Monthly Archives: 6 月 2014

Sunflower Leaders Denied Entry into Hong Kong

Lin Fei-fan, Chen Wei-ting and Huang Kuo-chang have seen their applications to visit Hong Kong to support activists there denied by the authorities


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By J. Michael Cole June 25, 2014

As the crisis in Hong Kong intensifies amid Occupy Central Continue reading

China indicts activist who backed press freedom

By AP News Jun 24, 2014 7:22PM UTC

BEIJING (AP) — A lawyer for the prominent Chinese activist Yang Maodong says Yang has been indicted on the charge of gathering crowds to disrupt public order more than 10 months after he was taken into police custody. Continue reading

Minitrue: Hong Kong Referendum

The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online.

State Council Information Office: Effective immediately, find and delete all news related to the 6/22 Hong Kong referendum, thoroughly clean up related comments, and promptly send a work report [on your progress]. Continue reading

Teng Biao:Beyond Stability Maintenance – From Surveillance to Elimination

By Teng Biao, published: June 22, 2014

 

June 4th has passed, but the arrests continue, and every day brings bad news from China. While scholar Xu Youyu, artist Chen Guang and others have been released “on probation,” Continue reading

No Trial Yet for Jailed Uyghur Scholar, Says Lawyer

Last week, the shroud of silence around the case of detained Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti sparked fears that a secret trial had already been held, and a plea from his wife for information. Now, Continue reading

Egypt trial: Journalists protest over al-Jazeera trio

24 June 2014 Last updated at 05:04 ET

 

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BBC journalists held a silent protest in London and around the world

Hundreds of journalists have gathered in London to protest against the seven-year jail terms given to three al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt.

A court in Cairo found Australia’s Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed guilty of spreading false news. Continue reading

Egypt jailing al-Jazeera journalists is another blow to freedom of expression

Too many countries are moving to prevent journalists from investigating and reporting objectively. This tide must be

Jodie Ginsberg
theguardian.com, Monday 23 June 2014 12.31 EDT
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PEN/Ackerley Prize for Memoir: 2014 shortlist announced

24 June 2014 – IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

English PEN is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2014 PEN/Ackerley Prize for Memoir. The shortlisted titles are:

Julian Barnes Levels of Life (Cape)
Michael Blakemore Stage Blood (Faber)
Sonali Deraniyagala Wave (Virago)
Harry Eyres Horace and Me (Bloomsbury)
Penelope Lively Ammonites and Leaping Fish (Fig Tree) Continue reading