Guangdong rights activist Su Changlan in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of HRCChina.org
A court in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Thursday began the subversion trial of another rights activist who supported the 2014 pro-democracy movement in neighboring Hong Kong. Continue reading
Pro-Democracy Activist Stands Trial For Subversion in China’s Guangdong已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, honorary Members, Subversion, Subversion
Tagged Foshan, Guangdong, Inciting Subversion, Su Changlan, trial
Guangzhou human rights lawyer Ge Yongxi is shown in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of fellow rights lawyers
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong detained and questioned a prominent rights lawyer for several hours on Friday after he reposted a satirical image of China’s president, linking him to the Panama Papers. Continue reading
China Questions Rights Lawyer Who Retweeted Panama Papers Joke已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, Ge Yongxi, Guangdong, Panama Papers
By Tom Phillips
Friday 15 April 2016 07.39 BST
Ge Yongxi, a known defender of activists and church leaders, taken into custody after posting messages on WeChat account
Ge Yongxi was taken from his home by five plain-clothes police officers, according to his lawyer and activists. Photograph: Facebook
A well-known Chinese civil rights lawyer has been taken into police custody after sharing information about the Panama Papers on social media, human rights groups have said. Continue reading
Panama Papers: China detains lawyer after he shares details of leaders online已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, Ge Yongxi, Lawyer, Panama Papers, WeChat
A copy of the decision from the Beijing municipal bureau of justice ordering the cancellation of Pu Zhiqiang’s lawyer’s license, April 13, 2016. Photo courtesy of a lawyer
Authorities in the Chinese capital have stripped prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang of his license to practice following his conviction over a series of tweets on social media, his lawyer said on Thursday. Continue reading
China Strips Top Human Rights Lawyer of License to Practice已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged incitement to ethnic hatred and ethnic discrimination, Lawyer, license, Pu Zhiqiang
Flier calling for the release of (clockwise from left) Xie Wenfei, Hwang Jingyi, Liang Qinhui, Zhang Shengyu, Wang Mo and Master Shengguan, April 8, 2016. Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Friday handed jail terms of up to four-and-a-half years to four rights activists who publicly supported the 2014 pro-democracy Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong. Continue reading
China Jails Four Supporters of Hong Kong Democracy Movement已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Internet Freedom, Subversion
Tagged conviction, Guangzhou, Hwang Jingyi, inciting subversion of the state power, LIANG QINHUI, Master Shengguan, sentence, Wang Mo, Wuhan, Xie Wenfei, XU ZHIQIANG, Zhang Shengyu
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President Joachim Gauck of Germany meeting with students after his speech at Tongji University in Shanghai on Wednesday. Credit Johannes Eisele/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
BEIJING — Four days before President Joachim Gauck of Germany began his first state visit to China on Sunday, the exiled writer Liao Yiwu visited Schloss Bellevue, the presidential residence in Berlin. Continue reading
German President Presses China on Political Prisoners During Visit已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, ICPC News, Press Freedom, Support Liu Xiaobo
Tagged Germany, Joachim Gauck, Liao Yiwu, Shanghai, Tienchi Martin-Liao, Tongji University
“The brazen cynicism and lack of courage of the governments of democratic countries have been deeply disheartening – whether they know it or not, they live in the shadow of June 4, their actions and decisions trapped in the dialectic events that day set in motion.” Continue reading
Kong Tsung Gan: June 4th Stands for the World’s Unfinished Business已关闭评论
Posted in History, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Hong Kong, June 4th, Kong Tsung Gan, Occupy Central, Tiananmen
Chinese writer and Nobel Prize winner Gao Xingjian. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Tienchi Martin-Liao: “Global Citizen” or “Dissident Writer”?: An Impolite Question to Gao Xingjian已关闭评论
Posted in Culture, Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Dissident Writer, Gao Xingjian, global citizen, Tienchi Martin-Liao
