By China Change, published: June 26, 2014
Apart from Beijing and Guangzhou, the other Chinese city where large-scale arrests of citizen activists and rights lawyers have taken place is Zhengzhou (郑州), midway on the Beijing-Guangzhou transportation artery and the capital of Henan province (河南省). Continue reading
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Protesters in Hong Kong hold pictures of Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang as they march to the Chinese liaison office on May 14. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images
By Stanley Lubman
In a Beijing apartment in May, about 20 people met to discuss the Tiananmen protests in June 1989 Continue reading
‘Picking Quarrels’ Casts Shadow Over Chinese Law已关闭评论
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Compiled by HRIC based on published reports and information available online. Last updated on June 30, 2014. Total Count: 134 individuals. (An asterisk (*) denotes that the detention or physical restriction of the individual has ended.)
See also: Citizen Activists on Trial 2013-2014: Schedule/Status and Essays Continue reading
Restrictions, Detentions, Disappearances, Arrests before and beyond June 4, 2014已关闭评论
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ROWENA XIAOQING HE 06.25.14
In the spring of 1989, millions of citizens across China took to the streets in a nationwide uprising against government corruption and authoritarian rule. What began Continue reading
Tiananmen Exiles-Voices of the Struggle for Democracy in China已关闭评论
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By Teng Biao, published: June 22, 2014
June 4th has passed, but the arrests continue, and every day brings bad news from China. While scholar Xu Youyu, artist Chen Guang and others have been released “on probation,” Continue reading
Teng Biao：Beyond Stability Maintenance – From Surveillance to Elimination已关闭评论
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by Tienchi Martin-Liao / January 7, 2014
Liao Yiwu (right) with Tienchi Martin-Liao in front of House Poem. Photo: TJ Murphy
On a warm May day in Pittsburgh in 2013, Liao Yiwu sat down with his long-time friend and colleague Tienchi Martin-Liao. Continue reading
“If I’m Not Speaking That Means I’m Dead”: An Interview with Liao Yiwu已关闭评论
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Pu Zhiqiang is a prominent civil rights lawyer in Beijing, well known internationally and in the mainstream Chinese media for his work in protecting free speech and abolishing labour camps in China, among other issues. Continue reading
The Website of Pu Zhiqiang:http://lawyerpu.com/已关闭评论
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By MICHAEL FORSYTHEJUNE 19, 2014
HONG KONG — China introduced new restrictions on what the government has called “critical” news articles and barred Chinese journalists from doing work outside their beats or regions, putting further restraints on reporters in one of the world’s most controlled news media environments.
Reporters in China must now seek permission from their employers before undertaking “critical reports” and are barred from setting up their own websites, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television announced in new rules Wednesday. Continue reading
Chinese Government Tightens Constraints on Press Freedom已关闭评论
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