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China holding people under secret residential surveillance system

December 29, 2021 Comments Off

Originally published by New Delhi on 29 December, 2021 Campaigners say China has ‘systematised arbitrary and secret detention’ by holding thousands of people under ‘Residential Surveillance at a Designated Location’ (RSDL), Al Jazeera reported. Spain-based rights group Safeguard Defenders say that as many as 27,208 to 56,963 people have gone (read more…)

Concerns grow for health of rights lawyer, dissident detained in Xiamen crackdown

December 27, 2021 Comments Off

Originally published by RFA on 27 December, 2021 Legal scholar Xu Zhiyong (L) and human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi are shown in undated photos.RFA Two years after a Chinese human rights lawyer was detained on suspicion of “subversion” for taking part in a gathering in the southwestern Chinese city of (read more…)

Chinese Authorities Poised to Put Activists Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi On Trial, PEN America and China Human Rights Defenders Warn

December 20, 2021 Comments Off

Originally published by Pen America on 20 December, 2021 Tactic known as “Christmas surprise” likely in case against Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi (New York, NY) — Chinese authorities may use the lull around the Christmas and New Year’s holidays to subject prominent human rights defenders to unfair trials while much (read more…)

China jails dissident rights activist for four years

December 7, 2021 Comments Off

Originally published by Union of Catholic Asian News on 7 December, 2021 Chen Yunfei has been persecuted by authorities for years due to his staunch defense of human rights, groups say A court in southwest China has sentenced a prominent blogger and rights activist to four years in jail on charges (read more…)

Court in China’s Chengdu jails veteran rights activist on ‘trumped-up charge’

December 6, 2021 Comments Off

By Sun Cheng Translated and edited by Luisetta Mudie. Originally published by Radio Free Asia on 6 December, 2021 Chen Yunfei gets a four-year jail term he says is linked to his research into compulsory education in China. A court in the southwestern province of Sichuan has handed down a (read more…)

Case Of Peng Shuai Puts China’s #MeToo Movement Back In Spotlight

November 29, 2021 Comments Off

By Patrick Fok Originally published by NEWSY on 29 November, 2021 The tennis star seemingly vanished from the public eye after alleging she was coerced into having sex with a former government official. The case of Peng Shuai has put China’s #MeToo movement back in the spotlight. The tennis player (read more…)

WTA Stands Alone in Peng Shuai China Standoff as Olympics Near

November 24, 2021 Comments Off

By Emily Caron, Asli Pelit Originally published by Sportico on 24 November, 2021 While the tennis world, and particularly the Women’s Tennis Association, has been loud and clear in airing its concerns over the well-being of China’s Peng Shuai, much of the rest of the sports industry has remained silent. (read more…)