Flier calling for the release of (clockwise from left) Xie Wenfei, Hwang Jingyi, Liang Qinhui, Zhang Shengyu, Wang Mo and Master Shengguan, April 8, 2016. Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Friday handed jail terms of up to four-and-a-half years to four rights activists who publicly supported the 2014 pro-democracy Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong. Continue reading
China Jails Four Supporters of Hong Kong Democracy Movement已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Internet Freedom, Subversion
Tagged conviction, Guangzhou, Hwang Jingyi, inciting subversion of the state power, LIANG QINHUI, Master Shengguan, sentence, Wang Mo, Wuhan, Xie Wenfei, XU ZHIQIANG, Zhang Shengyu
2015-11-13
Supporters of activist Zhang Shengyu hold a placard outside the Intermediate People’s Court in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province, Nov. 13, 2015.
(Photo courtesy of activists)
Two activists in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong stood trial on Friday charged with subversion linked to social media posts and campaigns for human rights and democracy, their lawyers said.
Liang Qinhui, also known by his online nickname “Sharp Knife,” and Zhang Shengyu who showed public support for last year’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, Continue reading
Two Activists Stand Trial For ‘Subversion’ in China’s Guangdong已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion, Writers in Prison
Tagged LIANG QINHUI, Subversion, Zhang Shengyu
