November 4, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
NEW YORK – PEN America is disturbed that after more than a month in detention, blogger Liu Yanli, a member of the Independent Chinese PEN Center, has been formally charged with defamation for a few short social media messages posted to a closed group of online friends.
Blogger and Activist Liu Yanli Charged with Defamation in China已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, PEN International News
Tagged arrest, defamation, Liu Yanli, PEN America
Kwon Pyong is shown wearing T-shirt criticizing Chinese president Xi Jinping, Sept. 30, 2016. Photo courtesy of Kwon Pyong’s Twitter account
Chinese authorities have secretly detained a graduate of a U.S. university who supported human rights and pro-democracy campaigns after he told friends he would wear a T-shirt merging the name of President Xi Jinping with Hitler’s. Continue reading
China Detains Jilin Activist For Wearing Anti-Xi Jinping T-Shirt已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Hitler, Jilin, Kwon Pyong, T-Shirt, Xi Jinping, Xitler's
Party Members by Arthur Meursault is an intense, ugly, gruesome work of fiction that will leave most feeling nauseous. It’s also a page-turner that is kind of essential reading for China observers. Reader discretion is advised, be aware that this one may offend many if not all… Continue reading
Ray Hecht: Party Members: a gruesome China book review已关闭评论
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Arthur Meursault, Party Members, Ray Hecht
Citizen journalist Yuan Ying, one of the Tianwang contributors already released, is shown in an undated photo. RFA
Chinese police are still holding a citizen journalist detained during the G20 summit in Hangzhou last month, prompting calls for her release from an international rights group concerned that she may be at risk of torture. Continue reading
Rights Groups Call For Release of Chinese Citizen Journalist Detained at G20已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged G20, Journalist, Qin Chao, Tianwang
Inner Mongolian dissident Huuchinhuu is shown in an undated photo provided by her family. RFA
Chinese authorities have shuttered a popular website used by ethnic Mongolians following the death of a veteran dissident writer. Continue reading
‘She Was The Pride of The Mongolian People’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged Death, Gao Yulian, Huuchinhuu, Huuchinhuu Govruud, Inner Mongolia
China Lawyers Crackdown: In this Wednesday, July 6, 2016 photo, Yuan Shanshan, the wife of detained Chinese lawyer Xie Yanyi, holds an official notice of Xie’s detention from the Tianjin Public Security Bureau in their apartment in Miyun, on the outskirts of Beijing.
As China hosts high-level political meetings in Beijing, the families of five jailed human rights lawyers have written President Xi Jinping an open letter, urging the top leader to stop a controversial nationwide crackdown of lawyers. Continue reading
Joyce Huang: Detained Lawyers’ Families Send Open Letter to China’s Xi Jinping已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged Blast, Joyce Huang, open letter, wife, Xi Jinping, Xie Yanyi
Chinese tourists in Edinburgh. Image via Wikimedia Commons
Tienchi Martin-Liao: The Unwelcome Chinese已关闭评论
Posted in Book Reviews, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Chen Pokong, The Unwelcome Chinese, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Family members and lawyers of detained lawyers and their colleagues gather after another attempt to seek answers about China’s biggest-ever crackdown on human rights lawyers in Tianjin, Jan. 8, 2016. AFP
Prominent rights activists and campaigners have called on democratic members of the United Nations to block China’s re-election on Friday for another two-year term on its Human Rights Council. Continue reading
Rights Groups Slam China’s Record Ahead of U.N. Council Vote已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged Human Rights Council, United Nations
