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Design Democracy Hong Kong’s First Report on Universal Suffrage Models

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JUNE 12, 2014

 

As of 5 May 2014 when the government’s five-months consultation ended, Design Democracy Hong Kong (DDHK) received 592 submitted models concerning the system of Continue reading →

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China: Free Lawyer, Drop Charges-Pu Zhiqiang’s Formal Arrest a Step Backward for Rule of Law

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JUNE 14, 2014
“Pu’s ‘crime’ appears to be nothing more than peacefully pushing the legal system to follow its own laws. By arresting Pu, President Xi has gutted his own commitments to the rule of law, and halted the work of someone critical to legal reform efforts.” Continue reading →

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China to Prosecute Pu Zhiqiang for Activism

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BEIJING — The Chinese authorities on Friday announced the formal arrest of a well-known rights defender who last month took part in a private seminar where participants discussed the army’s violent suppression of the student-led protests of 1989 in Tiananmen Square. Continue reading →

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China: Detention of human rights defenders following commemoration of 1989 Tiananmen Square protests

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HRDs gathered on 3 May for seminar commemorating Tiananmen Crackdown (canyu.org)HRDs gathered on 3 May for seminar commemorating Tiananmen Crackdown (canyu.org)
On 4 and 5 May 2014 a number of human rights defenders in Beijing were taken in for Continue reading →

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PU ZHIQIANG：‘June Fourth’ Seventeen Years Later: How I Kept a Promise

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08.10.06

The weekend of June 3, 2006, was the seventeenth anniversary of the Beijing massacre and also the first time I ever received a summons. It happened, as the police put it, Continue reading →

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McDonald’s Murder Sparks Chinese Cult Crackdown

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BEIJING June 13, 2014

By WENYAN DENG
: This screen shot, taken on May 31, 2014, shows Zhang Lidong being detained by police. Lidong was part of a group that killed a woman at a McDonalds restaurant in Zhaoyuan, China on May 28, 2014. Continue reading →

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China: Detention of human rights defenders following commemoration of 1989 Tiananmen Square protests Take action on behalf of human rights defenders in China.

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Copy the enclosed letter and send it to the address provided.

Thank you for taking action.

Target adresses:
Ms. Wu Aiying
Minister of Justice of the People’s Republic of China, Continue reading →

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China frees artist held for Tiananmen anniversary

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Associated PressAssociated Press – Sat, Jun 14, 2014

FILE – In this April 29, 2014 file photo, Chen Guang, former Chinese soldier turned artist, poses for a photo after a performance to Continue reading →

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