2015-07-09
A draft cybersecurity law published by the National People’s Congress (NPC) looks set to formalize and extend Beijing’s already tight grip on the Chinese Internet, although official media denied it would curb people’s online freedom.
The draft law aims to “ensure network security, [and] safeguard the sovereignty of Continue reading
China’s Draft Online Security Law Could Further Tighten State Control of Netizens已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
2015-07-07
Occupy Central leader Joshua Wong speaks to the media after a vote at the city’s legislature in Hong Kong, June 18, 2015.
AFP
Four Hong Kong pro-democracy activists, including Occupy Central student leader Joshua Wong, face charges of obstructing the police in the course of their duty, Continue reading
Hong Kong Charges Four Over Public Burning of Beijing’s Policy Paper已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
2015-07-08
Former Tiananmen student protest leader Xiong Yan has called on the ruling Chinese Communist Party to allow him to return home to bury his mother.
Xiong, 50, was briefly detained at Hong Kong’s border with China in April when he tried to visit his then terminally ill mother.
His plight mirrors that of dozens of exiled Continue reading
Former 1989 Student Leader Calls On Beijing Allow Him to Attend Mother’s Funeral已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
2015-07-06
Five Chinese feminists detained f
or planning an anti-sexual harassment campaign and since released on “bail” have written to the United Nations in a bid to make their release unconditional.
Wu Rongrong, Li Tingting, Wei Tingting, Wang Man, and Zheng Churan were released “on bail” in April after being detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble” on March 6, Continue reading
China’s Five Feminists Call For UN Pressure on Beijing已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged China, Five, Woman’s Rights Activists
By Wang Quanzhang, published: June 30, 2015
On June 18 I went to Liaocheng City in Shandong Province (山东聊城) to participate in the defense of a number of Falun Gong practitioners. Gaining the right to actually mount a defense, as a defense lawyer, before Continue reading
Black Ten Minutes: Chinese Lawyer Recounts Being Beating in a Courthouse in Shandong已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, Wang Quanzhang
FILE – Pro-democracy protesters holding yellow umbrellas attend a rally outside the Legislative Council in Hong Kong, Wednesday, June 17, 2015.
Joyce Huang
July 03, 2015 1:38 AM
This week, Hong Kong’s pro-democracy activists turned out in lower numbers than expected for marches marking the 18th anniversary for the territory’s handover to China.
After almost a year of non-stop rallies, some 48,000 Hong Kongers took to the street on July 1, making it one of the annual protest’s lowest Continue reading
Hong Kong Democracy Activists Ponder Next Steps已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
2015-07-03
Yang Zhangqing (L) and Guo Bin (R) in file photos.
Photos courtesy of CHRD
More than 1,000 people who say they are victims of China’s draconian family planning policies have signed a public petition calling for the release of rights activist Continue reading
More Than 1,000 Supporters Call For The Release of Rights Activist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged Guo Bin, NGO, Woman’s Rights Activists, Yang Zhangqing, Yirenping
