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
Chinese Activists Welcome Press Freedom Award to Bloggers, Rights Website已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged 64 Tianwang, France, Li Tingyu, Lu Yuyu, Press Freedom award, RSF
The 2016 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) – TV5 Monde Press Freedom Prize will be awarded to Syrian reporter Hadi Abdullah, the Chinese news website 64Tianwang, and Chinese citizen journalists Lu Yuyu and Li Tingyu at a ceremony in Strasbourg tomorrow evening (8 November). Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged 64Tianwang, Hadi Abdullah, Journalist, Li Tingyu, Lu Yuyu, Monde Press Freedom Prize, RSF, Syrian, TV5
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
Former detainees of the Masanjia Women’s RTL camp in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of CHRD
A Chinese woman who helped to expose the abuse of women inmates at the infamous Masanjia labor camp has fled China to seek political asylum in Thailand, she told RFA in a recent interview. Continue reading
Former Masanjia Labor Camp Whistleblower Flees China For Thailand已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged flee, Hao Wei, Labor camp, Masanjia
Screenshot of Caixin media’s website, which has been accused by China’s censors of “repeatedly violating news and propaganda discipline” during the past year. Public Domain.
The ruling Chinese Communist Party has issued a sharp rebuke to the cutting-edge Caixin media group, ordering a two-month ban on republishing its content. Continue reading
China Slaps Website With Two-Month Suspension From Media ‘Whitelist’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged Caixin, censorship, Media, Whitelist
Environmental activist Liu Shu is shown in an undated photo. Photo sent by an RFA listener
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Hunan have jailed a prominent environmentalist on charges of “revealing state secrets” in a move that activists said is likely a form of political revenge. Continue reading
China Jails Environmental Activist For ‘Revealing State Secrets’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged detention, environmental，State Secrets
Police check the ID cards of netizens at an Internet cafe in Shandong province, July 31, 2013. Imagine China
An outspoken Chinese website that specialized in wide-ranging political and economic analysis remained unavailable on Tuesday, three days after going offline, amid an ever-tightening crackdown on public spaces for debate. Continue reading
Chinese Analysis Website Stays Offline as Media Crackdown Widens已关闭评论
Posted in crackdown, Headlines, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged censorship, Consensus Net, crackdown, Gongshiwang, Media
Your brain is amazing. Just don’t wash it.
Today we are talking about expressions to describe people who are not in their right minds. People who are not in their right minds are not thinking in a normal, healthy way. Continue reading
Anna Matteo: Brainwash: Not as Clean as You Think已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged brainwash, Korean War, prison-of-war
