Staff at Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper stick protest slogans to the walls after the sacking of a senior editor, April 20, 2016. Photo courtesy of the Ming Pao staff association.
The sudden sacking of a senior editor at Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper after the paper ran a front-page expose of local figures based on the Panama Papers sent shockwaves through the city’s media industry on Wednesday. Continue reading
Firing of Top Hong Kong Editor After Panama Report Rattles City’s Media已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged dismissal, editor, Henry Tang, Hong Kong, Keung Kwok-yuen, Li Ka-shing, Ming Pao, Panama Papers
FILE – A portrait of the Twitter logo in Ventura, California.
BEIJING—Chinese Twitter users have expressed concerns over the company’s appointment of a China regional executive who has a background working with the country’s military and state security apparatus.
Chinese Twitter Users Concerned Over Executive Appointment已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Kathy Chen, military, People's Liberation Army, Public Security, Twitter
Guangzhou human rights lawyer Ge Yongxi is shown in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of fellow rights lawyers
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong detained and questioned a prominent rights lawyer for several hours on Friday after he reposted a satirical image of China’s president, linking him to the Panama Papers. Continue reading
China Questions Rights Lawyer Who Retweeted Panama Papers Joke已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, Ge Yongxi, Guangdong, Panama Papers
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with media in a press conference with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani after their meeting at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Two weeks after China’s President toured state media offices and called for absolute loyalty from the press, a website with links to the government published an explosive letter asking him to resign “for the future of the country and the people.” Continue reading
Chinese website publishes, then pulls, explosive letter calling for President Xi’s resignation已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, open letter, resignation, Xi Jinping
From left to right: Chang Ping, Tienchi Martin-Liao, writer Ye Fu, and a friend, in Amsterdam in 2012. Image courtesy of the author.
Tienchi Martin-Liao: Horsetrading With Abduction已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Chang Ping, open letter, sibling-abduction, Tioenchi Martin-Liao, Xi Jinping
By Tom Phillips
Friday 15 April 2016 07.39 BST
Ge Yongxi, a known defender of activists and church leaders, taken into custody after posting messages on WeChat account
Ge Yongxi was taken from his home by five plain-clothes police officers, according to his lawyer and activists. Photograph: Facebook
A well-known Chinese civil rights lawyer has been taken into police custody after sharing information about the Panama Papers on social media, human rights groups have said. Continue reading
Panama Papers: China detains lawyer after he shares details of leaders online已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, Ge Yongxi, Lawyer, Panama Papers, WeChat
A copy of the decision from the Beijing municipal bureau of justice ordering the cancellation of Pu Zhiqiang’s lawyer’s license, April 13, 2016. Photo courtesy of a lawyer
Authorities in the Chinese capital have stripped prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang of his license to practice following his conviction over a series of tweets on social media, his lawyer said on Thursday. Continue reading
China Strips Top Human Rights Lawyer of License to Practice已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged incitement to ethnic hatred and ethnic discrimination, Lawyer, license, Pu Zhiqiang
Identity documents from the Panama Papers. Clockwise from top left: Patrick Henri Devillers, Jia Liqing, Hu Dehua, Deng Jiagui and Li Xiaolin.
China’s Internet censors deleted a favorable blog post analyzing the links between relatives of the country’s president, Xi Jinping, and papers leaked from the Panama-based Mossack Fonseca law firm. Continue reading
China Issues, Deletes Article Defending President Over Panama Papers已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged 12th-Century, censorship, Mossack Fonseca, offshore shell companies, Panama Papers, Xi Jinping
