Activist in China’s Troubled Xinjiang Region Is Handed 19 Years in Jail

March 7, 2016       Comments Off on Activist in China’s Troubled Xinjiang Region Is Handed 19 Years in Jail

 

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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China Jails Xinjiang Rights Activist For 19 Years For Subversion, Spying

March 7, 2016       Comments Off on China Jails Xinjiang Rights Activist For 19 Years For Subversion, Spying

 

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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Two More Fengrui Detainees Formally Arrested For Subversion

March 7, 2016       Comments Off on Two More Fengrui Detainees Formally Arrested For Subversion

 

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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China’s Missing Rights Lawyers

January 15, 2016       Comments Off on China’s Missing Rights Lawyers

 

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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China Jails Tortured Rights Lawyer For Six Months Amid Protests

January 15, 2016       Comments Off on China Jails Tortured Rights Lawyer For Six Months Amid Protests

 

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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China Jails Activist Who Supported Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement

January 15, 2016       Comments Off on China Jails Activist Who Supported Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement

 

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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Rights Groups Denounce Guilty Verdict for Chinese Lawyer

December 25, 2015       Comments Off on Rights Groups Denounce Guilty Verdict for Chinese Lawyer

 

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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Conviction of Pu Zhiqiang Affirms China’s Resolve to Muzzle Rights Lawyers

December 24, 2015       Comments Off on Conviction of Pu Zhiqiang Affirms China’s Resolve to Muzzle Rights Lawyers

 

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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China’s Response to UN Torture Investigation: Nothing to See Here

December 24, 2015       Comments Off on China’s Response to UN Torture Investigation: Nothing to See Here

 

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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UN Panel Slams the Use of ‘Black Jails’ and Electroshock Therapy for Gays in China

December 24, 2015       Comments Off on UN Panel Slams the Use of ‘Black Jails’ and Electroshock Therapy for Gays in China

 

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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Torture ‘Entrenched’ in China Amid Rights Crackdown

December 24, 2015       Comments Off on Torture ‘Entrenched’ in China Amid Rights Crackdown

 

Originally published by The Washington Free Beacon on December 10, 2015 Chinese authorities continue to engage in pervasive torture of imprisoned dissidents and religious and ethnic minorities, according to a new United Nations report that coincided with International Human Rights Day and calls for Beijing to release political prisoners. The United Nations (read more…)

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Jailed Chinese Rights Activist Appeals ‘Illegal’ And ‘Unjust’ Sentence

December 24, 2015       Comments Off on Jailed Chinese Rights Activist Appeals ‘Illegal’ And ‘Unjust’ Sentence

 

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on December 3, 2015 A prominent Chinese rights activist jailed for six years by a court in the southern city of Guangzhou last week has filed a formal appeal, saying the judgment against him is “illegal and runs counter to natural justice.” Yang Maodong, better known by his pseudonym (read more…)

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