Originally published by Radio Free Asia on January 29, 2016 Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Friday handed down jail terms of up to five years to the “Guangzhou Three” rights activists for subversion, after they sought to launch a civil disobedience campaign to protect human rights. The (read more…)
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Originally published by The Wall Street Journal (blog) on January 23, 2016 A trio of recent repressive actions by the Chinese party-state represents a disturbing three-pronged attack that treats legality as an unnecessary burden on governance over society, and illustrates how far China is willing to go to snuff out dissent. (read more…)
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Originally published by Time on January 22, 2016 China has handed prison sentences totaling more than 19 years to an activist in the northwestern region of Xinjiang, the home of the mostly Muslim Uighur ethnic group. Zhang Haitao, who is himself Han Chinese, was given 15 years for “incitement to subvert state power” (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on January 21, 2016 Authorities in the northwestern Chinese region of Xinjiang have jailed a Han Chinese rights activist for 19 years on subversion and spying charges after he openly criticized government policy in the troubled region. Zhang Haitao was handed a 15-year prison term (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on January 14, 2016 Authorities in the Chinese capital have formally arrested another associate of the Beijing Fengrui law firm and a rights activist on subversion charges, bringing the total facing jail on similar charges to 10, a Hong Kong-based rights group said on Thursday. Fengrui (read more…)
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Originally published by New York Times on January 13, 2016 Over the last six months, the Chinese authorities have detained or summoned for questioning more than 200 legal practitioners who had worked on civil rights cases. While some have been released, several prominent lawyers now face criminal charges, including subverting state power, (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on January 8, 2016 Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong on Friday handed a six-month jail term to detained rights lawyer Shu Xiangxin, whose lawyers say he was tortured while in custody at a police-run detention center. Shu was found guilty of “defamation” at (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on December 29, 2015 A court in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong has handed down an 18-month jail term to an activist who showed online support for last year’s pro-democracy Occupy Central movement in neighboring Hong Kong. Ye Xiaozheng, known online by his nickname (read more…)
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Originally published by Voice Of America on December 22, 2015 A Beijing court Tuesday found prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang guilty of “inciting ethnic hatred” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” but gave him a suspended three-year jail term, meaning he could be released in ten days if he decides (read more…)
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Originally published by New York Times on December 22, 2015 BEIJING — In convicting one of China’s most prominent rights lawyers, the Chinese government has struck a body blow at an independent legal movement that until recently had managed to take root despite numerous obstacles, legal rights advocates say. Although the lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang, (read more…)
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Originally published by The Diplomat on December 17, 2015 The 56th session of the United Nations Convention against Torture (CAT) was held in Geneva this year from November 9 to December 9, where a Chinese delegation was present to testify to the progress its nation has made and explain away the (read more…)
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Originally published by Vice News on December 12, 2015 China has pushed back against a United Nations report released this week that criticized the continued use by the country’s justice system of secret detention facilities known as “black jails” where prisoners have allegedly been raped and killed. The report also condemned the (read more…)
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