Anger at a government think tank’s attempt to gloss over history erupts on Chinese social media. Continue reading
Anger at a government think tank’s attempt to gloss over history erupts on Chinese social media. Continue reading
Chinese Researcher: ‘Hostile Western Forces’ Behind Great Leap Death Tolls已关闭评论
By CHRIS BUCKLEY and ALAN WONG SEPT. 26, 2014
HONG KONG — Student protests demanding democratic elections in Hong Kong ended in rowdy confrontation and arrests on Friday, when the police moved in with pepper spray against Continue reading
Pro-Democracy Students Are Arrested in Hong Kong已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
24 September 2014 Last updated at 05:08 ET
written by Carrie Gracie
Students attend the rally at Chinese University on September 22, 2014 in Hong Kong Continue reading
Hong Kong’s David and Goliath democracy battle已关闭评论
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Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
SEPT. 25, 2014
China’s sledgehammer approach to dissent was on display once more this week, when the authorities sentenced the Uighur economist Ilham Tohti to life in prison on Tuesday. The verdict attracted widespread international Continue reading
NICHOLAS BEQUELIN:The Price of China’s Uighur Repression-Jailing of Ilham Tohti Will Radicalize More Uighurs已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Uighur, Writers in Prison
Tagged Ilham Tohti, Uighur
BY SUI-LEE WEE
BEIJING Wed Sep 24, 2014 5:19am EDT
Uighur academic Ilham Tohti sits during his trial on separatism charges in Urumqi, Continue reading
Prominent Uighur scholar in China to appeal life sentence: lawyer已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Uighur, Writers in Prison
Tagged Ilham Tohti, Uighur
The following post by ChrisTac, a Sina Weibo user with just 360 followers, was deleted sometime before 5:50PM yesterday, September 22, 2014. [See more deleted posts at the WeiboScope Search, by the Journalism and Media Studies Centre] Continue reading
Posts on Hong Kong student boycott deleted已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Internet Freedom
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement, Student Boycott
FILE – Outspoken Uighur scholar and advocate Ilham Tohti speaks during an interview at his home in Beijing.
Victor Beattie
September 24, 2014 2:18 AM
WASHINGTON—The Obama Administration has expressed its “deep concern” over the life sentence handed down Tuesday against prominent Uighur scholar Ilham Continue reading
US Expresses ‘Deep Concern’ over Uighur Scholar’s Life Sentence已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Uighur, Writers in Prison
Tagged Ilham Tohti, Scholar, Uighur
By EDWARD WONGSEPT. 23, 2014
ALTAY, China — A university professor who has become the most visible symbol of peaceful resistance by ethnic Uighurs to Chinese policies was sentenced to life in prison on Tuesday after Continue reading
Chinese Court Sentences Uighur Scholar to Life in Separatism Case已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Uighur, Writers in Prison
Tagged Ilham Tohti, Uighur