17 November 2015
Jiang Yefei (pictured) and Dong Guangping had criticised China’s government
The United Nations has criticised Thailand for deporting two people who had been given refugee status by the organisation.
The two are thought to be the Chinese dissidents, Jiang Yefei and Dong Guangping, who had fled to Thailand with their families.
The pair had previously Continue reading
UN anger after Thailand deports ‘Chinese dissidents’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged China, Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei, Thailand, UN
2015-11-17
Journalist Li Xin, who went into exile to protect his family in China, in undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Li Xin
A former columnist at a top newspaper who fled China after being recruited to spy on activists by state security police has revealed some of the inner workings of Continue reading
Chinese Media Outlets ‘Take Daily Orders’ From Government: Journalist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Journalist, Li Xin, Southern Metropolis Daily
2015-11-16
Jiang Yefei in police custody after his arrest in Thailand, Oct. 28, 2015.
Photo courtesy of Jiang’s family
Thai authorities in Bangkok have repatriated five Chinese nationals, including two veteran dissidents who had been granted refugee status by the United Nations, Thailand-based activists told RFA on Monday.
A Bangkok-based democracy activist who gave only his surname Li said Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei and three other Chinese nationals had been sent back to China on Friday.
“I had planned to go and visit [Jiang and Dong] Continue reading
Thailand Repatriates Chinese Dissidents Who Sought Political Asylum已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged China, Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei, Political Asylum, Repatriates, Thailand
By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ NOV. 12, 2015
BEIJING — Legal activists and those suspected of crimes in China are routinely abused and mistreated at the hands of law enforcement officials, a report released on Thursday by Amnesty International found, despite recent efforts by the government to crack down on inhumane judicial practices.
The report found that much of the abuse is directed at lawyers, who have come under increasing pressure amid a vigorous campaign by President Xi Jinping to rein in dissent Continue reading
Rights Lawyers in China Routinely Face Abuse, Report Says已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged China, Human Rights Lawyer, Torture, UN
2015-11-13
Supporters of activist Zhang Shengyu hold a placard outside the Intermediate People’s Court in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province, Nov. 13, 2015.
(Photo courtesy of activists)
Two activists in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong stood trial on Friday charged with subversion linked to social media posts and campaigns for human rights and democracy, their lawyers said.
Liang Qinhui, also known by his online nickname “Sharp Knife,” and Zhang Shengyu who showed public support for last year’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, Continue reading
Two Activists Stand Trial For ‘Subversion’ in China’s Guangdong已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion, Writers in Prison
Tagged LIANG QINHUI, Subversion, Zhang Shengyu
2015-11-12
Chinese human rights lawyer and torture victim Gao Zhisheng, in undated photograph.
Photo courtesy of ChinaAid.
Dissident rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who remains under house arrest since his release from prison in August 2014, has been denied permission by the Chinese police to see a dentist for treatment after losing teeth to torture — for reasons of ‘national security.’
Gao was prevented earlier this week from traveling to Xi’an, Continue reading
Calls Grow to Free Tortured Rights Lawyer Ahead of U.N. Review已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Zhisheng
By Juliana Liu
10 November 2015
The bookshop is marked by a small blue sign, sandwiched between shops selling vitamins and clothing
Image caption
In a frenetic commercial district of Hong Kong, sandwiched between shops selling vitamins and clothing to tourists, the Causeway Bay Bookstore touts itself as the authority on Chinese politics.
The tiny shop specialises in selling gossipy Continue reading
Hong Kong bookstore disappearances shock publishing industry已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Bookstore, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong, Tongluowan
2015-11-06
Police check the ID cards of netizens at an Internet cafe in Shandong province, July 31, 2013.
ImagineChina
China has compiled a “blacklist” of keywords banned by its complex Internet censorship regime, known as the Great Firewall, and is now seeking to apply them well beyond its physical borders via a domain-name registry based in the United States, according to recent reports.
U.S.-based domain-name registry XYZ.com recently made a deal with the Chinese government requiring it to enforce Beijing’s censorship globally based on a list of Continue reading
China Seeks to Export Censorship to Overseas-Registered Domain Names: Report已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
