Category Archives: Internet Freedom

Chinese blogger-activist ‘Super Vulgar Butcher’ to be indicted; lawyer not given access – report

Posted on 01/05/2017 by | Chinese blogger-activist ‘Super Vulgar Butcher’ to be indicted; lawyer not given access – report已关闭评论

wu-gan2The case of a Chinese blogger and activist known as “Super Vulgar Butcher” has been transferred to a court for indictment. Wu Gan, known for his creative protests on sensitive topics, was detained in May 2015 for joining a demonstration staged by lawyers seeking to reopen an old case. Following his detention, state media launched a high-profile attack to discredit him. Continue reading →

Chinese blogger-activist ‘Super Vulgar Butcher’ to be indicted; lawyer not given access – report已关闭评论

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Rights Website Founder Formally Arrested For Subversion in China’s Hubei

Posted on 12/28/2016 by | Rights Website Founder Formally Arrested For Subversion in China’s Hubei已关闭评论
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Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch website founder Liu Feiyue is shown in an undated photo. Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch

Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hubei have formally arrested Liu Feiyue, the founder of a rights website, on subversion charges, fellow activists and relatives told RFA on Wednesday. Continue reading →

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China Bans User-Made, ‘Unlicensed’ Video, Audio From Social Media

Posted on 12/19/2016 by | China Bans User-Made, ‘Unlicensed’ Video, Audio From Social Media已关闭评论
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China’s State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television holds political study meeting, Nov. 21, 2016. Public Domain.

China’s powerful media regulator has banned social media platforms like WeChat, and the Twitter-like Weibo services run by Sina and Tencent, from disseminating user-generated audio and video, in a move that appears to be aimed at stifling citizen reporting in a country where all news is controlled by the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Continue reading →

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Three Human Rights Defenders Held in Unknown Locations, ‘at Risk of Torture’

Posted on 12/01/2016 by | Three Human Rights Defenders Held in Unknown Locations, ‘at Risk of Torture’已关闭评论
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Detained Chinese rights lawyer Xie Yang, in undated photo. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.

Concerns are mounting over the continued detention of three prominent Chinese rights defenders all detained or “disappeared” last month, rights group said. Continue reading →

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Facebook ‘made China censorship tool’

Posted on 11/23/2016 by | Facebook ‘made China censorship tool’已关闭评论
By Dave Lee, North America technology reporter, 23 November 2016
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Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg recently spent time with China’s leader Xi Jinping, as well as taking time to learn Mandarin. AP

Facebook worked on special software so it could potentially accommodate censorship demands in China, according to a report in the New York Times.

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Chinese Activists Welcome Press Freedom Award to Bloggers, Rights Website

Posted on 11/11/2016 by | Chinese Activists Welcome Press Freedom Award to Bloggers, Rights Website已关闭评论
Chinese blogger Lu Yuyu and his girlfriend Li Tingyu

Chinese blogger Lu Yuyu (R) and his girlfriend, Li Tingyu, in undated photo. Not the News.

Chinese rights activists and journalists have welcomed a Press Freedom award handed to two detained bloggers and the Sichuan-based Tianwang rights website, amid fears that two of the recipients may be being mistreated in detention. Continue reading →

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China’s Cybersecurity Law Could be Used to Target Peaceful Activists

Posted on 11/10/2016 by | China’s Cybersecurity Law Could be Used to Target Peaceful Activists已关闭评论
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Xi Jinping gives a speech at the Internet conference in Wuzhen, China, Dec. 16, 2015. AFP

China’s draconian new cybersecurity law, passed by the country’s rubber-stamp parliament this week, has sparked concerns that it will be used to further stifle individual freedoms after a crackdown on dissent that has lasted since President Xi Jinping took power. Continue reading →

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China Approves Law to Tighten Control on Internet Use

Posted on 11/08/2016 by | China Approves Law to Tighten Control on Internet Use已关闭评论
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A woman uses her smartphone near a booth promoting cloud services during the Global Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing, China.

BEIJING — China’s legislature approved a cybersecurity law on Monday that human rights activists warn will tighten political controls and foreign companies say might hamper access to Chinese technology markets. Continue reading →

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