Originally published by Radio Free Asia on November 1, 2013 Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have formally arrested an anti-graft activist who demonstrated on the street in support of detained movement founder Xu Zhiyong, his lawyer said on Friday. Sun Desheng was detained after he held up (read more…)
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Tang Hui sobbed. She had fought for years for harsher punishment for those responsible for raping her daughter and forcing the 11-year-old into prostitution, but the authorities did not put the perpetrators behind bars longer. Instead, they locked her up in one of China’s re-education camps. They did not stop (read more…)
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Originally published by Christian Today on July 17, 2014 Friends, family, and supporters of Pastor Zhang Shaojie are speaking out against his 12-year prison sentence for fraud and “gathering a crowd to disrupt public order.” They say the conviction and sentence were a “miscarriage of justice.” The Christian pastor was sentenced on (read more…)
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Originally published by The Daily Beast on June 2, 2014 The Chinese regime steps up suppression every year before June 4, but this year is worse, suggesting officials are more nervous than usual. Twenty-five years ago, on the night of June 3-4, troops of China’s People’s Liberation Army crushed the (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on July 17, 2014 One of three Chinese anti-graft activists detained by authorities in the southern province of Guangdong may have been secretly tried and jailed for four years on subversion charges, a lawyer has revealed. Rights attorney Zheng Jianwei came across a court (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on May 30, 2014 Authorities in the Chinese capital have poured hundreds of thousands of security personnel into the Beijing municipality ahead of next week’s 25th anniversary of the June 4 military crackdown on the 1989 student movement, official media reported on Friday.Security posts (read more…)
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Originally published by ABC.es on October 22, 2013 Paradojas de la diplomacia, China aspira a un puesto en el Consejo de Derechos Humanos de Naciones Unidas mientras sigue persiguiendo a los disidentes que critican al autoritario régimen del Partido Comunista. Dicho Consejo, encargado de «proteger los derechos humanos en los (read more…)
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Originally published by Epoch Times on October 25, 2013 A state approved Chinese political theory journal rejects Western political ideas that are taking hold in China, saying they would “confuse the people’s minds”. A recent article in the journal Qiushi Theory was critical of Western ideological trends that would “confuse the (read more…)
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Originally published by SCMP on May 29, 2014 Two more civil rights activists on the mainland have been placed under criminal detention ahead of the 25th anniversary next week of the pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square. Yu Shiwen and his wife, Chen Wei , were detained for “gathering a crowd (read more…)
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Originally published by Latin American Herald Tribune on December 20, 2013 BEIJING – The founder of a Chinese civil rights group known as the New Citizens’ Movement has been formally charged with disturbing public order and could face trial this month, rights activists said Saturday.The charges against Xu Zhiyong, whose group (read more…)
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Originally published by RFA on May 21, 2014 Updated at 5:00 p.m. ET on 2014-05-22Authorities in the eastern city of Hangzhou have detained and questioned an outspoken writer, while a detained rights lawyer was assaulted by police amid a widening clampdown on dissent ahead of the 25th anniversary of the (read more…)
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Originally published by RFA on May 22, 2014 Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Thursday adjourned the trial of a woman who tried to stand as an independent election candidate amid growing fears for her health after extreme mistreatment in police custody, her lawyer and supporters said.More (read more…)
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