2015-07-08
Former Tiananmen student protest leader Xiong Yan has called on the ruling Chinese Communist Party to allow him to return home to bury his mother.
Xiong, 50, was briefly detained at Hong Kong’s border with China in April when he tried to visit his then terminally ill mother.
His plight mirrors that of dozens of exiled Continue reading
Former 1989 Student Leader Calls On Beijing Allow Him to Attend Mother’s Funeral已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
2015-07-06
Five Chinese feminists detained f
or planning an anti-sexual harassment campaign and since released on “bail” have written to the United Nations in a bid to make their release unconditional.
Wu Rongrong, Li Tingting, Wei Tingting, Wang Man, and Zheng Churan were released “on bail” in April after being detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble” on March 6, Continue reading
China’s Five Feminists Call For UN Pressure on Beijing已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged China, Five, Woman’s Rights Activists
By Wang Quanzhang, published: June 30, 2015
On June 18 I went to Liaocheng City in Shandong Province (山东聊城) to participate in the defense of a number of Falun Gong practitioners. Gaining the right to actually mount a defense, as a defense lawyer, before Continue reading
Black Ten Minutes: Chinese Lawyer Recounts Being Beating in a Courthouse in Shandong已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, Wang Quanzhang
FILE – Pro-democracy protesters holding yellow umbrellas attend a rally outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 17, 2015.
Joyce Huang
July 03, 2015 1:38 AM
This week, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists turned out in lower numbers than expected for marches marking the 18th anniversary for the territory’s handover to China.
After almost a year of non-stop rallies, some 48,000 Hong Kongers took to the street on July 1, making it one of the annual protest’s lowest Continue reading
Hong Kong Democracy Activists Ponder Next Steps已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
2015-07-03
Yang Zhangqing (L) and Guo Bin (R) in file photos.
Photos courtesy of CHRD
More than 1,000 people who say they are victims of China’s draconian family planning policies have signed a public petition calling for the release of rights activist Continue reading
More Than 1,000 Supporters Call For The Release of Rights Activist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged Guo Bin, NGO, Woman’s Rights Activists, Yang Zhangqing, Yirenping
2015-07-02
Activist Wu Gan stages protest outside Jiangxi High Court, May 19, 2015.
Photo courtesy of Boxun
Authorities in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian have frozen the bank accounts of the wife of activist Wu Gan, who now faces Continue reading
Chinese Police Freeze Bank Accounts of Online Free Speech Activist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Defender, Wu Gan
Pro-democracy protesters march during an annual protest marking Hong Kong’s handover from British to Chinese rule in 1997 in Hong Kong, July 1, 2015.
July 01, 2015 5:45 AM
Hundreds of pro-democracy activists took to the streets of Hong Kong Wednesday as the city marks the 18th anniversary of its handover from British to Chinese rule. Continue reading
Protests Mark Handover Anniversary in Hong Kong已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
2015-06-30
Liang Qinhui in a file photo.
Photo courtesy of Boxun.com
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong are moving ahead with the trial of a netizen for “incitement to subvert state power” after he posted “sensitive” Continue reading
Two More Chinese Netizens Charged With ‘Subversion’ Over Online Satire已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Writers in Prison
Tagged LIANG QINHUI
