Originally published by Wall Street Journal on May 6, 2014 By Josh CHINE BEIJING—Chinese authorities have detained a prominent rights lawyer on charges of creating a disturbance, according to lawyers and his family, in a sign of increased government scrutiny of activists ahead of the 25th anniversary of the crackdown (read more…)
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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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Originally published by SCMP on April 21, 2014 Keen to learn about the United Nations’ review of human rights in China, Cao Shunli planned to travel to Geneva last September. She never made her flight. Beijing police barred her from boarding her plane on September 14. Then the human rights (read more…)
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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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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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Originally published by The Guardian on April 18, 2014 A Chinese court sentenced four anti-corruption activists to prison on Friday, closing another chapter in a protracted crackdown on dissent. The four belonged to the New Citizens Movement, a loose-knit grassroots organisation known for holding small dinner parties to discuss political (read more…)
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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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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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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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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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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 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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