2014-08-13
Ilham Tohti in Beijing, August 2012.
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2014-08-13
Ilham Tohti in Beijing, August 2012.
Photo courtesy of Ilham Tohti Continue reading
Lawyer For Uyghur Scholar Denied Evidence Ahead of Trial已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Uighur, Writers in Prison
Tagged Ilham Tohti, Scholar, Uyghur
By Stanley Lubman
A Chinese police vehicle. Reuters
Headlines about China are filled with reports of Chinese citizens Continue reading
Arrested, Detained: A Guide to Navigating China’s Police Powers已关闭评论
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Tagged Arrested, Detained, Police Powers
11 August 2014 Last updated at 03:20 ET
Paramilitary policemen stand guard during a ceremony to award those who the authorities say participated in “the crackdown of violence and terrorists activities” in Hotan, Xinjiang 3 August 2014
Chinese authorities have stepped Continue reading
China detains Xinjiang man for ‘online rumours’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Uighur
Tagged Internet Freedom, Shache, Uighur, Xinjiang
By Kang Chol-hwan and Pierre Rigoulot
Translated from French by Yair Reiner Continue reading
Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag已关闭评论
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Tagged Gulag, Kang Chol-hwan, North Korean, Pierre Rigoulot
On Thursday, Chinese authorities released prominent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng from Continue reading
Prominent Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Released已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer
2014-08-08
Woeser in an undated photo.
AFP
Updated at 2.45 p.m. ET on 2014-08-08
Beijing-based Tibetan poet and writer Tsering Woeser said Chinese Continue reading
By CHRIS BUCKLEYAUG. 7, 2014
Gao Zhisheng in 2010. Credit Gemunu Amarasinghe/Associated Press
HONG KONG — One of China’s most famous dissident lawyers, Continue reading
Prominent Rights Lawyer Is Freed From Chinese Prison, His Relatives Say已关闭评论
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Tagged Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer
Gao Zhisheng was released from Xijiang’s Shaya Prison on August 7, 2014. Image credit: rfa.org
Gao Zhisheng (高智晟), a defense lawyer known for taking on politically sensitive Continue reading
Gao Zhisheng Begins Sentence of Deprivation of Political Rights已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer