Joyce Huang
November 20, 2015 5:32 AM
China has drawn international criticism over a crackdown on human rights lawyers this year, and there are reports that authorities may be planning even broader restrictions over the legal profession.
Remin University law professor Chen Weidong, who has helped draft legislation including amendments to China’s criminal law, said authorities may soon launch a mechanism to Continue reading
China’s Plan to ‘Rank’ Lawyers Faces Criticism已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged Criticism, Human Rights Lawyer
2015-11-19
Chinese activists Xiewen Fei (L) and Wang Mo (R) are pictured in an undated photo.
(Photo courtesy of activists)
Two Chinese activists who publicly supported last year’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong stood trial for subversion at a court in the southern province of Guangdong on Thursday, their lawyers said.
Xie Wenfei and Wang Mo appeared at the Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court on Thursday charged with “incitement to subvert state power” in a trial Continue reading
Activists Shout For a ‘Democratic China’ in Guangzhou Subversion Trial已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion, Writers in Prison
Tagged Subversion, Wang Mo, Xie Wenfei
2015-11-20
Crowds watch the unveiling of a statue of Hu Yaobang in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, in a file photo.
AFP
As the ruling Chinese Communist Party elite marked the centenary of a late ousted premier famed for reversing many of the injustices of the regime, police on Tiananmen Square detained a blind activist from Shanghai after he handed out leaflets protesting against government corruption.
In the highest-level public recognition Continue reading
Protester Held in Beijing Amid Tight Security on Hu Yaobang Anniversary已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Anniversary, Hu Yaobang, June 4th
Tohti, PEN International is renewing its call on the Chinese authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally. Continue reading
China: One year after court upholds life sentence, Uyghur PEN member Ilham Tohti must be released已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, honorary Members, PEN International News
Tagged Ilham Tohti, PEN, petition
2015-11-18
Jiang Yefei’s wife Gu Shuhua (1st right) and the couple’s daughter Dong Xuerui (2nd right) with activists ahead of their departure from Bangkok, Nov. 18, 2015.
Photo courtesy of an activist.
The families of two Chinese democracy activists handed over to Beijing by the Thai authorities left Bangkok en route to Canada for resettlement as refugees, Continue reading
Families of Deported Chinese Activists Leave Thailand For Canada已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Press Freedom
Tagged China, Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei, Thailand, United Nations
17 November 2015
Jiang Yefei (pictured) and Dong Guangping had criticised China’s government
The United Nations has criticised Thailand for deporting two people who had been given refugee status by the organisation.
The two are thought to be the Chinese dissidents, Jiang Yefei and Dong Guangping, who had fled to Thailand with their families.
The pair had previously Continue reading
UN anger after Thailand deports ‘Chinese dissidents’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged China, Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei, Thailand, UN
2015-11-17
Journalist Li Xin, who went into exile to protect his family in China, in undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Li Xin
A former columnist at a top newspaper who fled China after being recruited to spy on activists by state security police has revealed some of the inner workings of Continue reading
Chinese Media Outlets ‘Take Daily Orders’ From Government: Journalist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Journalist, Li Xin, Southern Metropolis Daily
2015-11-16
Jiang Yefei in police custody after his arrest in Thailand, Oct. 28, 2015.
Photo courtesy of Jiang’s family
Thai authorities in Bangkok have repatriated five Chinese nationals, including two veteran dissidents who had been granted refugee status by the United Nations, Thailand-based activists told RFA on Monday.
A Bangkok-based democracy activist who gave only his surname Li said Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei and three other Chinese nationals had been sent back to China on Friday.
“I had planned to go and visit [Jiang and Dong] Continue reading
Thailand Repatriates Chinese Dissidents Who Sought Political Asylum已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged China, Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei, Political Asylum, Repatriates, Thailand
