Category Archives: Headlines

Lawyer For Uyghur Scholar Denied Evidence Ahead of Trial

2014-08-13 

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Ilham Tohti in Beijing, August 2012.
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Arrested, Detained: A Guide to Navigating China’s Police Powers

By Stanley Lubman

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A Chinese police vehicle. Reuters

Headlines about China are filled with reports of Chinese citizens Continue reading →

China detains Xinjiang man for ‘online rumours’

11 August 2014 Last updated at 03:20 ET

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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 →

Aquariums of Pyongyang: Ten Years in the North Korean Gulag

By Kang Chol-hwan and Pierre Rigoulot

Translated from French by Yair Reiner Continue reading →

Prominent Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Released

On Thursday, Chinese authorities released prominent human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng from Continue reading →

Tibetan Writer Woeser Detained on Arrival at Lhasa Airport

2014-08-08 

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Woeser in an undated photo.
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Updated at 2.45 p.m. ET on 2014-08-08

Beijing-based Tibetan poet and writer Tsering Woeser said Chinese Continue reading →

Prominent Rights Lawyer Is Freed From Chinese Prison, His Relatives Say

By CHRIS BUCKLEYAUG. 7, 2014

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Gao Zhisheng in 2010. Credit Gemunu Amarasinghe/Associated Press

HONG KONG — One of China’s most famous dissident lawyers, Continue reading →

Gao Zhisheng Begins Sentence of Deprivation of Political Rights

Thursday, August 7, 2014
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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 →