September 26, 2014
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – Over 200 delegates and PEN members will gather in Bishkek next week for the 80th PEN International Congress, bringing together prominent writers, journalists and poets from across Continue reading
September 26, 2014
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan – Over 200 delegates and PEN members will gather in Bishkek next week for the 80th PEN International Congress, bringing together prominent writers, journalists and poets from across Continue reading
Writers from 80 PEN Centres from across the globe gather in Bishkek for the annual PEN International Congress已关闭评论
Posted in PEN International News
Tagged PEN, PEN International Congress
Images of Hong Kong’s protests are being suppressed on the internet in mainland China, and 100,000 people in Hong Kong have joined a new social network that operates “off-the-grid”. Continue reading
BBC trending: Hong Kong’s ‘off-grid’ protesters已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
A file photo of Chinese journalist Gao Yu speaking at a press conference in Hong Kong.
AFP
Imprisoned veteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu has Continue reading
Jailed Chinese Journalist Hires New Lawyer as Case Moves to Trial已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Press Freedom, Writers in Prison
AFP By Jerome Taylor and AFP reporters in Hong Kong
Hong Kong (AFP) – 07:38 GMT – ‘We are not Tibet or Xinjiang’ – Edward Chin, a financier and prominent Occupy organiser, is in bullish mood today. He’s been speaking to AFP reporter Annabel Symington and believes the police know violence would lead to a backlash from the Hong Kong public. Continue reading
Hong Kong protests hit China’s National Day: Live Report已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
PUBLISHED : Monday, 29 September, 2014, 2:09pm
UPDATED : Monday, 29 September, 2014, 6:14pm
Patrick Boehler
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Record censorship of China’s social media as references to Hong Kong protests blocked已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Democracy, Hong Kong, Internet Freedom, Occupy Central movement
By Christina Larson September 29, 2014
Riot police disperse demonstrators with tear gas during a protest near central government offices in Hong Kong on Sept. 28
Photograph by Lam Yik Fei/Bloomberg Continue reading
Not Even China’s Great Firewall Can Shut Out News About Hong Kong’s Democracy Protests已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Democracy, Hong Kong, Internet Freedom, Occupy Central movement
While the world watches tense protests in Hong Kong, many mainland citizens in China will not be able to see the unrest because of Chinese censorship.
By TIMES STAFF ChinaMedia IndustryCensorshipInstagramHong Kong Continue reading
Censors in China keep mainlanders in dark about Hong Kong protests已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged censorship, China, Democracy, Hong Kong, Internet Freedom, Occupy Central movement
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Chinese police impose tight security, sealing off the road leading to the Urumqi Intermediate People’s court, as the trial of Ilham Tohti begins, in Urumqi, September 17, 2014.
Here is what a court in Urumqi, the capital of China’s western Xinjiang region, concludes Ilham Tohti, a balding, thick-set, Continue reading
An Internet Where Nobody Says Anything-Ilham Tohti’s Sentence Shows Dark Vision for the Web of the Future已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Uighur, Writers in Prison
Tagged Ilham Tohti, Uighur