Originally published by Bangkok Post on July 21, 2016 HONG KONG – A trove of newly published documents belonging to a purged Chinese leader has been launched at Hong Kong’s book fair, despite fears Beijing is tightening freedom of expression in the city. Former premier and Communist Party general secretary Zhao Ziyang (read more…)
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Originally published by Tiroler Tageszeitung Online on July 8, 2016 Peking (APA/dpa) – Zum Jahrestag des Beginns der Verfolgungswelle gegen Bürgerrechtsanwälte in China haben Menschenrechtsorganisationen die Freilassung der Inhaftierten gefordert. Noch immer seien rund 20 Anwälte, Mitarbeiter und Aktivisten in Haft. Ihnen würden grundlegende Rechte verwehrt, kritisierten Menschenrechtler und Diplomaten am (read more…)
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Originally published by Voice of America on July 8, 2016 After a year-long detention, Zhao Wei, a 24-year-old assistant to a prominent lawyer, was released Thursday after she had confessed her crimes and had shown a good attitude, according to police and her lawyer. “I was too simple-minded. I didn’t know (read more…)
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Originally published by Latin American Herald Tribune on July 5, 2016 The families of several lawyers detained in China for nearly a year appealed Monday before the Supreme People’s Procuratorate in Beijing over the violation of their human rights, the nonprofit Chinese Human Rights Defenders reported. The families of the lawyers (read more…)
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Originally published by Voice of America on July 5, 2016 WASHINGTON— A Hong Kong group advocating for workers’ rights in mainland China says the country has taken a “step forward” by passing a new law to regulate overseas nongovernmental organizations. Hong Kong-based China Labour Bulletin is one of the overseas NGOs covered by (read more…)
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Originally published by Hong Kong Free Press on June 27, 2016 Two citizen journalists keeping track of protests in China have been detained for “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Lu Yuyu and his girlfriend Li Tingyu run “Not News,” which has been reporting and distributing news of mass demonstrations in China via Twitter, Blogspot, (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on June 23, 2016 Detained Guangdong activist Huang Yan, a former torture victim who spoke out publicly in support of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, is being denied treatment for spreading ovarian cancer in a police-run detention center, her relatives and rights groups said. Huang was (read more…)
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Originally published by The Tibet Post on June 6, 2016 Dharamshala — Worldwide vigils and protests marked the 27th anniversary of the “Tiananmen Square Massacre.” Tens of thousands of people gathered at candlelight vigil in Victoria Park in Hong Kong, on June 5th night to remember the deadly massacre that ended (read more…)
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Originally published by The News Lens on June 27, 2016 Two Chinese bloggers who published data on protests in China and have been missing for nearly two weeks have reportedly been detained by authorities. Lu Yuyu, Lu’s girlfriend, and Li Tingyu are reported to have been detained on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” Chinese (read more…)
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Originally published by Nikkei Asian Review on June 9, 2016 HONG KONG/BEIJING In the 27 years since its violent suppression of a peaceful demonstration in Tiananmen Square, China has come a long way in many respects — but not in terms of the democracy and human rights that students and other (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on June 9, 2016 The wife of a Chinese activist detained by police after marking the 27th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre has applied for political asylum in Thailand, activists said on Wednesday. Liu Xiaodong and the couple’s three-year-old son applied for asylum with the United (read more…)
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Originally published by EL PAÍS on June 5, 2016 Han pasado 27 años, pero China sigue sin querer abrir uno de los capítulos más oscuros de su historia reciente. Los miles de estudiantes que se manifestaron de forma pacífica durante meses en la plaza de Tiananmen de Pekín en 1989 (read more…)
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