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China: What’s in a Law?

By: Sarah Hoffman

PUBLISHED ON JUNE 25, 2014

Five years ago this past Monday, PEN received word from our sources inside China that Liu Xiaobo, who had been held under “residential surveillance” at an undisclosed location in Continue reading

THE SUPREME COURT GETS IT RIGHT ON CELL-PHONE PRIVACY

POSTED BY JOHN CASSIDY


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It’s not so often these days that I write anything favorable about the Supreme Court. But here’s a quick shout-out to Wednesday’s ruling from the Justices, a unanimous one, Continue reading

Supreme Court to Cops Who Want to Search Your Cellphone: Get a Warrant

The Supreme Court unanimously ruled that police generally may not search the cellphones of Americans who have been arrested without a search warrant.
—By Dana Liebelson | Tue Sep. 17, 2013 6:00 AM EDT | Updated Wed Jun. 25, 2014 11:00 AM EDT

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The not-so-subtle diplomatic tactic of renaming streets to troll other countries

BY ADAM TAYLOR June 25

China’s Washington Embassy (Google Maps)

China’s Washington embassy is getting a new address, according to The Washington Post’s Dr. Gridlock blog: No. 1 Liu Xiaobo Plaza. Continue reading

Tiananmen Exiles-Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in China

ROWENA XIAOQING HE 06.25.14

In the spring of 1989, millions of citizens across China took to the streets in a nationwide uprising against government corruption and authoritarian rule. What began Continue reading

China calls U.S. bid to name street for Nobel peace laureate a ‘farce’

BEIJING Wed Jun 25, 2014 8:32am EDT


Workers prepare the Nobel Peace Prize laureate exhibition ”I Have No Enemies” for Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo December 9, 2010. REUTERS/Toby Melville

 

(Reuters) – China on Wednesday dismissed as a “farce” Continue reading

Hong Kong Chief Hits Back After Chinese Media Attacks Poll

2014-06-24


Hong Kong Chief Executive C.Y. Leung (R) meets with Hong Kong businessmen in Beijing, April 11, 2012.
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Hong Kong’s chief executive C.Y. Leung on Tuesday hit back at Continue reading

US push to rename Chinese embassy street after dissident

25 June 2014 Last updated at 12:02 ET Share this pagePrint


A picture of Liu Xiaobo seen inside the Nobel Peace Center on the day of The Nobel Peace Prize Continue reading