2015-11-20
Crowds watch the unveiling of a statue of Hu Yaobang in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, in a file photo.
AFP
As the ruling Chinese Communist Party elite marked the centenary of a late ousted premier famed for reversing many of the injustices of the regime, police on Tiananmen Square detained a blind activist from Shanghai after he handed out leaflets protesting against government corruption.
In the highest-level public recognition Continue reading
Protester Held in Beijing Amid Tight Security on Hu Yaobang Anniversary已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Anniversary, Hu Yaobang, June 4th
2015-11-18
Jiang Yefei’s wife Gu Shuhua (1st right) and the couple’s daughter Dong Xuerui (2nd right) with activists ahead of their departure from Bangkok, Nov. 18, 2015.
Photo courtesy of an activist.
The families of two Chinese democracy activists handed over to Beijing by the Thai authorities left Bangkok en route to Canada for resettlement as refugees, Continue reading
Families of Deported Chinese Activists Leave Thailand For Canada已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Press Freedom
Tagged China, Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei, Thailand, United Nations
17 November 2015
Jiang Yefei (pictured) and Dong Guangping had criticised China’s government
The United Nations has criticised Thailand for deporting two people who had been given refugee status by the organisation.
The two are thought to be the Chinese dissidents, Jiang Yefei and Dong Guangping, who had fled to Thailand with their families.
The pair had previously Continue reading
UN anger after Thailand deports ‘Chinese dissidents’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged China, Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei, Thailand, UN
2015-10-19
A memorial to Zhao Ziyang and his wife at their family residence in Beijing, in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of a family member
Authorities in China’s capital have turned down an application for a burial plot for the ashes of late ousted premier Zhao Ziyang and his wife, as dozens of activists and ordinary Chinese marked his birthday at the weekend.
Well-wishers gathered on Oct. 17 at Zhao’s Beijing residence to remember a Continue reading
Family of Late Ousted Premier Denied Permission For Beijing Burial已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Burial, June 4th, Tiananmen, Zhao Ziyang
By Ka Pa and Wei Ling
2015-08-26
Rights activist Gong Yujian (R) and former Tiananmen student leader Wu’er Kaixi (L) meet in Taiwan in an undated photo.
(Photo courtesy of Gong Yujian)
UPDATED at 12:42 P.M. EST on 26-08-2015
A veteran Chinese dissident who applied for political asylum in Taiwan during a tourist visit to the democratic island has had his application refused, he told RFA on Wednesday.
Gong Yujian, who served time in a labor camp in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Continue reading
Taiwan Turns Down Asylum Request by 1989 Chinese Democracy Activist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Asylum, Gong Yujian, June 4th, Taiwan, Tiananmen
2015-08-20
Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
Photo courtesy of CHRD
Authorities in China’s capital Beijing have again extended the detention of top rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, this time by three months, his attorney confirmed Thursday, adding that Pu has been suffering from health problems during his incarceration.
Pu Zhiqiang, 50, was indicted on May 15 Continue reading
Beijing Court Extends Detention of Top Rights Lawyer by Three Months已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
2015-08-10
Chinese activist Gong Yujian displays a document from his 1994 imprisonment in undated photo.
RFA
A veteran Chinese dissident who served time in labor camp in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre has defected to Taiwan during a tourist visit to the democratic island.
Gong Yujian, who began a life of political activism after being heavily influenced by the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing, said he had made the decision Continue reading
Veteran Chinese Democracy Activist Seeks Political Asylum in Taiwan已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, unclassified
Tagged Gong Yujian, June 4th, Political Asylum, Taiwan, Tiananmen
By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW AUGUST 7, 2015 7:45 AM August 7, 2015 7:45 am
The journalist Gao Yu, who was sentenced to seven years in prison in April for leaking state secrets abroad, is receiving good medical care compared with that provided to most Chinese prisoners, her lawyers said on Friday.
Gao Yu, in a photo from June 9, 2012, is serving a seven-year prison term for allegedly leaking state secrets.Credit Kin Cheung/Associated Press
But the results of a physical examination in mid-July were worrying, said Shang Baojun, one of her two lawyers, in a telephone interview. They showed that Ms. Gao, 71, has cardiovascular problems including high blood pressure.
The day after receiving the results on July 28, Continue reading
Gao Yu, Jailed Chinese Journalist, Is Said to Be Receiving Good Medical Care已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Yu, Journalist
