Originally published by The New York Review of Books on May 15, 2014 Renee Xia and Perry Link Chinese Human Rights DefendersChinese legal rights activist Cao Shunli (1961–2014) On May 3, fifteen Beijing citizens—scholars, journalists, and rights lawyers—gathered informally at the home of Professor Hao Jian of the Beijing Film Academy to (read more…)
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The parents of seven schoolgirls sexually abused by a teacher in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi have succeeded in getting their case heard again by a local court, following a petitioning trip to Beijing last month.
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Originally published by The New York Times (blog) on July 7, 2014 A meeting on May 3 in Beijing to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement led to the detentions of several participants and criminal charges against a prominent lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang, in events widely reported abroad and spoken of, (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on October 10, 2013 Authorities in the Chinese capital have formally arrested a whistleblowing journalist amid a wave of detentions linked to online “rumors” and nationwide calls for greater transparency. Liu Hu, a reporter with Guangzhou’s Modern Express newspaper who had exposed official corruption in his hometown of (read more…)
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Originally published by The Weekly Standard on July 2, 2014 In a 2007 article in THE WEEKLY STANDARD, “Let a Hundred Flowers Be Crushed,” the Chinese lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, told of being followed by security agents every year around the anniversary of the June 4, 1989 massacre of democracy protesters. Pu responded by ushering the (read more…)
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Originally published by SCMP on May 6, 2014 At least four prominent participants at a low-key event commemorating the 25th anniversary of the crackdown on the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement have been placed under criminal detention, their lawyers and families said yesterday. One thing that is certain is that it was (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on October 9, 2013 The relatives of a high-school student from the southern Chinese province of Guangdong who died last month after being forced to work 12-hour shifts at an electronic appliance factory on a work experience program has hit out at local authorities for “passing (read more…)
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Originally published by Reuters on May 7, 2014 (Reuters) – The United States urged China to release rights activist Pu Zhiqiang and other rights campaigners detained this week after attending a meeting that called for a probe into the suppression of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. “The United States is (read more…)
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Originally published by Epoch Times on October 6, 2013 Ni Yulan, a well-known property rights activist who was tortured and beaten so badly by police that she now gets around in a wheelchair, has been released after two years in prison. After being greeted by family, friends, and journalists from abroad on (read more…)
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Originally published by Reuters on May 6, 2014 BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Tuesday detained five rights activists, three lawyers and a rights group said, after they attended a weekend meeting that called for a probe into the suppression of pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square in 1989. Among those held (read more…)
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Originally published by Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders (blog) on October 4, 2013 Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou are continuing to hold human rights lawyer Yang Maodong, better known as Guo Feixiong, without criminal activists said on 3 October. He was criminally detained on 8 August on charges of “incitement to disturb public (read more…)
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Originally published by CNN on May 6, 2014 Editor’s note: Johan Nylander is a freelance journalist who has lived in Hong Kong since 2011. He reports mainly on the politics, business, and culture of China. (CNN) — Wu Yuanhong, a man suffering from schizophrenia in China’s southeastern Jiangxi Province, was forced by (read more…)
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