Originally published by Radio Free Asias on September 3, 2013 China has failed to uphold the rights of the country’s children, with many left vulnerable to sexual abuse, child labor, and harm through shoddy goods and medicines and poor safety standards, an overseas-based rights group said on Tuesday. “China’s abysmal record in (read more…)
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Originally published by FOX NEWS on August 17, 2013 BEIJING – A Chinese human rights group and a friend say authorities have detained Guo Feixiong, a leader of the country’s loose New Citizens campaign to promote democratic rights. Journalist Xiao Shu said Saturday that a sister of Guo, whose real name is Yang Maodong, (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on August 29, 2013 Authorities in Shanghai have suspended a prominent legal scholar and rights lawyer from his teaching post after he wrote an article promoting constitutional reforms in June, amid what rights groups say is a continuing crackdown on political activists and anti-graft campaigners. Zhang Xuezhong, (read more…)
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Originally published by The Wall Street Journal on June 13, 2014 BEIJING—Chinese police formally arrested a hard-charging rights lawyer on multiple criminal charges on Friday, making him the latest prominent target in a tightening clampdown on dissent. Pu Zhiqiang faces charges of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles,” as well as (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on June 13, 2014 A Beijing college student has written to China’s president calling for the release of her classmate currently under criminal detention for sending out a tweet linked to the 25th anniversary of the military crackdown on student-led protests in Tiananmen Square. (read more…)
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Originally published by New York Times (blog) on April 9, 2014 It’s no longer politically correct to use the word “Oriental” in the West. But nowhere has the word “despotism” fallen out of favor. Put the two together and you get the title of a book by the German-American historian (read more…)
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Originally published by CNN on June 13, 2014 Beijing (CNN) — Chinese authorities formally arrested prominent lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on Friday for “picking quarrels and creating a disturbance.” His other alleged crime was “illegally obtaining citizens’ personal information,” Beijing police said on their official microblog, adding that the investigation into Pu (read more…)
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Originally published by The Guardian on April 8, 2014 Two activists from the Chinese civil society organisation New Citizens’ Movement appeared in court on Tuesday in what human rights groups have called a protracted crackdown on freedom of assembly and expression. Ding Jiaxi, 46, a Beijing-based lawyer, stood trial (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on June 12, 2014 Authorities in the Chinese capital have tried a member of the New Citizens’ Movement in secret on fraud charges, his lawyer said, in the latest action against the group campaigning for government transparency. Zhang Xiangzhong stood trial at Beijing’s Haidian (read more…)
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Originally published by Epoch Times on April 7, 2014 On April 6, after 15 days of detention by security forces in the north of China, three human rights lawyers were released, quickly telling the story of what happened to them while in custody: torture, beatings, and verbal abuse, (read more…)
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Originally published by Radio Free Asia on April 4, 2014 Rights lawyer Zhang Junjie was released last Thursday after being detained alongside fellow attorneys Jiang Tianyong, Tang Jitian and Wang Cheng on March 21. Zhang later said he had been severely beaten by a state security police officer named Yu (read more…)
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Originally published by SCMP on June 12, 2014 A human rights group has released a list of over 100 activists, journalists, lawyers, dissidents and other assorted individuals who are thought to have been detained by the government in the wake of the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests. (read more…)
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