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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Police have detained the founder of a human rights website and at least four writers after the site reported on a self-immolation in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and a defacement of Mao’s portrait there.
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BEIJING (AFP) – Chinese police have detained a lawyer who sought to visit a prominent activist taken into custody this week, a Beijing-based dissident and overseas rights groups said on Friday.
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Originally published by EL DÍA on June 6, 2014 Tamara Gil, Pekín, EFE Tras la masacre de Tiananmen la noche del 3 al 4 de junio de 1989, vino la persecución: juicios sumarísimos y miles de encarcelamientos de estudiantes y trabajadores. Hoy, 25 años después, sólo queda una persona entre barrotes: Miao (read more…)
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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.
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Originally published by SCMP on March 13, 2014 Three citizen journalists have been placed under criminal detention for reporting on two incidents at Tiananmen Square last week – a woman who attempted to set herself on fire, and the defacing of the famous portrait of Mao Zedong – the founder (read more…)
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