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…)
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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…)
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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…)
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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…)
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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…)
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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…)
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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…)
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Originally published by AFP on October 12, 2014 Beijing (AFP) – Chinese police have detained two Beijing activists who took part in a Hong Kong pro-democracy march, a friend said Monday, the latest of dozens of arrests over the protests. China has in recent weeks held around 40 people on (read more…)
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Originally published by Washington Post on October 10, 2014 HONG KONG — Thousands of people of all ages flocked back into the streets of Hong Kong on Friday evening as the government’s decision topull out of talks breathed new life into the pro-democracy movement. Crowds at the protest sites in (read more…)
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Originally published by AsiaNews.it on October 13, 2014. After a first wave of repression, mainland police continues to persecute those who express support for pro-democracy demonstrations in the Special Autonomous Region. In Beijing, arrests, searches, violence and detentions continue. The persecution also affects Chongqing, Guangzhou and Anhui province. Beijing (AsiaNews) (read more…)
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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…)
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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…)
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