Monthly Archives: 6 月 2014

Hong Kong Lawyers in Mass Silent Protest Over China’s White Paper

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2014-06-27 


Lawyers gather in front of the court of final appeal during a march in defence of judicial independence in Hong Kong, June 27, 2014.
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Nearly 2,000 members of Hong Kong’s legal profession, Continue reading →

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UN Panel Calls on China to Release Chen Guangcheng’s Nephew

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By Joshua Lipes

2014-06-25


Chen Guangcheng at RFA in Washington, June 25, 2014.
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A United Nations panel has ruled that the nephew Continue reading →

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China Link Alleged to Cyberattack as Hong Kong Tensions Grow

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Hong Kong police carry out crowd control drills at a local police college in Hong Kong on June 25, 2014 ahead of planned July 1 protests. Continue reading →

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Literary Activism: is poetry the strongest form of protest?

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July 20 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | £8/£4

Poets from around the globe share their views and personal experiences as part of the Poetry International Festival at London’s Southbank Centre. Continue reading →

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Leftover Women-The Resurgence of Gender Inequality in China

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Leta Hong Fincher

After the 1949 revolution in China, Chairman Mao famously proclaimed that ‘women hold up half the sky.’ In the early years of the People’s Republic, Continue reading →

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Meet the Chinese women standing up to inequality

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Activists have ‘occupied’ men’s toilets, donned wedding dresses splashed with red and shaved heads to raise awareness

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Primark investigates claim of ‘cry for help’ note in trousers

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25 June 2014 Last updated at 12:46 ET

 

The customer said she found the SoS note inside a pair of trousers bought in Primark’s Belfast store


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Zhao Changqing-Four More New Citizens Movement Advocates Convicted, Sentenced to Between Two and Three-and-a-Half Years

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April 18, 2014

Four citizen activists involved in public calls for high-ranking officials to reveal their assets in 2013 have each been found guilty of “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place.” Two of them—Ding Jiaxi (丁家喜) and Zhao Changqing (赵常青)—were accused of Continue reading →

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