Monthly Archives: 7 月 2015

Black Ten Minutes: Chinese Lawyer Recounts Being Beating in a Courthouse in Shandong

e78e8be585a8e7928bBy Wang Quanzhang, published: June 30, 2015

On June 18 I went to Liaocheng City in Shandong Province (山东聊城) to participate in the defense of a number of Falun Gong practitioners. Gaining the right to actually mount a defense, as a defense lawyer, before Continue reading

Hong Kong Democracy Activists Ponder Next Steps

DDB508C8-F95D-4B3D-90D0-588516B16753_w640_r1_sFILE – Pro-democracy protesters holding yellow umbrellas attend a rally outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 17, 2015.

Joyce Huang

July 03, 2015 1:38 AM

This week, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists turned out in lower numbers than expected for marches marking the 18th anniversary for the territory’s handover to China.

After almost a year of non-stop rallies, some 48,000 Hong Kongers took to the street on July 1, making it one of the annual protest’s lowest Continue reading

More Than 1,000 Supporters Call For The Release of Rights Activist

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Yang Zhangqing (L) and Guo Bin (R) in file photos.
Photos courtesy of CHRD

More than 1,000 people who say they are victims of China’s draconian family planning policies have signed a public petition calling for the release of rights activist Continue reading

Chinese Police Freeze Bank Accounts of Online Free Speech Activist

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Activist Wu Gan stages protest outside Jiangxi High Court, May 19, 2015.
Photo courtesy of Boxun

Authorities in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian have frozen the bank accounts of the wife of activist Wu Gan, who now faces Continue reading

Protests Mark Handover Anniversary in Hong Kong

63D9BA2D-B553-46DA-8726-E3A2E2118413_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy9_cw0Pro-democracy protesters march during an annual protest marking Hong Kong’s handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997 in Hong Kong, July 1, 2015.

July 01, 2015 5:45 AM

Hundreds of pro-democracy activists took to the streets of Hong Kong Wednesday as the city marks the 18th anniversary of its handover from British to Chinese rule. Continue reading