Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 16, 2015 Hundreds of lawyers and rights activists are calling for an independent investigation into the alleged beating of Beijing-based lawyer Cui Hui by court officials in the Chinese capital. Cui, 51, says she was attacked by judges and bailiffs at the Tongzhou (read more…)
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Originally published by Nacion on April 16, 2015 El activista chino Guo Feixiong ha denunciado que las autoridades han abusado sexualmente de compañeros de su celda en la prisión del sur del país en la que está encarcelado. Guo, que lleva veinte meses bajo detención esperando la sentencia de su juicio, ha (read more…)
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Originally published by Terra on April 14, 2015 La liberación de las cinco feministas ha supuesto una victoria para la comunidad internacional y de activistas en China, si bien es un logro menor que no necesariamente supone un avance para los derechos humanos en el país, según coincidieron hoy varios expertos. Algunas (read more…)
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Originally published by Milenio on April 13, 2015 Pekín Las autoridades chinas pusieron hoy en libertad bajo fianza a tres de las cinco feministas arrestadas hace más de un mes y cuyo caso había provocado una gran campaña de protesta internacional e inusual en China, aunque las dos más activas siguen (read more…)
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Originally published by HERALDO on April 7, 2015 La detención hace un mes de cinco de las feministas más activas en China ha provocado la mayor campaña de protesta local e internacional contra un arresto en los últimos años, según coinciden este martes organizaciones de derechos humanos y activistas. Wu Rongrong, (read more…)
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Originally published by Financial Times on March 16, 2015 China is sharply increasing its use of criminal prosecution as a tool for maintaining control in 2014, two reports have found, in a shift away from ad hoc measures preferred in the past. The past few years have seen a crackdown on (read more…)
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Originally published by The Telegraph on April 12, 2015 The families of five Chinese feminists detained by authorities for “picking quarrels” have called for their immediate release. The young women were detained on the eve of International Women’s Day on March 8, which they had planned to mark by distributing leaflets (read more…)
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Originally published by Open Democracy (blog) on April 8, 2015 Prominent human rights activist Pu Zhiqiang has languished in pre-trial detention since his arrest last May – in the lead-up to the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre – on charges for several crimes including “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. (read more…)
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Originally published by The Guardian on April 5, 2015 It is a month since Chinese police seized five feminists who planned to distribute stickers and leaflets to highlight sexual harassment. China under Xi Jinping has proved increasingly intolerant of civil society; last year alone, almost 1,000 activists were detained, according to (read more…)
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Originally published by The Wall Street Journal on March 31, 2015 From an Evan Osnos article on Xi Jinping in the April 6 issue of the New Yorker: Xi describes his essential project as a rescue: he must save the People’s Republic and the Communist Party before they are swamped by (read more…)
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Originally published by Irish Times on March 24, 2015 Concern is growing over the health of one of the five feminist activists detained in Chinathis month, with reports that Wu Rongrong has had her medication withdrawn in the detention centre where she is being held. Ms Wu, who has hepatitis, and (read more…)
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Originally published by Al Jazeera on March 22, 2015 Beijing, China – Despite the abolition of communist reeducation through labour camps, China’s rulers continue to allow security agents to detain government critics within a vast network of secret gulags and psychiatric facilities spread across the People’s Republic, according to an international (read more…)
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