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Imprisoned Rights Activist Guo Feixiong Suffering from Serious Health Issues

Yang Maoping (杨茂平), sister of imprisoned rights activist Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄) (also known as Yang Maodong (杨茂东)), circulated online the below account about Guo’s ill health after she visited him in Yangchun Prison, Guangdong (广东阳春监狱) this morning. Yang said that she repeated a request she first made to the prison authorities on February 29 that Guo be transferred to an upper-grade hospital to receive medical treatment. HRIC has translated Yang’s account, “Guo Feixiong’s Health Condition Worrisome,” in which she provides some details on Guo’s condition (see below). Continue reading

China internet star Papi Jiang promises ‘corrections’ after reprimand

Papi Jiang

Only five videos are displayed on Papi Jiang’s Youku channel, none of which work

One of China’s biggest internet stars Papi Jiang has promised to “correct” herself, following warnings from government officials. Continue reading

Pro-Democracy Activist Stands Trial For Subversion in China’s Guangdong

Su Changlan

Guangdong rights activist Su Changlan in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of HRCChina.org

A court in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Thursday began the subversion trial of another rights activist who supported the 2014 pro-democracy movement in neighboring Hong Kong. Continue reading

Firing of Top Hong Kong Editor After Panama Report Rattles City’s Media

Staff at Hong Kong's Ming Pao newspaper stick protest slogans to the walls

Staff at Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper stick protest slogans to the walls after the sacking of a senior editor, April 20, 2016. Photo courtesy of the Ming Pao staff association.

The sudden sacking of a senior editor at Hong Kong’s Ming Pao newspaper after the paper ran a front-page expose of local figures based on the Panama Papers sent shockwaves through the city’s media industry on Wednesday. Continue reading

Chinese Twitter Users Concerned Over Executive Appointment

Associated Press, April 18, 2016
Twitter logo in Ventura,

FILE – A portrait of the Twitter logo in Ventura, California.

Chinese Twitter users have expressed concerns over the company’s appointment of a China regional executive who has a background working with the country’s military and state security apparatus.

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China Questions Rights Lawyer Who Retweeted Panama Papers Joke

Ge Yongxi

Guangzhou human rights lawyer Ge Yongxi is shown in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of fellow rights lawyers

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong detained and questioned a prominent rights lawyer for several hours on Friday after he reposted a satirical image of China’s president, linking him to the Panama Papers. Continue reading

Chinese website publishes, then pulls, explosive letter calling for President Xi’s resignation

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Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with media in a press conference with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani after their meeting at the Saadabad Palace in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2016. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Two weeks after China’s President toured state media offices and called for absolute loyalty from the press, a website with links to the government published an explosive letter asking him to resign “for the future of the country and the people.” Continue reading

Panama Papers: China detains lawyer after he shares details of leaders online

By Tom Phillips

Friday 15 April 2016 07.39 BST

Ge Yongxi, a known defender of activists and church leaders, taken into custody after posting messages on WeChat account

Ge Yongxi

Ge Yongxi was taken from his home by five plain-clothes police officers, according to his lawyer and activists. Photograph: Facebook

A well-known Chinese civil rights lawyer has been taken into police custody after sharing information about the Panama Papers on social media, human rights groups have said. Continue reading