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Chinese woman said to be detained after tossing ink on poster with image of President Xi Jinping

September 26, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by AFP on July 17, 2018 SHANGHAI (AFP) – A woman who live-streamed herself throwing ink onto a picture of Chinese President Xi Jinping has been detained, according to activists who accuse authorities of suppressing speech to protect a “cult of personality” around the country’s leader. The US-based Chinese (read more…)

China Moves to Quash #MeToo Report of Sexual Harassment At Top University

September 26, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on July 11, 2018 China’s powerful propaganda authorities have ordered the deletion of an article about a string of reports of sexual assault and harassment by a lecturer at a top university in the southern province of Guangdong. “Delete the article headlined ‘She thought she (read more…)

Three Years After China’s Lawyer Crackdown, Rights Groups Call For Sanctions

September 26, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on July 9, 2018 nternational rights groups have called on China to release all human rights lawyers who remain behind bars, three years after the ruling Chinese Communist Party launched a nationwide crackdown on rights lawyers and activists. More than 300 lawyers, law firm (read more…)

NGOs Urge China to Release Activist Qin Yongmin from Jail

September 26, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Latin America Herald Tribune on July11, 2018 BEIJING – Human rights organizations urged Chinese authorities on Thursday to release veteran Chinese democracy activist Qin Yongmin, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison for subversion of state power, and asked the United Nations to intervene in what they (read more…)

Human Rights Group Urges China to Stop Persecuting Lawyers

September 26, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Latin America Herald Tribune on July 9, 2018 BEIJING – A Chinese human rights group urged the government on Monday to probe the unlawful persecution of Chinese human rights lawyers, including arbitrary arrests and torture. Three years ago, China had cracked down heavily on human rights lawyers, arresting (read more…)

China urged to stop persecuting lawyers

September 26, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by IANS on July 9, 2018 Beijing, Jul 9 (IANS): A Chinese human rights group on Monday urged the government to probe the unlawful persecution of Chinese human rights lawyers, including arbitrary arrests and torture. Three years ago China had cracked down heavily on human rights lawyers, arresting more (read more…)

Tiananmen Mothers Write to Chinese President Slamming ‘Crime Against Humanity’

September 26, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on June 1, 2018 The relatives of those killed when China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) put a bloody end to weeks of student-led democracy protests on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 29 years ago have called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to compensate them and to (read more…)

China’s anti-spy campaign: cash rewards and warnings of ‘dangerous times’

May 15, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by The Guardian on May 10, 2018 Redheaded academics, tourists, English teachers, and NGO workers are some of the suspicious figures that Chinese people should beware of befriending, according to a propaganda campaign launched by Chinese authorities. Posters on the subway in central Beijing alert commuters to some (read more…)

Wife of ‘vanished’ Chinese lawyer marches for answers

April 16, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by AFP on April 6, 2018 The wife of a detained Chinese human rights lawyer who has embarked on a 100-kilometre (60-mile) march to highlight his plight said Thursday she did not even know if he was still alive. Attorney Wang Quanzhang, who defended political activists and victims of (read more…)

Chinese Rights Activists Fearful as Policeman Takes Charge of Legal Affairs

March 23, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Reuters on March 21, 2018 By Christian Shepherd BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese rights lawyers and activists say the promotion on Monday of former police official Fu Zhenghua to head China’s justice ministry signals an even deeper freeze on attempts to use the country’s legal system to defend (read more…)

Activists’ Award Comes Amid Worsening Human Rights Climate in China

March 23, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on March 14, 2018 Chinese activists Chen Jianfang and Li Xiaoling have won a prestigious human rights award in memory of a human rights campaigner who died in police detention after being denied access to adequate medical care. The award, which comes amid an (read more…)

China steps up internet censorship of criticism of Xi Jinping

March 23, 2018 Comments Off

Originally published by The Globe and Mail on March 11, 2018 A few days ago, Chinese police knocked on Yan’s apartment door, saying they were there for a routine document check. It didn’t take long to reveal their real intention. “They asked me what I posted on Weibo,” said Yan, (read more…)