2015-08-28
Two recently sentenced human smugglers are shown at their trial in Xinjiang in an undated photo.
From the Internet
Authorities in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang have handed down jail terms to alleged human traffickers for helping people cross the border and illegally leave China, official media reported.
Forty-five people were tried in 10 separate cases in parts of the region near Continue reading
2015-08-26
Lawyer Zhang Kai (C) is shown with two assistants in Wenzhou, Aug. 25, 2015.
Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.
Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang have detained a top Beijing rights lawyer who was advising local Christians in their bid to resist the demolition of crosses from local churches.
Zhang Kai had recently been based in the coastal city of Wenzhou, Continue reading
China Detains Lawyer in Zhejiang Amid Ongoing Cross Demolition Program已关闭评论
Posted in Human Rights Lawyer, Religious Freedom
Tagged Cross, Demolition, Human Rights Lawyer, Zhang Kai, Zhejiang
2015-08-27
Occupy Central leader Joshua Wong speaks to the media after a vote at the city’s legislature in Hong Kong, June 18, 2015.
AFP
The face of last year’s pro-democracy Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong, Joshua Wong, hit out on Thursday after being charged by police for his role in the mass protests for universal suffrage in the former British colony.
Wong, 18, who could face a jail term of up to five years, Continue reading
Hong Kong Charges Occupy Central Leaders With Public Order Offenses已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
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
2015-08-25
Activists in Hong Kong demonstrate for the release of rights lawyers detained on the Chinese mainland, Aug. 25, 2015.
RFA
Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin have confirmed they are investigating a top rights lawyer of “subversion,” amid growing calls for the release of dozens of people in a nationwide crackdown on the country’s embattled legal profession.
Bao Longjun, who was detained alongside his wife and fellow rights lawyer Wang Yu on July 9, Continue reading
China Probes Another Top Rights Lawyer For ‘Subversion’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged Bao Longjun, Human Rights Lawyer, Wang Yu
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
Student leaders Joshua Wong (L-R), Lester Shum and Alex Chow attend a rally at the Occupy Central protest site outside the Legislative Council at Admiralty in Hong Kong, Dec. 10, 2014.
August 19, 2015 11:49 AM
Two student activists in Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement have been charged with their involvement in last year’s Occupy protest against Chinese rule.
Alex Chow, 25, former leader of the Hong Kong Federation of Students, and Joshua Wong, 18, head of the student activist group, Scholarism, Continue reading
Hong Kong Student Activists Charged Over 2014 Protests已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
UPDATED at 11:45 A.M. EST on 2015-08-14
Chinese and U.S. officials wrapped up the last day of bilateral human rights talks in Washington on Friday, following growing calls for a tougher line with Beijing on human rights.
Dozens of protesters gathered outside the Chinese Embassy in Washington on Thursday in protest at the country’s human rights record, citing a recent crackdown on Continue reading
Protests as U.S. Calls For Release of Detained Chinese Rights Lawyers已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged China, Detained, Human Rights Lawyer
