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Strange interview raises fears about Beijing’s influence over Hong Kong’s paper of record

August 5, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Shanghaiist on July 28, 2016 The South China Morning Post is stuck between a rock and a hard place as critics have begun to question the (once) venerable newspaper’s peculiar interview with a young activist who had been detained by Chinese authorities for over a year. The activist (read more…)

Chinese authorities issue arrest notice for founder of protest-tracking blog

July 22, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Hong Kong Free Press on July 22, 2016 Chinese authorities have issued a formal arrest notice for citizen journalist Lu Yuyu after detaining him for five weeks, Chinese news outlet Weiquanwang reported on Thursday. Lu is founder of the blog “Not News”, which keeps track of and reports on mass demonstrations in China (read more…)

Works by purged Chinese leader Zhao published in Hong Kong

July 22, 2016 Comments Off

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…)

Verfolgungswelle in China: Freilassung von Anwälten gefordert

July 22, 2016 Comments Off

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…)

China Lawyer Crackdown Enters 2nd Year With Calls for Releases

July 22, 2016 Comments Off

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…)

Families of Detained Lawyers in China Petition for Their Rights

July 11, 2016 Comments Off

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…)

Hong Kong Rights Group Calls China’s NGO Law a ‘Step Forward’

July 7, 2016 Comments Off

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…)

Founder of China protest-tracking site detained for ‘picking quarrels’

July 4, 2016 Comments Off

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…)

China Rights Activist’s Cancer Spreads After Seven Months Pretrial Detention

July 1, 2016 Comments Off

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…)

Worldwide vigils and protests mark 1989 Tiananmen massacre

July 1, 2016 Comments Off

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…)

Activists Seek Answers as China Detains Bloggers

June 27, 2016 Comments Off

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…)

China is nowhere near the democracy envisioned by protesters in 1989

June 10, 2016 Comments Off

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…)