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China Detains Women’s Rights Activist Over Support For Hong Kong Democracy

November 17, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on OCTOBER 31, 2014 Authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan on Friday detained a prominent women’s rights activist after she organized an online activity in support of Hong Kong’s Occupy Central pro-democracy movement. Ye Haiyan, who founded the Women’s Rights Workshop, was taken away (read more…)

Miles son torturados en cárceles clandestinas chinas, CHRD

November 17, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Terra México on OCTOBER 21, 2014 El 80% de las víctimas son mujeres y han estado entre días y hasta seis años encerradas sin derecho a juicio Las habitaciones de hotel o fábricas utilizadas como cárceles ilegales, donde miles de personas -la mayoría mujeres- son cada día torturadas para evitar (read more…)

Other Opinion: Communists get anxious, jails fill up

November 17, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by The Washington Post on OCTOBER 27, 2014 Readers of the print edition of The New York Times on Friday saw a three-column headline on page A12, China Moves to Reinforce Rule of Law. On the facing page were two one-paragraph news briefs that illustrated what “rule of law” really (read more…)

Women Bear The Brunt of Abuse in China’s ‘Black Jails’: Report

November 17, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on OCTOBER 21, 2014 Eighty percent of people held in China’s unofficial detention centers, or “black jails,” are female, and many suffer routine abuse at the hands of their captors, according to a report published on Tuesday by the overseas-based Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) group. (read more…)

Report reveals large-scale torture in China’s ‘Black Jails’

November 17, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Indileak on OCTOBER 21, 2014 Beijing: The use of hotels and factories as clandestine prisons where thousands of people — mostly women — are tortured to prevent their complaints against the government from coming to light has rapidly increased in China, an organisation Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) (read more…)

‘Black Jails’ Proliferate in China

November 17, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Washington Free Beacon on OCTOBER 24, 2014 Illegal detention facilities mostly house female prisoners, force detainees to receive ‘legal education’ Illegal detention centers known as “black jails” have proliferated in China, according to a new report, even as government officials deny their existence before a United Nations committee this (read more…)

China’s crackdown on dissent shows how nervous its leaders are

November 17, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by The Washington Post on OCTOBER 26, 2014 READERS OF the print edition of the New York Times on Friday saw a three-column headline on page A12, “China Moves to Reinforce Rule of Law .” On the facing page were two one-paragraph news briefs that illustrated what “rule of law” really means (read more…)

Rights Group Details Abuse in ‘Black Jails’

October 31, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by The New York Times on OCTOBER 20, 2014 One night in June last year, Ding Hongfen and about 20 others stormed the Dongjiao Guesthouse in the city of Wuxi in eastern China, breaking down an iron door with crowbars. They freed five people held inside in a “black (read more…)

Report unravels large scale torture in China’s “Black Jails”

October 31, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by LA Prensa on October 21, 2014 Beijing, Oct 21 (EFE).- The use of hotels and factories as clandestine prisons, where thousands of people – mostly women – are tortured to prevent their complaints against the government from coming to light, has rapidly increased in China, the organization (read more…)

China Holds Dozens of Activists Who Supported Hong Kong Protests

October 31, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on October 16, 2014 As Hong Kong’s mass civil disobedience movement entered its 19th consecutive day on Thursday, authorities on the Chinese mainland have detained more than 60 people for openly supporting the move for universal suffrage, rights activists and lawyers said. According to (read more…)

Police act on Hong Kong protests: Live Report

October 31, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by AFP on October 13, 2014 07:43 GMT – AFP IS CLOSING ITS LIVE REPORT on Hong Kong protests after a day that saw chaos erupt as dozens of masked men rushed barricades at the city’s main pro-democracy site triggering clashes with protesters, hours after police had moved in (read more…)

After news assistants arrest, Chinese employees of foreign media on mainland express concerns

October 31, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by SCMP on October 15, 2014 Chinese employees of foreign media organisations on the mainland said they were no stranger to pressure and fear imposed by authorities following the arrest of a Chinese woman who was working as a news assistant for a German newspaper and helped report (read more…)