Activist Chen Yunfei leads a protest against alleged pollution at a petrochemical plant in Pengzhou, in Sichuan province, March 6, 2015. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have delayed the planned trial on public order charges of a veteran rights activist who visited the grave of a Tiananmen Square massacre victim, his lawyer said. Continue reading
China Delays Trial of Sichuan Activist at Last Minute已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Subversion
Tagged Chen Yunfei, Inciting Subversion, trial
Man using a laptop at a Beijing office of Sina Weibo, widely known as China’s version of Twitter, an early victim of President Xi Jinping’s ongoing campaign tighten online control, in April 2014 photo. AFP
China’s powerful internet regulator has moved to rein in the country’s search engines following the death of a young cancer patient who had used Baidu to find an untested ‘cure’ from poorly labeled sponsored results. Continue reading
China’s New Search Engine Rules Will Hamper, Not Protect, Web Users已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Baidu, censorship, search engine, Wei Zexi
Sex Male
Penname Weisheng
Birth date 1984-01-30
Birth place Peng-an County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province
Resident place Changsha City, Hunan Province
Detained legal assistant Zhou Wei is shown in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of New Citizens Movement
Following unconfirmed reports that she was sexually abused in detention, authorities in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin have transferred a legal assistant jailed during last year’s nationwide police operation targeting human rights lawyers to an unknown location, RFA has learned. Continue reading
Chinese Legal Assistant Moved Amid Fears of Abuse in Detention已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged abuse, disappearance, Inciting Subversion, Kaola, QIN YONGMIN, Zhao Suli, Zhao Wei
Chinese rights activist Huang Wenxun is shown in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of canyu.org
A court in the central Chinese province of Hubei on Friday tried a civil rights activist for “incitement to subvert state power” after holding him in pretrial detention for three years, his lawyers and relatives said. Continue reading
China Tries Civil Rights Activist For Subversion, Detains Supporters已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom, Subversion
Tagged Huang Wenxun, Hubei, Inciting Subversion, trial, Xianning
Chinese democracy activist Qin Yongmin and wife Zhao Suli are shown in a photo from October 2013. Photo courtesy of rosechina.net
Fears are growing for Zhao Suli, the wife of detained opposition party member and rights activist Qin Yongmin, Qin’s lawyer said on Wednesday. Continue reading
Fears Grow For ‘Disappeared’ Wife of Detained Chinese Activist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion
Tagged disapparance, QIN YONGMIN, Zhao Suli
Title: Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award
Awardee: one or two individual annually;
Candidacy: Anyone in the case list of Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International who is still imprisoned or released under legal restriction of the right to freedom of expression, such as “deprivation of political rights”;
Nominator: Three individuals, or a PEN centre;
Nomination period: Starting on 23 June, anniversary of Liu Xiaobo’s formal arrest and ending on 8 October;
Date to announce the awardee: Writers in Prison Day on 15 November;
Awarding Items: a certificate or trophy, prize check and awarding statement.
Prize: 2000 US dollars; Continue reading
Internet surfers at a cybercafe in Beijing. Lists of names from WikiLeaks cables circulate on websites and popular microblogging platforms. AFP
A blogger and social media commentator who compiled meticulous daily lists of protests in China, making the results public via Google, Twitter and Weibo, has been incommunicado for nearly a week, along with his girlfriend, rights activists said on Tuesday. Continue reading
Chinese Blogger Who Compiled Protest Data Missing, Believed Detained已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Blogger, censorship, detention, incommunicado, Lu Yuyu, Twitter
