A screen shot from the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group’s Facebook page showing detained family members and attorneys, June 7, 2016. RFA
The whereabouts of Chinese legal aide Zhao Wei following her reported release from detention last week remained unclear on Thursday as her husband traveled to Zhao’s parents’ home in central China and found it empty. Continue reading
Mystery Surrounding Detained China Legal Aide Deepens, Lawyer Silenced已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, honorary Members, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged Inciting Subversion, Lawyer, rumor, Tianjin, Zhao Wei
Freed Hong Kong bookseller Lam Wing-kee, right, is accompanied by pro-democracy lawyer Albert Ho after giving a news conference in Hong Kong, June 16, 2016.
WASHINGTON—China is toughening its position in the case of five Hong Kong booksellers it detained last year for publishing books critical of Chinese leaders.
China Hardens Position Against Hong Kong Booksellers已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Press Freedom
Tagged bookseller, Gui Minhai, Hong Kong, Lam Wing-kee
A man walks past a tricycle cart decorated with flowers and a poster with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other top leaders, parked on a street in Beijing, July 9, 2016. Overseas bar associations and lawyers groups have issued an open letter to Chinese President
More than 140 human rights lawyers in China have endorsed a joint statement calling on Chinese authorities to immediately release lawyer Ren Quanniu, who was arrested late last week on suspicion of “picking quarrels.”
Chinese Rights Lawyers Demand Immediate Release of Colleague已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged detention, Lawyer, open letter, rumor, Zhao Wei
Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Yu poses during an interview in Hong Kong, March 20, 2014. AFP
One year after Beijing police raided the homes of prominent human rights attorneys with the Fengrui law firm, China’s legal profession is still reeling from the shock of what was to be a coordinated and nationwide campaign to silence them. Continue reading
One Year After Crackdown, China’s Lawyers Face ‘Complete Powerlessness’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, honorary Members, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged Lawyer, Subversion, Wang Yu
The defense attorney for jailed rights lawyer Li Heping discovered he was relieved of duty when he visited his client in detention, Feb. 18, 2016. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.
Chinese authorities in the northern port city of Tianjin said on Thursday they have released a legal assistant detained in last year’s nationwide crackdown on rights lawyers, after unconfirmed reports that she was sexually assaulted in custody. Continue reading
Tianjin Police Release Legal Assistant Zhao Wei on ‘Bail’已关闭评论
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Tagged Inciting Subversion, on bail, police, Release, Tianjin, Zhao Wei
A man holds an iPhone as he visits the Sina Weibo microblogging site (China’s version of Twitter) in Shanghai.
BEIJING—Authorities in China have clamped down on journalists’ use of what has become one of their biggest sources of news: the country’s popular social media websites. Under new rules, journalists must verify reports in social media before publishing them. Continue reading
Chinese Journalists Restricted in Use of Social Media Content已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
“60 Minutes” correspondent Morley Safer arrives for Walter Cronkite’s funeral at St. Bartholomew’s Church on Park Avenue in New York, July 23, 2009. Safer died in May 2016.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the official launch of the Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution by the Chinese government. Continue reading
China’s Cultural Revolution Through Eyes of Journalist Morley Safer已关闭评论
Posted in Calture Revolution, Culture, Headlines
Tagged Cultural Revolution, Morley Safer
Protesters call for resignation of Hong Kong’s chief executive, July 1, 2016. Photo courtesy of Ling Guo Li
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Hong Kong on Friday to call for the resignation of the city’s chief executive Leung Chun-ying, as a bookseller recently detained by China for selling ‘banned books’ to mainland Chinese customers withdrew from the demonstration, citing fears for his personal safety. Continue reading
Tens of Thousands March in Hong Kong, Police Fire Pepper Spray已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Press Freedom
Tagged bookseller, Hong Kong, Lam Wing-kei, Leung Chun-ying, Protest, resignation
