Voice of America on NOVEMBER 28, 2014 Two Chinese human rights activists are standing trial Friday on charges of “disturbing public order,” becoming the latest dissidents to be prosecuted by Beijing. Guo Feixiong and Sun Desheng were arrested in August 2013 after taking part in rallies outside a (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on NOVEMBER 27, 2014 Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou will try two prominent rights activists on Friday on public order offenses after they took part in street protests for press freedom and called for greater government transparency and protection for human rights. (read more…)
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Originally published by Big News Network on NOVEMBER 28, 2014 More than two hours away from the centre of Beijing is the “petitioners village”, a group of huts that belong to citizens demanding justice in China and who are unable to find work or decent housing as they have been blacklisted (read more…)
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Originally published by Bloomberg on NOVEMBER 26, 2014 HONG KONG – China put seven students of imprisoned Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti on trial on separatism charges for their involvement in his website, which the nation’s government says promotes disunity. The students may face prison sentences of five to 15 years on (read more…)
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Originally published by National Review Online on NOVEMBER 24, 2014 In 1950, the “conservative impulse” expressed itself in “irritable mental gestures,” in Lionel Trilling’s famous phrase. If Trilling’s liberal successors are to be believed, that impulse has come a long way since then — into a full-blown pathology. Consider Michael (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on NOVEMBER 20, 2014 Police in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have formally arrested a third activist on subversion charges after he publicly supported the Hong Kong pro-democracy movement. Wang Mo has been formally arrested on suspicion of “incitement to subvert state power” (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on NOVEMBER 20, 2014 Authorities in the Chinese capital have indicted two prominent rights lawyers on charges related to separatism and subversion, paving the way for an imminent trial, the indicted men’s attorneys said. Gao Guangqing, defense attorney for Beijing-based Pu Zhiqiang, who met (read more…)
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Han Ying 韩颖 (released) Crime: Creating a disturbance Length of Punishment: N/A Court: N/A Trial Date: N/A Sentencing Date: N/A Dates of Detention/Arrest: October 1, 2014 (detained); November 6, 2014 (arrested); May 30, 2015 (released on bail) Place of Incarceration: Fengtai District Detention Center (Beijing Municipality) Background Police forcibly entered the (read more…)
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Ding Hongfen 丁红芬 (released) Crime: Intentional damage to property Length of Punishment: 21 months Court: Binhu District People’s Court (Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province) Trial Date: October 25-26, 2014 Sentencing Date: November 27, 2014 Dates of Detention/Arrest: June 23, 2013 (detained), May 29, 2014 (arrested); June 11, 2015 (released) Place (read more…)
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