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China detains over 40 people for supporting H.K. protests

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Kyodo News International on October 10, 2014 China has detained over 40 mainlanders over the past two weeks for supporting Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, according to reports compiled by human rights activists and lawyers. The detainees come from a cross-section of Chinese society, ranging from artists and democracy (read more…)

Hong Kong government cancels talks with protesters

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by USA Today on October 9, 2014 BEIJING — Saying “constructive dialogue” is impossible, Hong Kong’s government canceled plans for much-anticipated talks with protesters in an unprecedented civil disobedience movement that has paralyzed parts of the city for the past two weeks. The announcement by Chief Secretary Carrie (read more…)

Poetry reading for Hong Kong protesters prompts detentions in Beijing

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by South China Morning Post on October 8, 2014 Police in Beijing detained at least seven people over a poem reading meeting last week in support of pro-democracy demonstrations in Hong Kong. They are among the dozens of people who have been reportedly detained in China as the (read more…)

China detains human rights activists for supporting Hong Kong protests

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by AFP on October 1, 2014 BEIJING, CHINA: Authorities have detained more than a dozen activists across China and questioned as many as 60 others who expressed support for Hong Kong’s pro-democracy protests in recent days, campaign groups said Wednesday. The clampdown comes with Beijing’s propaganda machine in (read more…)

Special Report: In ‘Umbrella Revolution,’ China confronts limits of its power

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Reuters on Oct 1, 2014. (Reuters) – In the heart of Mong Kok, one of the most densely populated districts on earth, an abandoned Hong Kong police van is enveloped in the student-led demonstrations paralyzing swathes of the city. Along with yellow ribbons and flowers, symbols of (read more…)

China imprison prominent Uyghur scholar for life

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by NewsPakistan.PK on September 26, 2014 Life imprisonment and confiscation of all his property. This is the statement that a Chinese court has imposed for “encouraging separatism ” Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti, 44 years and a very moderate line defender of the rights of their ethnicity. With this conviction, harder (read more…)

China jails outspoken Uighur scholar for life

October 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by USA TODAY on September 23, 2014 BEIJING — A court in China on Tuesday found a prominent scholar from the country’s Uighur minority group guilty of “separatism” and sentenced him to life in prison, his lawyer said. Ilham Tohti, 44, was convicted of advocating for separatism for Xinjiang, (read more…)

China Dream Became ‘Nightmare’ for Rights in China, Report Says

March 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Epoch Times on March 3, 2014 Last year was the worst for human rights since at least 2008, says an annual report from Chinese Human Rights Defenders. The signature “Chinese Dream” of the new leadership has instead become a “nightmare,” they say. “The Chinese government’s assault on activists (read more…)

Former Chinese Labor-Camp Inmates Beaten After Seeking Compensation

March 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on February 27, 2014 Victims of China’s “reform through labor” camp-based punishment system are being harassed and mistreated by police as they try to seek compensation, even after the system was officially abolished at the end of last year, rights activists said on (read more…)

Activist Cao Shunli in Critical Condition, Hospitalized in Beijing

March 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Epoch Times on January 24, 2014 Critically ill rights advocate Cao Shunli, who was prevented from attending a United Nations human rights review of China last fall, was taken to intensive care on Feb. 16 after being denied medical treatment for months while in detention. “Cao Shunli (read more…)

China U.N. Rights Activist in Intensive Care, Denied Visits

March 10, 2014 Comments Off

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on February 21, 2014 A prominent China rights activist detained after she tried to take part in a United Nations review of China’s human rights record is in intensive care after being denied medical treatment for months, her lawyer and rights groups said on (read more…)

Veteran Chinese Rights Activist Who Complained to UN Held Secretly

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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on February 6, 2014 Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Guizhou are believed to be holding an elderly democracy activist who had complained to the UN about the human rights situation in China and his wife in an unknown location since the (read more…)