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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Originally published by New York Times on June 2, 2016 北京——「對不起，我不能接受採訪，」「天安門母親」的發起人之一丁子霖說。這是在1989年的中國軍隊鎮壓行動中遇害的民主抗議人士家屬組成的群體。說話的時間是本週三，距離她兒子的忌日還有三天。 丁子霖曾任哲學教授，現年79歲，聲音聽起來有些虛弱。她沒有詳細解釋自己為何不能接受採訪。不過，在掛掉電話之前，她又講了一句，「門口有人在監測。」每年這個時候，當局都會派人在丁子霖位於北京高校區的家門口監控，攔住前去採訪的記者和其他訪客。
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Originally published by Voice of America on May 20, 2016 BEIJING— It is no secret China’s communist leaders do not like having their human rights credentials questioned, but based on a response from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Canada Wednesday, it apparently is a topic that should not be brought (read more…)
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