By Deng Chuanbin (邓传彬), published: June 11, 2015
DENG CHUANBIN.
On May 30, 2015, I returned to my parents’ home at Peishi Township, Nanpei District, Yibing municipality in Sichuan province (四川省宜宾市南溪区裴石乡). My plan was to celebrate my mother’s 66th birthday on May 31, and attended my daughter’s singing competition in school and videotape it.
Around 9 pm on May 30, someone downstairs called out Continue reading
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2015-06-22
Dozens of tents remain on Tim Mei Avenue next to the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, June 21, 2015.
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Authorities in Hong Kong handed an eviction notice to a group of die-hard Umbrella Movement protesters on Monday, following the defeat of a Beijing-backed political Continue reading
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2015-06-19
Activist Su Changlan criminally detained by Guangdong police for her involvement in Hong Kong-related activities, in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Chinese Human Rights Defenders.
State prosecutors in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have sent back the subversion case against women’s rights activist Su Changlan, who publicly supported Hong Kong’s Continue reading
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2015-06-19
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong called off the trial of three prominent rights activists after they dismissed their defense team amid a procedural dispute with Continue reading
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2015-06-18
Guangzhou rights lawyer Tang Jingling in an undated photo.
(Photo courtesy of a family member.)
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have placed dozens of activists under surveillance after they planned to attend the subversion trial of three Continue reading
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2015-06-16
Guangzhou-based activist Liu Shaoming in an undated photo.
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Authorities in the Chinese capital have detained an outspoken rights activist who publicly voiced support for last year’s Occupy Central pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, his wife said on Tuesday.
Zhai Yanmin is currently being held in a Continue reading
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18 June 2015
Legislators in Hong Kong have rejected a controversial Beijing-backed election reform package that sparked mass protests last year.
The reforms would have given Hong Kong voters the right to Continue reading
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Hong Kong’s government is set to present a controversial political reform package ahead of a much-anticipated vote later this week.
Protesters are gathering outside the city’s Legislative Council building.
The package will for the first time give citizens the right to Continue reading
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