Monthly Archives: 8 月 2016

Tienchi Martin-Liao: Using the Red Guard’s Language to Commemorate the Cultural Revolution

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Three young Chinese Red Guards from the Cultural Revolution. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

The rhetoric of the 50th anniversary of the Cultural Revolution in China mirrors the Red Guard’s language of 1966.

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Champion of Human Rights in China Leaves a Tarnished Legacy

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Harry Wu at the United States Capitol in 2010

Harry Wu at the United States Capitol in 2010. Credit Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images

WASHINGTON — Harry Wu, who spent 19 years in Chinese labor camps, was a familiar figure on Capitol Hill, delivering searing broadsides against China’s authoritarian government that drew admiration from American politicians condemning the country’s human rights abuses. Continue reading →

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Chinese Activists’ Families Face House Arrest, Travel Bans: Lawyers

Posted on 08/13/2016 by | Chinese Activists’ Families Face House Arrest, Travel Bans: Lawyers已关闭评论
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Li Wenzu (R), wife of detained rights attorney Wang Quanzhang, says state security police officers prevented her and their son from leaving their home in an interview with RFA on Aug. 11, 2016. RFA

Chinese authorities are continuing to mete out punishment by association to the families of detained human rights lawyers and activists, preventing them from leaving the county on “national security” grounds, activists said. Continue reading →

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China Extends Pretrial Detention of Rights Activist Again

Posted on 08/12/2016 by | China Extends Pretrial Detention of Rights Activist Again已关闭评论
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Guangdong rights activist Su Changlan in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of HRCChina.org

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have extended the pretrial detention of a prominent women’s rights activist on subversion charges for a second time, her lawyers said. Continue reading →

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Tienchi Martin-Liao: Yu Jie and the Leviathan State

Posted on 08/11/2016 by | Tienchi Martin-Liao: Yu Jie and the Leviathan State已关闭评论
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Author Yu Jie. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Chinese writer-in-exile Yu Jie attempts to reconcile his past life in China and his present life in the United States.

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Wife of Detained Lawyer Accuses Beijing Police of Harassment

Posted on 08/10/2016 by | Wife of Detained Lawyer Accuses Beijing Police of Harassment已关闭评论
A delivery cart and cyclist ride past a building housing the Fengrui law firm in Beijing

A delivery cart and cyclist ride past a building housing the Fengrui law firm in Beijing. Several lawyers from the firm have been targeted by authorities.

HONG KONG — The wife of a detained human rights lawyer in China has accused Beijing police of harassing her landlord and forcing him not to renew her lease. Continue reading →

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Bailed Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Have Yet to Regain Liberty

Posted on 08/09/2016 by | Bailed Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Have Yet to Regain Liberty已关闭评论
Poster by Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) network calling for the overturn of subversion rulings against lawyers and activists in China

Poster by Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) network calling for the overturn of subversion rulings against lawyers and activists in China. CHRD

Two prominent human rights attorneys detained at the start of a nationwide operation targeting lawyers last year have yet to regain their liberty, despite having been “released” on bail, rights activists said. Continue reading →

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Chinese lawyer Wang Yu given ABA International Human Rights Award in absentia

Posted on 08/07/2016 by | Chinese lawyer Wang Yu given ABA International Human Rights Award in absentia已关闭评论

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A photo of Chinese lawyer Wang Yu is seen on a screen during the first ABA International Human Rights Award ceremony at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco

A photo of Chinese lawyer Wang Yu is seen on a screen during the first ABA International Human Rights Award ceremony at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Photo by Tony Avelar.

ABA leaders and members of China’s community of dissidents-in-exile living in the United States packed a meeting room at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco on Saturday morning for the presentation of the ABA’s inaugural International Human Rights Award. Continue reading →

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