Category Archives: Internet Freedom

Chinese activist Liu Feiyue given five years’ jail for ‘inciting subversion’

Posted on 01/29/2019 by | Chinese activist Liu Feiyue given five years’ jail for ‘inciting subversion’已关闭评论

Xi Jinping takes a public oath of allegiance to the Constitution in the Great Hall of the People 13th National People’s Congress, Beijing, China Liu Feiyue is one of many Chinese human rights activists who have been swept up in Xi Jinping’s crackdown on dissent. Photograph: Xinhua/REX/Shutterstock

Flawed trial shows how Beijing abuses the judicial system to silence dissent, says Amnesty International

The founder of a prominent Chinese civil and human rights website has been sentenced to five years in prison for inciting state subversion, according to human rights organisations. Continue reading →

Chinese activist Liu Feiyue given five years’ jail for ‘inciting subversion’已关闭评论

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Women’s Rights Have Been Repeatedly Violated in China

Posted on 01/27/2019 by | Women’s Rights Have Been Repeatedly Violated in China已关闭评论

A Protest Statement about Persecution of Female Writers Including ICPC Member Liu Yanli

The Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC)
November 28, 2018

The Independent Chinese PEN Center (ICPC) was shocked to learn that Ms. Liu Yanli, ICPC member and well-known blogger was summoned by the police in Jingmen City, Hubei Province on November 21 2018. Her family was informed the next day that she was beaten up and sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. Her father and other family members then rushed to Jingmen. At the entrance of the Second People’s Hospital of Jingmen City, they were surrounded by several public security personnel and refused to enter the hospital to visit her. Immediately after that, the news was spread out that Liu Yanli was officially arrested with the approval by the procuratorate. Continue reading →

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Open letter to Google on reported plans to launch a censored search engine in China

Posted on 08/29/2018 by | Open letter to Google on reported plans to launch a censored search engine in China已关闭评论

Dear Mr Pichai,

Like many of Google’s own employees, we are extremely concerned by reports that Google is developing a new censored search engine app for the Chinese market. The project, codenamed “Dragonfly”, would represent an alarming capitulation by Google on human rights. The Chinese government extensively violates the rights to freedom of expression and privacy; by accommodating the Chinese authorities’ repression of dissent, Google would be actively participating in those violations for millions of internet users in China. Continue reading →

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China: Suspension of Feminist Social Media Another Example of “Zero Tolerance”

Posted on 02/25/2017 by | China: Suspension of Feminist Social Media Another Example of “Zero Tolerance”已关闭评论

NEW YORK—The suspension of a feminist group’s social media accounts underscores China’s “zero tolerance” policy for free speech and human rights, said PEN America in a statement today. Continue reading →

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William Ide: UN Social Media Posts Removed in China After Backlash

Posted on 02/01/2017 by | William Ide: UN Social Media Posts Removed in China After Backlash已关闭评论

BEIJING — The United Nations has removed two Lunar New Year posts on refugees and poverty from its social media site on China’s popular Weibo microblogging platform after the messages sparked strong backlash online. Continue reading →

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China Warns Officials to Stay on Message When Chatting Online

Posted on 01/27/2017 by | China Warns Officials to Stay on Message When Chatting Online已关闭评论
Man using a laptop at a Beijing office of Sina Weibo

Man using a laptop at a Beijing office of Sina Weibo, widely known as China’s version of Twitter, an early victim of President Xi Jinping’s ongoing campaign tighten online control, in April 2014 photo. AFP

The ruling Chinese Communist Party has published a warning to its officials using the popular chat app WeChat, banning them from making “off message” comments on social media. Continue reading →

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China Shores up Great Firewall With New Rules Targeting VPNs

Posted on 01/23/2017 by | China Shores up Great Firewall With New Rules Targeting VPNs已关闭评论
man surfs the Internet at a coffee shop in Beijing in a file photo

A man surfs the Internet at a coffee shop in Beijing in a file photo. AFP

China says it will crack down in 2017 on the use of virtual private networks (VPNs) to get around the complex system of blocks, filters, and human censorship known as the Great Firewall that limits what its citizens can see online. Continue reading →

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Lecturer Fired in China’s Shandong After he Criticized Chairman Mao

Posted on 01/07/2017 by | Lecturer Fired in China’s Shandong After he Criticized Chairman Mao已关闭评论
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Poet Lu Yang holds up a sign supporting Deng Xiangchao, a professor who was fired by Shandong Jianzhu University for criticizing Mao Zedong, in the Shandong capital Jinan, Jan 4, 2017. Courtesy of Lu Yang.

Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong have terminated the contract of a university lecturer who criticized late supreme leader Mao Zedong, following protests and violent attacks on campus that were blamed on members of Maoist groups. Continue reading →

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