Monthly Archives: 6 月 2014

Hong Kong Media Tycoon Blames China For Attack on Website

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2014-06-18 


Policemen patrol past a a billboard promoting an unofficial referendum calling for full democracy and universal suffrage in Hong Kong, Continue reading →

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‘Tell me where my husband is’ – wife’s plea to China’s Communist Party

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Ilham Tohti

Ilham Tohti disappeared almost six months ago Photo: AFP/GETTY

Nearly six months after her husband disappeared into the custody of China’s security services, the wife of respected Uighur academic Ilham Tohti issues an emotional plea for information on his whereabouts Continue reading →

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Keeping Score at the World Cup

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11 June 2014

PEN launches campaign in defence of freedom of expression

As Brazil comes under the spotlight for the 2014 World Cup PEN International is launching a global online campaign calling on Brazil and other participating countries to respect and protect the fundamental right to freedom of expression. Continue reading →

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China arrests a lawyer for urging it to uphold its laws

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BY EDITORIAL BOARD June 18 at 7:46 PM

A SINGLE thread seems to run through recent detentions and arrests in China: The authorities are cracking down on lawyers and other people who have demanded that China follow its own laws. Continue reading →

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9 Famous Authors Who Used Pen Names To Reinvent Themselves

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Posted: 06/18/2014 2:00 pm EDT Updated: 06/18/2014 2:00 pm EDT

My latest mystery/crime novel Third Rail (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) has it all — a charismatic but troubled cop who loses his gun, a deadly smart drug, a small town in turmoil, and a big city wrestling with corruption. What doesn’t it have? My name on the cover. After many novels and many more years, Continue reading →

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Europe after the Berlin Wall: Latest issue

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By Vicky Baker / 17 June, 2014


Index on Censorship magazine: summer issue 2014
In the summer issue of Index on Censorship magazine, Continue reading →

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Getting stuck in for Shanghai

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Professor Robert Bickers of the University of Bristol explores the contradictions, patriotic fervour and battlefield experiences of the largest contingent of Shanghai British to fight the Kaiser’s forces in Europe, and the story of the city they left behind. Continue reading →

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Long Prison Sentences for Three New Citizen Activists

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New Citizens’ Movement activists Liu Ping and Wei Zhongping were each sentenced to six and a half years in prison on Thursday, while a third, Li Sihua, received a sentence of three years. Continue reading →

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