Pro-democracy demonstrators hold up portraits of Chinese disbarred lawyer Jiang Tianyong, demanding his release, during a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, China December 23, 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Chinese authorities have confirmed prominent legal activist Jiang Tianyong has been detained on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power, his lawyer said on Friday, setting the stage for possible formal charges. Continue reading
China detains legal activist on suspicion of subversion已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged inciting sunversion, Jiang Tianyong, Lawyer, residential surveillance
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I am tired of my white pills
I am tired of my smiles at you
I am tired of toilets on trains
I am tired of your reputation
I am tired of my heart tiring Continue reading
Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch website founder Liu Feiyue is shown in an undated photo. Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hubei have formally arrested Liu Feiyue, the founder of a rights website, on subversion charges, fellow activists and relatives told RFA on Wednesday. Continue reading
Rights Website Founder Formally Arrested For Subversion in China’s Hubei已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Subversion
Tagged arrest, Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch, Inciting Subversion, Liu Feiyue
European diplomats visit the parents of detained rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong at their home in Xinyang city, Henan province, Dec. 19, 2016.
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hunan are preparing to try a top lawyer on subversion and public order charges, amid an ongoing crackdown on human rights lawyers and activists nationwide. Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged Changsha, Inciting Subversion, Xie Yang
Welcome to IFJ Asia-Pacific’s monthly Press Freedom in China e-bulletin. The next bulletin will be sent on January, 2017. Continue reading
Press Freedom in China Bulletin: December已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Sichuan rights activists Yang Xiuqiong (L) and Huang Qi (R) in photo taken before their detention, Feb. 18, 2016. Photo courtesy of activist Li Zhaoxiu.
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have formally arrested the founder of a rights website on state secrets charges while detaining a writer who criticized widespread air pollution on suspicion of subversion. Continue reading
Activist, Writer Held on Spying, Subversion Charges in China’s Sichuan已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom, Subversion
Tagged arrest, Hai Di, HUANG QI, Sichuan, Tianwang, Wang Fei
Wu Gan stages protest outside Jiangxi High Court, May 19, 2015. Photo courtesy of Boxun
Detained rights activist Wu Gan, known by his online nickname “The Butcher,” has suffered torture while being held under investigation in a police detention center in the northern port city of Tianjin, his lawyers have complained after visiting him last week. Continue reading
Chinese Rights Activist ‘Tortured’ in Police Detention: Lawyers已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television holds political study meeting, Nov. 21, 2016. Public Domain.
China’s powerful media regulator has banned social media platforms like WeChat, and the Twitter-like Weibo services run by Sina and Tencent, from disseminating user-generated audio and video, in a move that appears to be aimed at stifling citizen reporting in a country where all news is controlled by the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Continue reading
China Bans User-Made, ‘Unlicensed’ Video, Audio From Social Media已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Ban, censorship, Social Media, WeChat, Weibo
