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Rights Lawyers in China Routinely Face Abuse, Report Says

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By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ  NOV. 12, 2015

BEIJING — Legal activists and those suspected of crimes in China are routinely abused and mistreated at the hands of law enforcement officials, a report released on Thursday by Amnesty International found, despite recent efforts by the government to crack down on inhumane judicial practices.

The report found that much of the abuse is directed at lawyers, who have come under increasing pressure amid a vigorous campaign by President Xi Jinping to rein in dissent Continue reading →

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Two Activists Stand Trial For ‘Subversion’ in China’s Guangdong

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Supporters of activist Zhang Shengyu hold a placard outside the Intermediate People’s Court in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province, Nov. 13, 2015.
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Two activists in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong stood trial on Friday charged with subversion linked to social media posts and campaigns for human rights and democracy, their lawyers said.

Liang Qinhui, also known by his online nickname “Sharp Knife,” and Zhang Shengyu who showed public support for last year’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, Continue reading →

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Calls Grow to Free Tortured Rights Lawyer Ahead of U.N. Review

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image (17)Chinese human rights lawyer and torture victim Gao Zhisheng, in undated photograph.
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Dissident rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who remains under house arrest since his release from prison in August 2014, has been denied permission by the Chinese police to see a dentist for treatment after losing teeth to torture — for reasons of ‘national security.’

Gao was prevented earlier this week from traveling to Xi’an, Continue reading →

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Hong Kong bookstore disappearances shock publishing industry

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_86617734_bookshopexteriorBy Juliana Liu

10 November 2015

The bookshop is marked by a small blue sign, sandwiched between shops selling vitamins and clothing
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In a frenetic commercial district of Hong Kong, sandwiched between shops selling vitamins and clothing to tourists, the Causeway Bay Bookstore touts itself as the authority on Chinese politics.

The tiny shop specialises in selling gossipy Continue reading →

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China Seeks to Export Censorship to Overseas-Registered Domain Names: Report

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2015-11-06

b3a80421-f0da-4189-ae20-71993b55bf53Police check the ID cards of netizens at an Internet cafe in Shandong province, July 31, 2013.
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China has compiled a “blacklist” of keywords banned by its complex Internet censorship regime, known as the Great Firewall, and is now seeking to apply them well beyond its physical borders via a domain-name registry based in the United States, according to recent reports.

U.S.-based domain-name registry XYZ.com recently made a deal with the Chinese government requiring it to enforce Beijing’s censorship globally based on a list of Continue reading →

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Independent Hong Kong Book-Sellers Missing, Believed Detained

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Books are shown on display outside Sage Communications bookstore in Hong Kong, Nov. 6, 2015.
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Four people linked to a Hong Kong bookstore which has stocked titles highly critical of the ruling Chinese Communist Party have been “delayed,” believed detained by Chinese authorities, while on a visit to Thailand.

Owner Gui Haiming, general manager Lu Bo, store manager Lin Rongji, and staff member Zhang Zhiping of publisher and bookstore company Sage Communications Continue reading →

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Book on Family-Planning Policy Is Banned, Then Promoted, by China

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By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW NOVEMBER 4, 2015 4:45 PM November 4, 2015 4:45 pm

5sino-letter02-blog480-v2Fuxian Yi, a medical researcher and father of three who now lives in the United States, said the publication of his book on the mainland was a proud moment.
Fuxian Yi, a medical researcher and father of three who now lives in the United States, said the publication of his book on the mainland was a proud moment.Credit Courtesy of Fuxian Yi
In just six years, Fuxian Yi’s book pleading for an end to the “one child” policy went from banned to promoted by the Chinese government.

The book, “Big Country With an Empty Nest,” a critical look at China’s family-planning policy, was published in Hong Kong in 2007 and promptly banned on the Chinese mainland. But in 2013, a new edition was released by China Development Press, a publisher under the Development Research Continue reading →

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Fears Grow For Chinese Activists Detained by Thai Police

Posted on 11/06/2015 by | Fears Grow For Chinese Activists Detained by Thai Police已关闭评论

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Chinese activists in exile in Thailand protest outside the China Cultural Center in Bangkok, Nov. 5, 2015.
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Rights groups are calling for the release of two Chinese democracy activists currently held by Thai immigration authorities after seeking political refugee status with the United Nations.

Dong Guangping fled China with his family in September after serving a three-year jail term for subversion from 2001-2004, and being “disappeared” and held for eight months in secret detention in 2014.

Political cartoonist Jiang Yefei had been in Thailand Continue reading →

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