17 April 2015
Gao Yu, seen here in a file image taken in Hong Kong on 5 February 2007
Authorities say Gao Yu leaked a sensitive document that was then widely reposted abroad
China has jailed a top journalist for seven years for leaking a confidential paper to a foreign website.
Gao Yu, 71, had “illegally provided state secrets to foreigners”, the court in Beijing said. Continue reading
China jails journalist over leaked ‘state secrets’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Yu, state secrets
Mike Clarke / AFP
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the sentencing today, April 17, of independent Chinese journalist, Gao Yu on charges of leaking state secrets. The IFJ criticised the Chinese government for its ongoing attempts to intimidate and stifle media freedoms through the targeting of high-profile journalists such as Gao Yu and has called for a global media appeal to draw international attention to the case. Continue reading
IFJ strongly condemns sentencing of veteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu已关闭评论
Posted in Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Yu
Gao Yu, seen here in a file image taken in Hong Kong on 5 February 2007
Authorities say Gao Yu leaked a sensitive document that was then widely reposted abroad
China has jailed a top journalist for seven years Continue reading
China jails journalist Gao Yu over ‘state secrets’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Yu, Journalist, state secrets
By EDWARD WONG April 15, 2015
Feng Yuan, a women’s rights activist who was not jailed, waiting for the release of other activists outside a detention center in Beijing.
Kim Kyung-Hoon/Reuters
Beijing—Though liberated from the confines of jail cells in western Beijing, Continue reading
Despite Release, Feminists’ Case Shows China’s Hostility Toward Civic Action已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged Women’s Rights Activist
2015-04-14
Gao Yu speaks at an International PEN conference in Hong Kong, Feb. 5, 2007.
RFA
A court in the Chinese capital will announce a verdict in the case of outspoken veteran journalist Gao Yu on Friday after repeatedly delaying judgment Continue reading
Beijing Court To Issue Verdict in Gao Yu ‘State Secrets’ Case已关闭评论
Posted in Press Freedom, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Yu, state secrets
Mon Apr 13, 2015 1:28pm EDT
BEIJING | BY SUI-LEE WEE
Portraits of Li Tingting (top L), Wei Tingting (top R), (bottom, L-R) Wang Man, Wu Rongrong and Zheng Churan are pictured during a protest calling for their release in Hong Kong April 11, 2015.
REUTERS/TYRONE SIU
(Reuters) – China has unexpectedly released five women activists on bail, two lawyers said on Monday, after a vocal campaign against their detention Continue reading
China frees five women activists on bail after outcry已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged Woman Rights Activists
Portraits of Li Tingting (top L), Wei Tingting (top R), (bottom, L-R) Wang Man, Wu Rongrong and Zheng Churan are pictured during a protest calling for their release in Hong Kong, April 11, 2015.
Shannon Van Sant
April 11, 2015 10:10 AM
HONG KONG—Chinese police have broadened their investigation into five women’s rights activists Continue reading
Women’s Rights Activists Await Formal Arrest in China已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged China, Wang Man, Woman Rights Activists, Wu Rongrong, Zheng Churan
April 10, 2015
This post describes our analysis of China’s “Great Cannon,” our term for an attack tool that we identify as separate from, but co-located with, the Great Firewall of China. The first known usage of the Great Cannon is in the recent large-scale novel DDoS attack on both GitHub and servers used by GreatFire.org.
Authors: Bill Marczak1,2,3 (Lead), Nicholas Weaver2,3 (Lead), Jakub Dalek,1 Roya Ensafi,4 David Fifield,2 Sarah McKune,1 Arn Rey, John Scott-Railton,1 Ronald Deibert,1 Vern Paxson.2,3 Continue reading
