Monthly Archives: 4 月 2016

China: Continued harassment of veteran journalist Gao Yu (f); health concerns

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12 April 2016

Update #4 to RAN 09/14

Gao-YuPEN International is deeply concerned for the health of veteran journalist Gao Yu following reports that she was hospitalised after the Beijing Municipal Bureau of City Administration and Law Enforcement identified her garden for destruction on 31 March 2016. Gao Yu remains in hospital; her condition has now stabilised. PEN International calls on the Chinese authorities to stop harassing Gao Yu and to approve her application to be granted leave to travel to Germany for medical treatment. Continue reading →

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China Jails Writer For Five Days Over Comments About First Lady

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Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan

China’s President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan arrive in Moscow on March 22, 2013.

A writer in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong has been locked up for five days by police for criticizing China’s first lady, his lawyer said on Friday. Continue reading →

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China jails activist who supported HK protests

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AFP, April 9, 2016, 12:01 am TWN

BEIJING — Mainland China on Friday sentenced an activist who supported pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong to four and a half years in jail, his lawyer told AFP as mainland leader Xi Jinping oversees a wide-ranging crackdown on civil society and free expression. Continue reading →

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China Jails Four Supporters of Hong Kong Democracy Movement

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six of inciting cases

Flier calling for the release of (clockwise from left) Xie Wenfei, Hwang Jingyi, Liang Qinhui, Zhang Shengyu, Wang Mo and Master Shengguan, April 8, 2016. Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Friday handed jail terms of up to four-and-a-half years to four rights activists who publicly supported the 2014 pro-democracy Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong. Continue reading →

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Censors Shift into Overdrive in an Attempt to Erase the Panama Papers in China

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Identity documents from the Panama Papers

Identity documents from the Panama Papers. Clockwise from top left: Patrick Henri Devillers, Jia Liqing, Hu Dehua, Deng Jiagui and Li Xiaolin. ICIJ

As more details emerge from the Panama Papers, Chinese censors are fighting to ensure the top-down deletion of information that details how Chinese high-ranking political and financial elites managed and hid their wealth offshore. Continue reading →

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Chinese Journalist Gao Yu In Hospital After Demolition Raid on Home

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Gao Yu in Hospital

Journalist Gao Yu in the Beijing’s Anzhen Hospital after her garden and office were demolished, April 5, 2016. Su Yutong.

Veteran journalist Gao Yu was hospitalized on Tuesday when the 71-year-old fell ill after her garden and home office were demolished by Chinese authorities last week, sources told RFA. Continue reading →

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Panama Papers Hit Great Firewall of China

Posted on 04/05/2016 by | Panama Papers Hit Great Firewall of China已关闭评论

William Ide, Joyce Huang

Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei

China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei gestures during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, April 5, 2016.

BEIJING—China has moved quickly to silence any discussion about the Panama Papers and information about the use of tax havens by the families of at least eight current and former top leaders, including the brother-in-law of President Xi Jinping. Continue reading →

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Chinese Media Ignore Win of Film About Hong Kong’s Future

Posted on 04/04/2016 by | Chinese Media Ignore Win of Film About Hong Kong’s Future已关闭评论
Ten Years

Hong Kong movie producer Andrew Choi, right, and director Ng Ka-leung pose after winning the Best Film award for their movie “Ten Years” during the Hong Kong Film Awards in Hong Kong, Sunday, April 3, 2016.

Associated Press

BEIJING—Mainland Chinese media ignored a film festival award by “Ten Years,” a collection of five shorts that depict a gloomy future for Beijing-ruled Hong Kong, where freedom of speech has all but disappeared. Continue reading →

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