In Jiangsu, six companies fined for discharging 25,000 tonnes of toxic waste in rivers

January 6, 2015       Comments Off on In Jiangsu, six companies fined for discharging 25,000 tonnes of toxic waste in rivers

 

Originally published by Asia News on December 31, 2014 In eastern China, the Jiangsu Provincial Higher People’s Court rejected appeal by companies, which now have 30 days to pay US$ 26 million in fines. The mainland’s environmental situation is getting worse with 70 per cent of rivers and lakes polluted, this (read more…)

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The Dark Side of the Boom: As China’s Economy Grows, Evictions and Land Grabs Rise With It

December 31, 2014       Comments Off on The Dark Side of the Boom: As China’s Economy Grows, Evictions and Land Grabs Rise With It

 

Author(s): Victor Clemens Published in: Fletcher Forum The booming construction and development industry in China, where the government faces no democratic constraints and rule of law exists only on paper, has brought about a devastating side effect: violent episodes of land appropriation, housing evictions, and demolitions that typically victimize the poorest citizens, particularly (read more…)

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China activists stand trial in dissent crackdown: Lawyer

December 26, 2014       Comments Off on China activists stand trial in dissent crackdown: Lawyer

 

Originally published by AFP on November 28, 2014 Two prominent Chinese political activists went on trial on Friday (Nov 28) for helping to organise small-scale protests against censorship, their lawyer said, the latest prosecution in a deepening government crackdown on dissent. BEIJING: Two prominent Chinese political activists went on trial on (read more…)

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China Activists Tried for ‘Disturbing Order’

December 26, 2014       Comments Off on China Activists Tried for ‘Disturbing Order’

 

Originally published by Reuters on November 28, 2014 Two Chinese human rights activists are standing trial Friday on charges of “disturbing public order,” becoming the latest dissidents to be prosecuted by Beijing. Guo Feixiong and Sun Desheng were arrested in August 2013 after taking part in rallies outside a newspaper that had (read more…)

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China arrests intellectuals in a new wave of repression

December 26, 2014       Comments Off on China arrests intellectuals in a new wave of repression

 

Originally published by EFE on December 4, 2014 Chinese authorities have arrested a number of public intellectuals and shut down two independent organizations in what many see as a preventive response to the threat of Hong Kong’s revolution spreading to the rest of the country, the Chinese Human Rights Defenders, CHRD (read more…)

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On Second Thought: China Celebrates First Constitution Day

December 26, 2014       Comments Off on On Second Thought: China Celebrates First Constitution Day

 

Originally published by The Wall Street Journal on December 4, 2014 Roughly two years ago, free-speech protests outside the offices of a celebrated Chinese newspaper sparked a government crackdown on proponents of constitutionalism. Today, China’s government is leading the celebrations to mark its first national Constitution Day. The seeming about-face illustrates (read more…)

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How China uses Christmas to hide its human rights abuses from the world

December 26, 2014       Comments Off on How China uses Christmas to hide its human rights abuses from the world

 

Originally published by Quartz on December 2, 2014 The cheer of America’s holiday season is typically lost on China. Over the past decade, Chinese officials have increasingly chosen to hold trials for detained political dissidents during Western holidays, when diplomats, journalists, and other observers are off duty or distracted. Last week’s American Thanksgiving (read more…)

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China sentences immigrants’ rights activist to jail

December 26, 2014       Comments Off on China sentences immigrants’ rights activist to jail

 

Originally published by Business Standard on December 2, 2014 Beijing, Dec 2 (IANS/EFE) Immigrant’s rights activist Zhao Fengshin has been sentenced to four years in prison for allegedly encouraging the use of violence in letters that were posted online, according to media reports Monday. According to Boxun magazine, the sentence was passed (read more…)

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China Arrests Intellectuals in a New Wave of Repression

December 26, 2014       Comments Off on China Arrests Intellectuals in a New Wave of Repression

 

Originally published by Latin American Herald Tribune on December 15, 2014 BEIJING – Chinese authorities have arrested a number of public intellectuals and shut down two independent organizations in what many see as a preventive response to the threat of Hong Kong’s revolution spreading to the rest of the country, the (read more…)

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Christian Perseverance

December 26, 2014       Comments Off on Christian Perseverance

 

Originally published by The New American (Magazine) on December 12, 2014 Meriam Ibrahim sat shackled in Khartoum’s Omdurman Federal Women’s Prison, sentenced to 100 lashes and death by hanging. Her 20-month-old son, Martin Wani, who shared her prison cell, was ill from the filth and the stress of the imprisonment. And now, (read more…)

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Jailed Nobel laureate seeks more attention for lesser known activists

December 26, 2014       Comments Off on Jailed Nobel laureate seeks more attention for lesser known activists

 

Originally published by IANS on December 12, 2014 China’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiabo, who is serving a 11-year sentence in prison for inciting subversion, Friday called for the world to pay more attention to the fate of lesser known Chinese rights activists. He said this in a message to (read more…)

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China Sentences Uighur Scholar’s Tohti Students to Up to 8 Years

December 26, 2014       Comments Off on China Sentences Uighur Scholar’s Tohti Students to Up to 8 Years

 

Originally published by Bloomberg on December 9, 2014. China sentenced seven students of incarcerated scholar Ilham Tohti, a member of the country’s Uighur minority, to three to eight years in prison for separatism, Hong Kong government broadcaster RTHK said. The verdicts followed a trial held last month, RTHK said on (read more…)

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