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Fears For Safety of Chinese Activist Who Supported Hong Kong’s Democracy Movement

May 12, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 24, 2015 The wife of an online activist detained for subversion in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong after he publicly supported Hong Kong’s Occupy Central pro-democracy movement says she fears for his health and safety as the the authorities look set to prosecute (read more…)

‘Landmark verdict’ for abused China wife who faced death

May 12, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by AFP on April 24, 2015 A Chinese court on Friday commuted the death sentence of a woman who killed her abusive husband, her lawyer told AFP, with a rights group labelling the move a “landmark verdict”. The case of Li Yan, who in 2010 beat to death her (read more…)

Capital Punishment Suspended for Domestic Violence Victim Who Killed Husband

May 12, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by Latin American Herald Tribune on May 1, 2015 BEIJING – A Chinese court on Friday gave a suspended death sentence, which can be transmuted to a life sentence if the prisoner shows good conduct, to Li Yan, a domestic violence victim who killed her husband. Since her arrest, (read more…)

Chinese woman who killed abusive husband gets reprieve

May 12, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by Big News Network on April 24, 2015 Beijing, April 24 (IANS): A Chinese court on Friday gave a suspended death sentence, which can be commuted to a life sentence if the prisoner shows good conduct, to Li Yan, a domestic violence victim who killed her husband, Efe news (read more…)

China jails 71-year-old veteran journalist for ‘leaking state secrets’

April 23, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by Telegraph on April 17 A veteran Chinese journalist has been sentenced to seven years in prison for “leaking state secrets” in what activists described as the latest chapter in an unyielding Communist Party offensive against its opponents. Gao Yu, a 71-year-old writer who has spent decades chronicling Chinese (read more…)

Calls Grow For Probe Into Beating of Chinese Lawyer in a Beijing Court

April 20, 2015 Comments Off

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…)

Activista chino encarcelado denuncia abusos sexuales a presos en China

April 17, 2015 Comments Off

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…)

La liberación de las feministas, ¿un avance para China?

April 17, 2015 Comments Off

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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April 17, 2015 Comments Off

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…)

”Liberad a nuestras 5 hermanas”, la sociedad china habla por las feministas

April 17, 2015 Comments Off

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…)

China goes to court to target activists

April 17, 2015 Comments Off

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…)

Chinese feminists detained for ‘picking quarrels’

April 17, 2015 Comments Off

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…)