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China ‘Disappears’ Dozens of Dissidents As G20 Summit Opens in Hangzhou

September 20, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on September 4, 2016 As world leaders met in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou at the start of the G20 summit, dozens of dissidents, rights activists and ordinary Chinese seeking to highlight grievances against the government were subjected to “disappearances,” detention and house arrest (read more…)

China Detains Activists and Dissidents to Prevent Protests during G20 Summit

September 20, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Latin American Herald Tribune on September 2, 2016 BEIJING – Authorities have arrested or forced activists, dissidents and other citizens to “travel” in several parts of China in a bid to prevent protests during the G20 summit this weekend in Hangzhou. Police, following the usual procedures on such (read more…)

Christian Rights Lawyer Disappears After Retracting ‘Forced’ Statement

September 20, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on September 1, 2016 Beijing human rights lawyer Zhang Kai, detained last August after he gave legal advice to dozens of Protestant churches facing the demolition of their crosses, has been redetained by Chinese police following his “release” on bail. Zhang was taken away by (read more…)

Concerns Mount For Detained Chinese Lawyers on ‘Disappearance Day’

September 20, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 30, 2016 Concerns are growing for the safety of dozens of human rights lawyers and associates locked up in an unknown location by the Chinese authorities in a crackdown that started in July 2015, as the international community marks a day of concern (read more…)

China proudly boosts the ‘rule of law’

August 22, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by San Angelo Standard Times on August 13, 2016 By Julie Makinen, Los Angeles Times (TNS) BEIJING — For five days last week, the confessions poured forth from Chinese human rights activists and attorneys rounded up last summer and held incommunicado for a year. Four men, facing trial for (read more…)

Groups Call For Human Rights Pressure on China Ahead of Hangzhou G20

August 22, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 15, 2016 Rights activists are calling on the leaders of the G20 nations not to ignore China’s human rights violations during its summit in the eastern city of Hangzhou in early September. China is hosting the Sept. 4-5 summit during what activists are (read more…)

Pressure Mounts on China to End ‘Show Trials’ Ahead of G20 Summit

August 22, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by The News Lens on August 8, 2016 Calls have started for G20 leaders, who are set to meet in China next month, to speak out about China’s treatment of human rights lawyers following a flurry of televised confessions and convictions last week. A group of lawyers and human (read more…)

Bailed Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Have Yet to Regain Liberty

August 22, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 8, 2016 Two prominent human rights attorneys detained at the start of a nationwide operation targeting lawyers last year have yet to regain their liberty, despite having been “released” on bail, rights activists said. Bao Longjun, husband and colleague of rights lawyer Wang (read more…)

China’s crackdown on dissent is described as the harshest in decades

August 11, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Los Angeles Times on August 10, 2016 For five days last week, the confessions poured forth from Chinese human rights activists and attorneys rounded up last summer and held incommunicado for a year. Four men, facing trial for subversion, cowered before a court where they were represented by lawyers (read more…)

Christian leader gets stiff jail term in China human rights’ crackdown

August 6, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Ecumenical News on August 3, 2016 A court in Tianjin China has sent a Christian leader from an underground church to more than seven years in jail in a crackdown on human rights activists. Hu Shigen was sent to prison on charges of subversion, becoming the second person to be (read more…)

Un líder religioso, segundo activista condenado por China en dos días

August 6, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by EFE on August 3, 2016 Tamara Gil Pekín, 3 ago (EFE).- Hu Shigen, veterano defensor de la democracia y líder religioso de varias iglesias clandestinas, se convirtió hoy en el segundo activista condenado a cárcel por China en dos días, en el marco de la insólita operación que (read more…)

China Sentences Hu Shigen, Democracy Advocate, to 7 Years in Prison

August 6, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by The New York Times on August 3, 2016 BEIJING — An advocate for democracy and religious freedom in China was sentenced to more than seven years in prison on Wednesday, the state news media reported, as the government continued its prosecution of a group of rights activists accused (read more…)