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Chinese rights activist Yu Shiwen goes on hunger strike over Tiananmen detention

May 5, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by International Business Times on May 5, 2016 Chinese rights activist Yu Shiwen, who has been under detention for the last two years for organising the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protest, has gone on hunger strike inside the prison. Yu, known as the last of the (read more…)

China Passes Foreign NGO Law Amid National Security Push

April 29, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by The Diplomat on April 29, 2016 Earlier this month, China celebrated “national security education day” – a large part of which involved reminding Chinese citizens to be on the lookout for foreign threats, whether in the form of actual spies or just nefarious foreign influences. Against this backdrop, (read more…)

Profile: President Xi Jinping

April 29, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by The National on April 2, 2016 WHAT’S THE STORY? AN anonymous letter calling on the president of China to resign has switched a spotlight on his increasing intolerance of dissent. Already drawing criticism for his restrictive policies on free speech, President Xi Jinping’s response to the letter is (read more…)

Tribunal chino condena a cárcel a 4 activistas por apoyar protestas Hong Kong

April 29, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Terra on April 8, 2016 Un tribunal del sur de China condenó hoy a cárcel a cuatro activistas por su apoyo a la conocida como la “revolución de los paraguas”, las históricas protestas prodemocracia que se vivieron en Hong Kong a finales de 2014 y que pusieron en (read more…)

Court in China’s Guangdong Tries Another Online Commentator For Subversion

April 29, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 22, 2016 Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Friday tried the latest in a string of next-generation rights activists for subversion after he posted a number of political essays online. Chen Qitang, better known by his pseudonym Tian Li, stood (read more…)

China Charity Law Hits Rights Groups Right in Their Sources of Funding

April 29, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 1, 2016 China’s new law regulating charities is a further blow to its rights activists, and could restrict any non-government group from raising funds to help some of the country’s most vulnerable people, an overseas-based rights group said. The Charities Law was adopted by (read more…)

China passes law imposing security controls on foreign NGOs

April 28, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by The guardian on April 28, 2016 A Chinese government offensive against civil society that campaigners describe as the worst in nearly three decades has intensified with Beijing’s approval on Thursday of a controversial new law that gives security forces control over foreign NGOs operating in the country. Campaigners (read more…)

China passes new laws on foreign NGOs amid international criticism

April 28, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by BBC on April 28, 2016 China has passed new laws on foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) state media said, amid criticism. The full text was not immediately available, but previous drafts stated that NGOs would have to submit to police supervision and declare sources of funding. Critics say the laws (read more…)

Panama Papers: China detains lawyer after he shares details of leaders online

April 15, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by The Guardian on April 15, 2016 A well-known Chinese civil rights lawyer has been taken into police custody after sharing information about the Panama Papers on social media, human rights groups have said. Ge Yongxi, an outspoken attorney known for defending underground church leaders and political and social activists, (read more…)

China libera al “defensor de las cruces” cristianas tras siete meses detenido

April 1, 2016 Comments Off

Originally publish by El Confidential on March 24, 2016 Pekín, 24 mar (EFE).- Las autoridades chinas han liberado a Zhang Kai, abogado conocido por protestar contra la campaña de retirada de cruces cristianas iniciada por el Gobierno en múltiples partes del país, después de siete meses detenido. El conocido popularmente como (read more…)

Human rights activist wins Int’l Women of Courage award, barred from leaving China for ceremony

April 1, 2016 Comments Off

Originally publish by Hong Kong Free Press on March 30, 2016 Chinese human rights activist Ni Yulan has been banned from leaving the country to receive an International Women of Courage award in the US. Ni told US-backed Radio Free Asia (RFA) on Monday that police in Beijing had frozen her passport and – despite seeking help from (read more…)

It’s International Women’s Day!

March 14, 2016 Comments Off

Originally published by Morning News USA on March 14, 2016 Today, March 8, marks the 108th International Women’s Day, which recognizes the contribution of women in shaping the world. For more than a century, the world has been celebrating this special day for women in a bid to recognize how they (read more…)