May 19, 2014 • 6:11 pm
Six Arbitrary Detentions in Guangzhou, Shanghai & Beijing
(The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders – May 19, 2014) – The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a coalition of Chinese and international human rights NGOs, has been informed by Rights Defense Network (Weiquanwang) that more lawyers and activists—six individuals in Continue reading
Alert: More Lawyers & Activists Criminally Detained or Disappeared in Run-up to Tiananmen Anniversary已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged June 4th, Liu Shihui, Pu Zhiqiang, Tang Jingling, Tiananmen
1:50 pm HKT May 21, 2014
A labourer works at an empty shoe factory in the city of Wenzhou, Zhejiang province. Reuters
A city best known for its millionaires and factories churning out Continue reading
5:46 am HKT May 22, 2014
Sure, maybe you’ve tried Willy Wonka’s Gobstoppers. But have you tried “regret medicine”? Associated Press
Posted in Headlines, Support Liu Xiaobo
Tagged June 4th, Liu Xiaobo Courage to Write Award, Tiananmen, Xu Zhiyong
(TibetanReview.net, May21, 2014) – China has arrested, detained or held away from home against their will some 50 dissidents since early this month ahead of the anniversary of the Jun 3-4, 1989 Tiananmen Square bloodbath, Continue reading
China detains some 50 dissidents ahead of 1989 Tiananmen Square anniversary已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Dissidents, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
Rights lawyers Tang Jingling and Liu Shihui are among the latest to be detained as the government seeks to suppress commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown’s 25th anniversary next month. From AP’s Didi Tang:
As of May 12, the following search terms are blocked on Weibo (not including the “search for user” function).
Sensitive Words: Speech Essence Research Center已关闭评论
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Tagged Internet Freedom, Pu Zhiqiang, Sensitive Words
As the 25th anniversary of the June 4th, 1989 crackdown on protest in Tiananmen square grows ever nearer, names are being added to the list of those detained, placed under house arrest, or questioned by authorities as the central government makes efforts to conceal commemoration of that unfortunate date 25 years ago (for up-to-date records of detentions, house-arrests, and other restrictions, see lists from Human Rights in China and Amnesty International).
