PCCh China detiene a decenas de ciudadanos para blindar Pekín por reunión del PCCh

November 19, 2013       Comments Off on PCCh China detiene a decenas de ciudadanos para blindar Pekín por reunión del PCCh

 

Originally published by Agencia EFE on November 8, 2013   Pekín, 8 nov (EFE).- Las autoridades chinas han arrestado a decenas de ciudadanos que pretendían presentar sus denuncias al Gobierno central en Pekín, en vísperas de la importante reunión del Partido Comunista Chino (PCCh) que comienza mañana en la capital. Según (read more…)

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Chinese Lawyer Beaten and Denied Access to Client in Falun Gong Case

August 28, 2013       Comments Off on Chinese Lawyer Beaten and Denied Access to Client in Falun Gong Case

 

Originally published by EPOCH TIMES on August 21, 2013 When two lawyers, Cheng Hai from Beijing and Tang Tianhao from Chongqing, went to the Dalian Detention Center on Aug. 15 to meet with their clients, Falun Gong practitioners that the local authorities are attempting to prosecute on dubious legal grounds, police said (read more…)

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Family Seeks Independent Autopsy of Activist Who Died in Detention

March 31, 2014       Comments Off on Family Seeks Independent Autopsy of Activist Who Died in Detention

 

Originally published by New York Times on March 28, 2014 Updated, 5:40 a.m.ET | A lawyer for Cao Shunli, a human rights activist who died in detention on March 14, said her family wants an independent autopsy by pathologists from outside China, saying they do not trust local pathologists or the (read more…)

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Rights group says China detains legal activist

August 28, 2013       Comments Off on Rights group says China detains legal activist

 

Chinese authorities have detained Yang Maodong, a leading member of the country’s loose New Citizens campaign that promotes democratic rights, his friend and an international human rights advocacy group said Saturday.

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China paper rejects political change ahead of key meeting

November 19, 2013       Comments Off on China paper rejects political change ahead of key meeting

 

Originally published by Agence France-Presse on November 8, 2013 The official mouthpiece of China’s ruling Communist Party on Friday firmly rejected Western-style political reforms as reports emerged of tightened security a day before a major party meeting. The party “must uphold its leadership… in the face of some people in society (read more…)

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China detains prominent rights activist: group

August 28, 2013       Comments Off on China detains prominent rights activist: group

 

BEIJING (AFP) – Chinese police have detained a prominent human rights activist, signalling the continuation of a recent crackdown on dissent, an advocacy group said on Saturday.

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Wife makes plea for jailed activist Yang Maodong to Xi

August 28, 2013       Comments Off on Wife makes plea for jailed activist Yang Maodong to Xi

 

The wife of a recently detained human rights activist issued an open letter to President Xi Jinping calling for the release of her husband and the implementation of the constitution.

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U.N. Delays Action on China’s Rights Report

March 25, 2014       Comments Off on U.N. Delays Action on China’s Rights Report

 

In what one Western diplomat called a “very unusual”development, the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva has postponed the adoption of China’s human rights report amid protests over the death in custody of a rights activist in Beijing and reports of delaying tactics by China.

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Rights group says China detains legal activist

August 28, 2013       Comments Off on Rights group says China detains legal activist

 

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.

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Human rights groups says China has detained another legal activist

August 28, 2013       Comments Off on Human rights groups says China has detained another legal activist

 

BEIJING — Chinese authorities have detained Yang Maodong, a leading member of the country’s loose New Citizens campaign that promotes democratic rights, his friend and an international human rights advocacy group said Saturday.

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Detained China activist dies after critical illness

March 17, 2014       Comments Off on Detained China activist dies after critical illness

 

Chinese human rights activist Cao Shunli died on Friday after falling critically ill in police detention where she was at first denied treatment, a rights group and prominent dissident said.

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