Group Seeks U.S. Sanctions On Chinese Police Over ‘Torture’ of Activist

September 25, 2017       Comments Off on Group Seeks U.S. Sanctions On Chinese Police Over ‘Torture’ of Activist

 

Originally published by RFA on September 13, 2017 Overseas human rights group has called on the U.S. government to impose sanctions on two Chinese police officers over the “arbitrary detention and torture” of rights activist Cao Shunli, who died in a police detention center after being detained at Beijing’s international airport four years ago. The Chinese (read more…)

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Taiwanese activist pleads guilty to Chinese subversion charges

September 25, 2017       Comments Off on Taiwanese activist pleads guilty to Chinese subversion charges

 

Originally published by AFP on September 11, 2017 A Taiwanese democracy activist pleaded guilty Monday to charges of attempting to subvert Chinese government power during a trial in China that his wife called a “political show” and further soured cross-strait ties. Lee Ming-cheh appeared alongside a Chinese co-defendant named Peng (read more…)

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UN experts call on China to release prominent human rights lawyer

September 11, 2017       Comments Off on UN experts call on China to release prominent human rights lawyer

 

Originally published by Jurist on September 6, 2017 [JURIST] Four UN human rights experts on Tuesday called on [press release] China to release a prominent human rights lawyer who has been detained since November 2016. The lawyer, Jiang Tianyong, is being tried for inciting subversion of the state’s power. The UN’s call (read more…)

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HRW: China systemically oppressing critics of human rights abuse

September 11, 2017       Comments Off on HRW: China systemically oppressing critics of human rights abuse

 

Originally published by Jurist on September 6, 2017 [JURIST] Human Rights Watch (HRW) [advocacy website] on Tuesday condemned [report] both China’s oppression of critics of the nation’s human rights record and the UN’s failure to stop such conduct. The report alleges that, “China has worked consistently and often aggressively to silence criticism of its (read more…)

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China Urged to End Illegal Practice of Enforced Disappearances

September 11, 2017       Comments Off on China Urged to End Illegal Practice of Enforced Disappearances

 

Originally published by VOA on August 29, 2017 Ahead of Wednesday’s International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearance, rights groups are calling on China to end its “self-legalized” practice of involuntary disappearances of human rights defenders and their family members, including Liu Xia, the widow of the late Nobel (read more…)

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

 

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…)

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China rights lawyer ‘confesses’ to attempting to overthrow government

September 11, 2017       Comments Off on China rights lawyer ‘confesses’ to attempting to overthrow government

 

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…)

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China activist admits to using Twitter to incite subversion

September 11, 2017       Comments Off on China activist admits to using Twitter to incite subversion

 

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…)

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Chinese activist Jiang Tianyong’s subversion trial dismissed as sham

September 11, 2017       Comments Off on Chinese activist Jiang Tianyong’s subversion trial dismissed as sham

 

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…)

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Chinese activist on trial accused of inciting subversion

September 11, 2017       Comments Off on Chinese activist on trial accused of inciting subversion

 

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…)

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

September 11, 2017       Comments Off on Cambridge University Press accused of ‘selling its soul’ over Chinese censorship

 

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…)

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Chinese dissident stands trial after 2 years in detention

August 18, 2017       Comments Off on Chinese dissident stands trial after 2 years in detention

 

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…)

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