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China’s Persecution of Activists Worsens in Xi’s Second Year: Rights Group

March 22, 2015 Comments Off

Originally publish by Radio Free Asia on March 16, 2015 China’s persecution of human rights activists was “unusually severe” in 2014, according to a report released Monday by an overseas-based rights group, which said President Xi Jinping had intensified a campaign last year to “purge universal values” in the world’s most populous (read more…)

Five Chinese feminists are being detained over International Women’s Day protests

March 22, 2015 Comments Off

Originally publish by Cosmopolitan UK on March 17, 2015 Five women are being criminally detained by Chinese authorities after being suspected of “picking quarrels and creating a disturbance”. The women are known for campaigning for the LGBT community and women’s rights, and were apparently detained after authorities discovered they were planning on highlighting sexual (read more…)

Chinese Lawyers to Boycott Annual Business ‘Check’

March 22, 2015 Comments Off

Originally publish by Radio Free Asia on March 17, 2015 Dozens of top Chinese lawyers have announced a boycott of the annual review of their licenses by the authorities, saying the practice is illegal, and amounts to political control over the country’s embattled legal profession. At least 38 lawyers from Beijing, Sichuan, (read more…)

Detention of Rights Activists in China Soared in 2014, Report Says

March 22, 2015 Comments Off

Originally publish by New York Times (blog) on March 17, 2015 The Chinese authorities last year detained more people advocating greater civic rights than at any time since at least the mid-1990s, a United States-based organization said in a new report. The rights activists encompass a broad group of people, including opponents (read more…)

Hillary Clinton Criticized for Not Defending Human Rights in China

March 22, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by Washington Free Beacon on March 16, 2015 Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is facing new criticism of her record on human rights violations in China. In Clinton’s book Hard Choices, the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate for 2016 touted her efforts to secure asylum in the United States (read more…)

Chinese women’s rights activists arrested after planning protest over sexual harassment

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by ABC on March 12, 2015 Five women’s rights activists who were reportedly planning to raise awareness of sexual harassment on public transport are being criminally detained in China. Li Maizi (also known as Li Tingting), Wu Rongrong, Zheng Churan, Wang Man and Wei Tingting were taken away by (read more…)

Amnesty attacks China over ‘chilling’ detentions of female activists

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by The Telegraph on March 12, 2015 Human rights activists have called on Beijing to release five female campaigners who were detained last weekend after reportedly printing stickers and leaflets calling for an end to sexual harassment. Li Tingting, Wei Tingting, Wu Rongrong, Zheng Churan and Wang Man are (read more…)

China vows better justice as crackdown continues

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by USA Today on March 12, 2015 BEIJING — China’s chief justice Zhou Qiang vowed Thursday to stop wrongful convictions and weed out corrupt judges, as authorities try to build trust in the nation’s “socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics.” Top prosecutor Cao Jianming also pledged better access for (read more…)

Five Chinese feminists held over International Women’s Day plans

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by The Guardian on March 12, 2015 Concern is growing for five Chinese feminists detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and creating a disturbance” after planning to highlight sexual harassment on International Women’s Day. The detainees are known for their work on women’s and LGBT rights and include some (read more…)

Dos personas fueron arrestadas en China por pedir más medidas contra la contaminación

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by Noticias24 on March 9, 2015 (Pekín, 9 de marzo, EFE).- Las autoridades chinas han arrestado a dos ciudadanos que se manifestaron el domingo para pedir más medidas al Ejecutivo contra la contaminación, un problema que, según datos oficiales, provoca hasta 500.000 muertes prematuras cada año. Según confirmó a (read more…)

Anti-Smog Film Is Pulled In China; Protesters Reportedly Detained

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by NPR on March 9, 2015 A human rights group says that police in China detained two people Monday for protesting the government’s approach to air pollution. One of the protesters was detained for slander, according to China Human Rights Defenders. The group says the pair were released after (read more…)

Un proyecto de ley amenaza la pervivencia de las ONG foráneas en China

March 16, 2015 Comments Off

Originally published by Eldia.es on March 15, 2015 Tamara Gil, Pekín, EFE Más control de sus actividades y menos facilidades para instalarse en el país. Esas son algunas de las claves de la nueva ley que el Gobierno de China planea aprobar para regular el trabajo de las organizaciones no gubernamentales (ONG) (read more…)