Ales Byalyatski wins Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize

October 15, 2013       Comments Off on Ales Byalyatski wins Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize

 

Originally published by Charter97 on September 30, 2013 Imprisoned human rights defender Ales Byalyatski has been awarded the Vaclav Havel Human Rights Prize. “In his daily struggle against violations of human rights, injustice, arbitrariness and authoritarianism, Ales Bialiatski [Byalyatski] has worked ceaselessly so that the citizens of Belarus may one day aspire (read more…)

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China is refusing to give a dozen political prisoners life-saving medical treatment

June 29, 2014       Comments Off on China is refusing to give a dozen political prisoners life-saving medical treatment

 

Originally published by Quartz on June 26, 2014 Chinese activist Liu Ping, connected with the loosely organized New Citizens Movement, was sentenced to six years and six months in prison last week. Human rights groups and Liu’s lawyer argue she should be given medical parole: They claim that over the course of the past year she has (read more…)

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China Sentences Activists On Disturbing Public Order Charge

May 13, 2014       Comments Off on China Sentences Activists On Disturbing Public Order Charge

 

Originally published by Bloombergon April 18, 2014 China sentenced four activists linked to a movement that sought to promote citizens’ rights to jail for disturbing the public order, a court in Beijing said. Ding Jiaxi was sentenced to three and a half years in prison, the longest sentence of the group, a (read more…)

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How Big Is China’s Hidden Economy?

September 30, 2013       Comments Off on How Big Is China’s Hidden Economy?

 

Originally published by Radio Free Asia on September 26, 2013 China’s hidden household income—otherwise known as its “gray economy”—has topped 6.2 trillion yuan (U.S.$1 trillion) or about 12 percent of the world’s most populous nation’s economic output, a new report says, indicating a widening wealth gap fueled by corruption. The state-backed China Reform (read more…)

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Jiangxi Child Abuse Victims’ Parents in Bid For Compensation

September 30, 2013       Comments Off on Jiangxi Child Abuse Victims’ Parents in Bid For Compensation

 

Originally published byRadio Free Asia on September 25, 2013 The parents of seven schoolgirls abused by a teacher in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi have called for a meeting with the Ministry of Education to discuss compensation. Speaking on a trip to petition the ministry in Beijing, one of the parents (read more…)

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The Party Line

December 1, 2013       Comments Off on The Party Line

 

China’s Communist party leadership concluded an important agenda-setting meeting in Beijing on November 12. At this point much remains unclear about the decisions made at the Third Plenum of the 18th Communist Party Central Committee conclave, including changes to the One China policy, market reforms, and the abolition of the (read more…)

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China: Activist ‘Disappeared’ Ahead of UN Rights Review

September 30, 2013       Comments Off on China: Activist ‘Disappeared’ Ahead of UN Rights Review

 

Originally published by Human Rights Watch on September 24, 2013 (New York) – The Chinese government should immediately release Cao Shunli, a Beijing-based activist who has been forcibly disappeared since September 14, 2013, Human Rights Watch said today. She has not been heard from since she was questioned and barred from boarding a flight to Geneva (read more…)

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Chinese Dissidents Jailed Ahead of Moon Festival

September 30, 2013       Comments Off on Chinese Dissidents Jailed Ahead of Moon Festival

 

Originally published by Radio Free Asias on September 19, 2013 Chinese authorities have formally arrested or sentenced a number of anti-graft and human rights activists on the eve of the traditional mid-autumn moon festival, rights groups said on Thursday. Authorities in the central province of Hubei formally arrested Liu Jiacai, an activist (read more…)

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China’s new move signals the end of one-child policy

December 1, 2013       Comments Off on China’s new move signals the end of one-child policy

 

China’s planned easing of its controversial one-child policy will allow several million couples, especially in urban areas, to have a second child.

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China Detains Activists Over UN Campaign

September 30, 2013       Comments Off on China Detains Activists Over UN Campaign

 

Originally published by Radio Free Asias on September 18, 2013 Chinese authorities have detained two prominent rights activists who were en route to Geneva ahead of a U.N. review of Beijing’s rights record, and are questioning two more on suspicion of subversion after they campaigned against China’s application to join a U.N. (read more…)

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