2015-06-15
Yang Zhangqing (L) and Guo Bin (R) in file photos.
Photos courtesy of CHRD
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have detained activists linked to a leading nongovernment organization (NGO) on charges of “illegal business activity,” Continue reading
Officers from Police Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (L-R) Chief Inspector Tsue Chun-tung, Chief Superintendent Au Chin-chau and Superintendent Ng Wai-hon, in front of items relating to making explosives seized, at police headquarters in Hong Kong, June 15, 2015.
Shannon Van Sant
June 15, 2015 10:39 AM
HONG KONG—Police in Hong Kong say they have arrested nine people and seized explosives, Continue reading
Tensions High as Hong Kong Vote Looms已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
FILE – From right: Prince Wong, Joshua Wong and Isabella Lo walk at the occupied area outside government headquarters during their hunger strike in Hong Kong Wednesday, Dec.3, 2014.
June 13, 2015 9:28 AM
Members of U.S. Congress and human rights groups are urging the U.S. government to do more for Hong Kong’s democracy ahead of a vote next week in Hong Kong on the territory’s Continue reading
Legislators, Rights Advocates Urge More US Action on Hong Kong Reforms已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
2015-06-11
Aung San Suu Kyi meets with China’s president Xi Jinping in Beijing, June 11, 2015.
AFP
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi should “talk democracy” to China’s Continue reading
Calls Grow For Aung San Suu Kyi to ‘Talk Democracy’ to Beijing已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Support Liu Xiaobo
Tagged Aung San Suu Kyi, China, Myanmar
2015-06-09
Du Yanlin photographs himself with an umbrella on Tiananmen Square, June 4, 2015.
Photo courtesy of Du Yanlin
Authorities in the Chinese capital are holding an activist on public order charges after he raised a black umbrella on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on the anniversary of the June 4, 1989 military crackdown on the student-led democracy movement, activists said.
Du Yanlin, 52, who has worked for outspoken artist Continue reading
China Holds Activist Who Posted Umbrella Selfie on Tiananmen Square on June 4已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
April 30, 2015
Washington DC, USA
We, the delegates to the Tenth Interethnic/Interfaith Leadership Conference, held from April 26 to 30, 2015 in Washington, DC with the theme of “Building A Free Democratic Homeland with Citizen Power: Prospects and Pathways,” recalled recent human rights and democratic movements in each of our communities, and looked ahead at the challenges and opportunities facing all of us.
Despite the worsening human rights conditions and the grim prospects for an immediate democratic transition in our homelands, we are encouraged by the unremitting Continue reading
Declaration of Unity of the Tenth Interethnic Interfaith Leadership Conference已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Yu, Liu Xiaobo
Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, June 10, 2015.
William Ide
Last updated on: June 10, 2015 10:29 AM
BEIJING—Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, making her first visit to China this week, is expected to meet with Communist Party leaders including President Xi Jinping. Continue reading
China Silent on Aung San Suu Kyi’s First Visit已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Support Liu Xiaobo, Writers in Prison
Tagged Aung San Suu Kyi, China, Liu Xiaobo
By JUNE 8, 2015 8:37 AM June 8, 2015 8:37 am
The installation of an ancestral hall from Jiangxi Province in adjoining galleries forms part of Ai Weiwei’s exhibition.Credit Oak Taylor-Smith
Barred since 2011 from traveling outside his home country, the artist Ai Weiwei has become a master of what might be called “remote exhibition-making” — Continue reading
Ai Weiwei Trades Politics for Subtlety in First Solo Exhibition in China已关闭评论
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Tagged Ai Weiwei, China, Exhibition
