Monthly Archives: 8 月 2014

China Releases Graft-Busting Journalist on ‘Bail’ After A Year’s Detention

2014-08-04 

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A newspaper vendor talks to a customer at her booth on a street in Shanghai, Jan. 8, 2013.AFP

Chinese authorities have released an outspoken Continue reading

Buddhist Sect Leader Detained During Raid

By BECKY DAVIS AUGUST 5, 2014 4:13 AM August 5, 2014 11:07 am

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Police officers on July 29 searching a house that some of Wu Zeheng’s followers had rented for the summer to be near his residence in Zhuhai.Credit Hua Xin

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Q. and A.: Jen Lin-Liu on Noodles and Their Origins

By AMY QIN AUGUST 5, 2014 6:00 PMAugust 6, 2014 3:38 pm 2 Comments

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A noodle maker shows off his skills in a pulled noodle restaurant in Lanzhou.Credit The New York Times

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Stranger Than Fiction

Paul French, North Korea: State of Paranoia

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In Harper’s Canada, charities face intimidation while tax evaders go free

BY LINDA MCQUAIG | JULY 24, 2014

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As its website notes, “PEN Canada envisions a world where Continue reading

New Book Exposes Inhuman Sexual Torture in Masanjia Labor Camp

By Lu Chen, Epoch Times | July 28, 2014Last Updated: July 27, 2014 11:19 pm
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Vaginal Coma, a new book revealing the brutal sexual torture of Continue reading

CONCERNS GROW OVER CHINESE RIGHTS LAWYER’S RELEASE

By GILLIAN WONG — Aug. 6, 2014 4:52 AM EDT

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In this photo taken Jan. 6, 2006 and released by Hu Jia, Gao Zhisheng, a human rights lawyer, second right, poses for photos with his son Gao Tianyu, right, and his wife Geng He, second left, and daughter Geng Ge, left, at their home in Beijing, China. A fiery critic of China’s authoritarian government whose imprisonment and accounts of torture triggered international criticism of Beijing appears set for release Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014 amid mounting concerns the authorities will continue to deny the lawyer freedom outside prison. (AP Photo/Hu Jia)

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FILE – In this April 7, 2010 file photo, Gao Zhisheng, a human rights lawyer, gestures during an interview at a tea house in Beijing, China. A fiery critic of China’s authoritarian government whose imprisonment and accounts of torture triggered international criticism of Beijing appears set for release Thursday, Aug 7, 2014 amid mounting concerns the authorities will continue to deny the lawyer freedom outside prison. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)
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PEN International Condemns Killings of Journalists and Attacks on Media during Israeli Offensive in Gaza

1 August 2014

PEN International Condemns Killings of Journalists and Attacks on Media during Israeli Offensive in Gaza
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Since 8 July 2014, when the Israel Defence Force (IDF) began ‘Operation Protective Edge,’ Israeli forces have reportedly killed seven journalists and media workers.
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