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Anna Matteo: Brainwash: Not as Clean as You Think

Posted on 10/01/2016 by | Anna Matteo: Brainwash: Not as Clean as You Think已关闭评论
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Your brain is amazing. Just don’t wash it.

Today we are talking about expressions to describe people who are not in their right minds. People who are not in their right minds are not thinking in a normal, healthy way. Continue reading →

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Stephen McDonell: When China began streaming trials online

Posted on 09/30/2016 by | Stephen McDonell: When China began streaming trials online已关闭评论
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As close as many people would get to being inside a court – until the website was launched. AFP

Within China’s notoriously flawed legal system somebody is actually trying to usher in a bit of transparency. Now you can boot up your laptop or turn on your smartphone and take a peek inside proceedings. Continue reading →

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Lawyers’ Wives Petition Beijing Over Persecution Ahead of National Day

Posted on 09/29/2016 by | Lawyers’ Wives Petition Beijing Over Persecution Ahead of National Day已关闭评论
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Wives of Chinese human rights lawyers detained in a 2015 crackdown wearing the names of their husbands after filing complaints at the Supreme People’s Procuratorate in Beijing, July 4, 2016.

The relatives of several prominent human rights lawyers detained since July 2015 are once more petitioning the Chinese government over the continuing persecution of their families ahead of National Day celebrations on Saturday. Continue reading →

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China Gives Police Powers to Monitor Social Media Friends, Chat Groups

Posted on 09/27/2016 by | China Gives Police Powers to Monitor Social Media Friends, Chat Groups已关闭评论
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From Oct. 1, Chinese police will be empowered to use information from a person’s social media contacts list, including friends circles on popular smartphone chat apps, as evidence in criminal investigations. Public Domain

He told RFA in an interview on Friday that he expects the new rules to be used to police speech, rather than to support investigations into criminal actions. Continue reading →

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Writers from across the globe gather in the city of Ourense, Galicia for the 82nd PEN Congress

Posted on 09/26/2016 by | Writers from across the globe gather in the city of Ourense, Galicia for the 82nd PEN Congress已关闭评论

pi8225 September, 2016 – More than 200 writers and PEN members will gather this week in the city of Ourense, Spain for the 82nd PEN InternationalCongress hosted by Galician PEN. Writers and journalists participating at the event include Russian-American writer Masha Gessen, Turkish journalist and PEN Main Case Can Dündar as well as Galician writers Manuel Rivas and Xosé Luís Méndez Ferrín, Almudena Grandes, , Nélida Piñon, Claudia Piñero, Ma Thida, Andrei Kurkov, Beatrice Lamwaka and many more. Continue reading →

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China Postpones Activist’s Subversion Trial, Wife Still Missing

Posted on 09/25/2016 by | China Postpones Activist’s Subversion Trial, Wife Still Missing已关闭评论
Chinese democracy activist Qin Yongmin and wife Zhao Suli

Chinese democracy activist Qin Yongmin and wife Zhao Suli are shown in a photo from October 2013. Photo courtesy of rosechina.net

Authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan once more prolonged the pretrial detention of a veteran democracy activist for subversion on Thursday amid growing concerns over the safety of his ‘disappeared’ wife. Continue reading →

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China Rights Lawyer Who Defended ‘Sensitive’ Cases Jailed for 12 Years

Posted on 09/24/2016 by | 1 comment
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Human rights defender Xia Lin, in undated file photo. Public domain.

A court in the Chinese capital on Thursday handed down a 12-year prison sentence to a prominent rights lawyer after finding him guilty of “fraud,” in a move slammed by rights groups as political persecution. Continue reading →

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Michael Caster and Peter Dahlin：China should be proud of Wang Quanzhang – instead it persecutes him

Posted on 09/23/2016 by | Michael Caster and Peter Dahlin：China should be proud of Wang Quanzhang – instead it persecutes him已关闭评论
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Li Wenzu, 31, wife of imprisoned lawyer Wang Quanzhang poses for a portrait with their son Wang Guangwei, 3. Photograph: Adam Dean for the Guardian

Last July, the Chinese government launched its most widespread crackdown on rule of law advocates in decades, detaining some 300 rights defenders. Some have been held incommunicado since, with lawyers and family members trying to visit them in detention being told to look elsewhere. Continue reading →

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