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Rights Groups Up Pressure on White House Ahead of Chinese Presidential Visit

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2015-09-10

U.S.-based rights groups have called on President Barack Obama to invite activists, lawyers and other members of the country’s nascent civil society into the White House ahead of a visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping.

Efforts by Obama’s administration aren’t enough to change the behavior of the ruling Chinese Communist Party, which has stepped up its crackdown on lawyers, rights activists and peaceful critics of the regime since Xi took power in 2012, a letter signed by nine organizations said.

“In light of the high-level reception that will be given President Xi, Continue reading →

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Two Months On, Lawyers For China’s Detained Attorneys Still Don’t Know Where They Are

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2015-09-09

image (68)Activists in Hong Kong demonstrate for the release of rights lawyers detained on the Chinese mainland, Aug. 25, 2015.
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Two months after Chinese police carried out a midnight raid on the home of prominent human rights lawyer Wang Yu and her husband, sparking a nationwide police operation targeting hundreds of attorneys, her lawyers marched to a police station near where she is believed to be held to demand a meeting with Wang.

Li Weida and Lu Zhoubin, Continue reading →

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Guo Feixiong is a finalist for the 2015 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk

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“We didn’t break the law in any way. We made no mistakes. We were simply and sincerely trying to push forward China’s democracy. This is a very persuasive argument.”

Guo Feixiong is the pen name of Yang Maodong, a well known figure in China’s rights defence movement who has previously spent five years in prison for his human rights activities. Continue reading →

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Bon Jovi’s first gigs in China cancelled by officials

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8 September 2015

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Frontman Jon Bon Jovi had said he was ‘excited’ to be playing China
Bon Jovi’s first ever concerts in China have been cancelled by government officials, the BBC has learned.

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Wang Qiaoling’s battle to find missing lawyer husband, Li Heping

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By John Sudworth

BBC News, Beijing

Wang Qiaoling has not heard from her husband Li Heping since he was taken away two months ago

Faced with injustice. there are many people in China who make a perfectly understandable choice: it is better to protect yourself and your family than to risk the wrath of the authorities by speaking out.

And then there Continue reading →

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Veteran Chinese Rights Activist Qin Yongmin Being Probed For ‘Subversion’

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Qin Yongmin, in an undated photo.
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A veteran Chinese dissident who has been held in detention at an unknown location since January now faces subversion charges, while his wife remains “disappeared,” fellow activists told RFA on Tuesday.

Wuhan-based dissident Qin Yongmin, who Continue reading →

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Alex Chow and YANG Jianli: Hong Kong: One Year after 8.19

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By Alex Chow and YANG Jianli, published: August 31, 2015

Today marks the first anniversary of the August 31 decision of China’s National People’s Congress prohibiting popular selection of candidates for Hong Kong’s chief executive by the people in Hong Kong. This so-called “Beijing 8.19 Hong Kong political reform” package, violated China’s prior written agreements promising full Continue reading →

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Relatives of Recently Disappeared Lawyers and Activists Write a Letter to China’s Minister of Public Security

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Relatives of Recently Disappeared Lawyers and Activists Write a Letter to China’s Minister of Public Security

On the eve of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced

Disappearances (August 30)

Published: August 29, 2015

“Such fear and panic do not beset these lawyers and their families only; they beset the entire Chinese society.”

Honorable Mr. Guo Shengkun (郭声琨),

We don’t know if you will be able to read this letter, but we are writing it regardless in the hope that you may. We do not want to let slip the slightest hope. Continue reading →

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