Originally published by The New York Times on July 11, 2015 HONG KONG — At least five Chinese lawyers from a firm that specialized in rights cases have been detained by the police in Beijing and accused of running a criminal syndicate to smear the Communist Party and “create social chaos” through (read more…)
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Originally published by South China Morning Post on July 10, 2015 At least five employees of a Beijing law firm – including three lawyers – have gone missing, with some taken away by either police or unidentified men and another disappearing after reporting that her home was being broken into, their (read more…)
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Originally published by Nikkei Asian Review on July 9, 2015 URUMQI, China — Political risk is increasing in China as tensions there continue to mount between the dominant Han and minority groups. The Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, in the country’s northwest, has been plagued by continued violence between the predominantly Muslim Uighur (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on July 2, 2015 Authorities in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian have frozen the bank accounts of the wife of activist Wu Gan, who now faces three criminal charges over online criticism of the government and advocacy for freedom of speech. Wu’s wife Song (read more…)
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Originally published by Voice Of America on July 1, 2015 China’s parliament has adopted a sweeping new national security law that critics say will further enshrine and expand the country’s suppression of political dissent. The largely ceremonial National People’s Congress passed the bill Wednesday with 144 yes votes and one abstention, (read more…)
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Originally published by RadioFree Asia on June 25, 2015 Authorities in the central province of Hunan have prevented a prominent poet from leaving the country, saying he isn’t obedient enough to the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Liang Taiping, who lives in the Hunan provincial capital Changsha, had planned to attend (read more…)
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Originally published by Committee to Protect Journalists on June 18, 2015 New York, June 18, 2015–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Chinese authorities to immediately release Wang Jing, a journalist who has been imprisoned since December and whose health has deteriorated in custody. Wang’s lawyer, Li Weida, visited the journalist (read more…)
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Originally published by The Gulf Today on June 20, 2015 CAIRO: The leading Muslim seat of learning, Al Azhar, condemned China on Friday for imposing restrictions on fasting in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region during the Holy Month of Ramadan. China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in Xinjiang from (read more…)
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Originally published by Reuters on June 19, 2015 Three Chinese rights activists on trial for distributing books advocating a peaceful end to dictatorships on Friday dismissed their lawyers, bringing a halt to the proceedings. The trial in the southern city of Guangzhou comes as President Xi Jinping’s government has ratcheted (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on June 18, 2015 Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have placed dozens of activists under surveillance after they planned to attend the subversion trial of three prominent rights lawyers on Friday. Tang Jingling, Wang Qingying, and Yuan Xinting, known as the Guangzhou (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on June 19, 2015 Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong called off the trial of three prominent rights activists after they dismissed their defense team amid a procedural dispute with court officials, lawyers said on Friday. Rights lawyer Tang Jingling, former teacher Wang (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on June 15, 2015 Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have detained activists linked to a leading nongovernment organization (NGO) on charges of “illegal business activity,” in a move which fellow activists and rights groups said is linked to a growing civil society (read more…)
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