Guangdong rights activist Guo Feixiong in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of activists
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hunan questioned two activists who tweeted in support of hunger-striking political prisoner Guo Feixiong, they told RFA. Continue reading
Police Question Activists Who Support Jailed Dissident’s Hunger Strike已关闭评论
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Detained rights lawyer Xie Yang is shown in an undated file photo. New Citizens Movement
The family of a Chinese attorney detained during a recent nationwide crackdown on human rights lawyers has accused the authorities of allowing his torture in detention. Continue reading
Chinese Rights Lawyer ‘Tortured’ in Detention on Subversion Charges已关闭评论
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Harry Wu at the United States Capitol in 2010. Credit Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
WASHINGTON — Harry Wu, who spent 19 years in Chinese labor camps, was a familiar figure on Capitol Hill, delivering searing broadsides against China’s authoritarian government that drew admiration from American politicians condemning the country’s human rights abuses. Continue reading
Li Wenzu (R), wife of detained rights attorney Wang Quanzhang, says state security police officers prevented her and their son from leaving their home in an interview with RFA on Aug. 11, 2016. RFA
Chinese authorities are continuing to mete out punishment by association to the families of detained human rights lawyers and activists, preventing them from leaving the county on “national security” grounds, activists said. Continue reading
Chinese Activists’ Families Face House Arrest, Travel Bans: Lawyers已关闭评论
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Guangdong rights activist Su Changlan in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of HRCChina.org
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have extended the pretrial detention of a prominent women’s rights activist on subversion charges for a second time, her lawyers said. Continue reading
China Extends Pretrial Detention of Rights Activist Again已关闭评论
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A delivery cart and cyclist ride past a building housing the Fengrui law firm in Beijing. Several lawyers from the firm have been targeted by authorities.
HONG KONG — The wife of a detained human rights lawyer in China has accused Beijing police of harassing her landlord and forcing him not to renew her lease. Continue reading
Wife of Detained Lawyer Accuses Beijing Police of Harassment已关闭评论
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Poster by Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) network calling for the overturn of subversion rulings against lawyers and activists in China. CHRD
Two prominent human rights attorneys detained at the start of a nationwide operation targeting lawyers last year have yet to regain their liberty, despite having been “released” on bail, rights activists said. Continue reading
Bailed Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Have Yet to Regain Liberty已关闭评论
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A photo of Chinese lawyer Wang Yu is seen on a screen during the first ABA International Human Rights Award ceremony at the ABA Annual Meeting in San Francisco. Photo by Tony Avelar.
ABA leaders and members of China’s community of dissidents-in-exile living in the United States packed a meeting room at the Moscone West convention center in San Francisco on Saturday morning for the presentation of the ABA’s inaugural International Human Rights Award. Continue reading
Chinese lawyer Wang Yu given ABA International Human Rights Award in absentia已关闭评论
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