24 June 2014 Last updated at 05:04 ET
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BBC journalists held a silent protest in London and around the world
Hundreds of journalists have gathered in London to protest against the seven-year jail terms given to three al-Jazeera journalists in Egypt.
A court in Cairo found Australia’s Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed guilty of spreading false news. Continue reading
Egypt trial: Journalists protest over al-Jazeera trio已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Al-Jazeera, Egypt, Journalists
Too many countries are moving to prevent journalists from investigating and reporting objectively. This tide must be
Jodie Ginsberg
theguardian.com, Monday 23 June 2014 12.31 EDT
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Egypt jailing al-Jazeera journalists is another blow to freedom of expression已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Al-Jazeera, Egypt, Journalists
China is increasingly seeking not just domestic but international influence over cyberspace.
A new report in People’s Daily interviewed five Chinese experts on Internet security and political thought, including Fang Binxing (credited with creating China’s “Great Firewall”). Continue reading
China’s ‘Sovereign Internet’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
By CHRIS BUCKLEY JUNE 24, 2014
HONG KONG — Prosecutors in southern China have decided to put on trial a well-known human rights campaigner, Yang Maodong, on charges of disrupting public order, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Continue reading
China Activist to Stand Trial, Lawyer Says已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged Guo Feixiong, Human Rights Lawyer, Yang Maodong
People line up at a polling center to vote in an unofficial referendum on democratic reform in Hong Kong, June 22, 2014.
Da Hai Han
June 23, 2014 7:13 PM
An unofficial pro-democracy referendum in Hong Kong has been extended through next Sunday, with nearly 720,000 people voting in the past three days to change how city leadership is elected. Continue reading
Hong Kong Voters Demand Election Reform in Unofficial Poll已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
By Juliana Liu
Hong Kong correspondent, BBC News
Occupy Central co-organisers announce the number of votes twenty-six hours after their unofficial referendum began in Hong Kong on 21 June, 2014
Organisers from the Occupy Central movement said the number of votes cast exceeded their expectations Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
An undated photo of Tang Jingling.
Photo courtesy of Tang’s wife Wang Yanfang
Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have formally arrested prominent human rights lawyer Tang Jingling Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, Tang Jingling, Wang Qingying, Yuan Xinting
by Tienchi Martin-Liao / December 18, 2013
On the fifth year of Liu Xiaobo’s imprisonment.
Liu Xia, wife of Liu Xiaobo. Image: Lunar New Year via Flickr.
Exactly five years ago, on December 6, 2008, Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao：“In the beginning was the Word”已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Support Liu Xiaobo, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Charter 08, Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Price
