Published: January 20, 2015
PU ZHIQIANG (浦志强). PHOTO FROM ONLINE.
On January 11, the Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (浦志强) spent his fiftieth birthday behind bars. No one knows what was going through the mind of this famous and very vocal lawyer Continue reading
Chang Ping:The Looming Shadow of the Case against Pu Zhiqiang已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Internet Freedom, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang
Published: January 18, 2015
Zhang Miao
Three months after friend and assistant Zhang Miao (張淼) was arrested, Continue reading
Chang Ping：Zhang Miao Receives “Treatment Reserved for Chinese Citizens”已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom, Writers in Prison
Tagged Zhang Miao
January 16, 2015 10:55 PM
Posted By: Samuel Wade
Asia Society’s Eric Fish talks to five current and former news assistants for foreign media in China about the recently reported detention of their counterpart at Die Zeit, Zhang Miao. Continue reading
Chinese News Assistants React to Colleague’s Arrest已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom, Writers in Prison
Tagged News Assistants, Zhang Miao
Published: January 14, 2015
Following the massacre of the Charlie Hebdo cartoonists, millions of people, including leaders from over 40 countries, went to the streets of Paris on January 11th to Continue reading
Tsering Woeser：Zuckerberg Is Not Exactly Being Honest about Defending Freedom of Expression已关闭评论
Posted in Press Freedom
By China Change, published: January 12, 2015
Shortly before June 4th, 2014, ten in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, were arrested for holding a public memorial for Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳). Seven of them have since been released, Continue reading
Prominent 1989ers Voice Support for Yu Shiwen, Detained for Commemorating the Tiananmen Movement已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged June 4th, Tiananmen, Yu Shiwen, Zhao Ziyang
Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:41am EST
BEIJING (Reuters) – China has closed 50 websites and social media accounts for violations ranging from pornography to “publishing political news without a permit”, Beijing’s cyberspace watchdog said on Tuesday.
The government is pursuing a crackdown on unwanted material online. Critics say the increasing restrictions further limit free speech in the one-party Communist state. Continue reading
China shuts 50 websites and social media accounts已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
Published: January 11, 2015
GUO YUSHAN (郭玉闪)
I no longer have the desire to argue about the treatment of Guo Yushan and his colleagues from a legal perspective. We know that “illegal business practices” was the charge for which Guo was formally arrested on December 6th, Continue reading
Xiao Shu：In China, to Destroy Lives Is Legal, but to Save Them Is Not已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Writers in Prison
Tagged Guo Yushan, Xiao Shu
