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Tienchi Martin-Liao: The Muppet Show in Court

Posted on 10/19/2016 by | Tienchi Martin-Liao: The Muppet Show in Court已关闭评论
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Human rights lawyers and journalists are being intimidated by the Chinese government into public confession and denunciation of human rights efforts.

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Chinese Court Refuses Medical Parole For Women’s Rights Activist Held For Two Years

Posted on 09/08/2016 by | Chinese Court Refuses Medical Parole For Women’s Rights Activist Held For Two Years已关闭评论
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Guangdong rights activist Su Changlan in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of HRCChina.org

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have refused a request for medical parole made by the husband of a prominent women’s rights activist who voiced public support for the 2014 pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, amid growing fears for her health. Continue reading →

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Fearing Secret Trial, Activists’ Friends Protest China Court

Posted on 08/02/2016 by | Fearing Secret Trial, Activists’ Friends Protest China Court已关闭评论
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Last updated on: August 01, 2016 7:23 AM

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Li Wenzu, center, wife of imprisoned lawyer Wang Quanzhang, holds a paper that reads “Release Liu Ermin” as she and supporters of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer and activists stage a protest outside the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court in Tianjin, China on Aug. 1, 2016.

TIANJIN—Around two dozen supporters of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer and three activists charged with subversion protested outside a northern city court Monday amid widespread concerns that authorities were holding their trials in secret.

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Chinese Court Rejects Lawsuit From Purged Political Magazine

Posted on 07/26/2016 by | Chinese Court Rejects Lawsuit From Purged Political Magazine已关闭评论
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Staff of Chinese cutting edge political magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu at a gathering, July 22, 2016. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.

A court in the Chinese capital has refused to accept a lawsuit filed by the former editors of the cutting-edge political magazine Yanhuang Chunqiu against the arts institute that owns it following a major change of leadership imposed from above. Continue reading →

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Court Jails Veteran Democracy Activists For 10, 11 Years For Subversion

Posted on 06/19/2016 by | Court Jails Veteran Democracy Activists For 10, 11 Years For Subversion已关闭评论
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Supporters of democracy activists wait outside Zhejiang courthouse to hear verdicts against them, June 17, 2016. Photo sent by an RFA listener

A court in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang on Friday handed down jail terms of just over a decade each to two veteran members of a banned opposition party after finding them guilty of subversion, their relatives and lawyers said. Continue reading →

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Facebook Scores Rare Legal Win in China

Posted on 05/11/2016 by | Facebook Scores Rare Legal Win in China已关闭评论
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Facebook has won a rare trademark lawsuit in China over the use of a version of its name by a Chinese beverage maker. Continue reading →

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