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China pressure suspected as Malaysia bars Hong Kong teen activist

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Student leader Joshua Wong is scolded by government supporters (L) during a promotional event on electoral reform in Hong Kong, China April 25, 2015. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Student leader Joshua Wong is scolded by government supporters (L) during a promotional event on electoral reform in Hong Kong, China April 25, 2015. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

Tue May 26, 2015 8:19am EDT

KUALA LUMPUR/HONG KONG | BY ANURADHA RAGHU AND SHAN KAO
Student leader Joshua Wong is scolded by government supporters (L) during a promotional event on electoral reform in Hong Kong, China April 25, 2015.
REUTERS/TYRONE SIU

Malaysia on Tuesday denied entry to a prominent teenage Hong Kong activist for a Continue reading →

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China Stops Tibetans Leaving The Country on Vacation

Posted on 05/25/2015 by | China Stops Tibetans Leaving The Country on Vacation已关闭评论

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Tibetans pose for a group photo at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in undated photo.
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The ruling Chinese Communist Party has implemented new Continue reading →

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Jailed Chinese Rights Lawyer Dismisses ‘Ethnic Hatred,’ ‘Picking Quarrels’ Charges

Posted on 05/24/2015 by | Jailed Chinese Rights Lawyer Dismisses ‘Ethnic Hatred,’ ‘Picking Quarrels’ Charges已关闭评论

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Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
Photo courtesy of CHRD
Jailed rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang dismissed charges of “incitement to racial hatred,” and “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble,” Continue reading →

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Tibetan Father of Four Self-Immolates in China

Posted on 05/22/2015 by | Tibetan Father of Four Self-Immolates in China已关闭评论

763C653A-E779-4EFD-A59C-7405E29C1EB8_w640_r1_sFILE – Activists displaying portraits of people who killed themselves via self-immolation take part in a rally to support Tibet in Taipei, March 10, 2013.
Tinley Nyandak

May 20, 2015 7:58 PM

A father of four in China’s Sichaun Province set himself on fire Wednesday to protest China’s repressive policies towards Tibetans.

Tenzin Gyatso Continue reading →

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Tensions Mount in Hong Kong Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary

Posted on 05/21/2015 by | Tensions Mount in Hong Kong Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary已关闭评论

9E27C609-8883-4DCD-8C2F-6DC6434E967E_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy8_cw0FILE – Chinese men walk on Tiananmen Square, March 5, 2015.
Shannon Van Sant

May 20, 2015 8:42 AM

HONG KONG—June 4 will mark the anniversary of the 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, and as in years past, Hong Kong residents will mark the date with massive Continue reading →

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Liu Xiaobo Is Locked Up in China, and Locked Out of the Translation of a Paul Auster Novel

Posted on 05/20/2015 by | Liu Xiaobo Is Locked Up in China, and Locked Out of the Translation of a Paul Auster Novel已关闭评论

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A portrait of the Chinese dissident-writer Liu Xiaobo at the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo. Mr. Liu was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2010.Credit Espen Rasmussen for The New York Times

The works of the New York writer Paul Auster often hinge on ominous disappearances, and his novel “Sunset Park” has passages about the secretive detention Continue reading →

Liu Xiaobo Is Locked Up in China, and Locked Out of the Translation of a Paul Auster Novel已关闭评论

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China Releases Rights Lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang’s Niece, ‘On Bail’

Posted on 05/19/2015 by | China Releases Rights Lawyer, Pu Zhiqiang’s Niece, ‘On Bail’已关闭评论

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Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
Photo courtesy of CHRD

Authorities in the Chinese capital have released Qu Zhenhong, niece and former defense attorney of jailed rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, Continue reading →

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Chinese Rights Lawyer Detained in 2014 Will Stand Trial

Posted on 05/18/2015 by | Chinese Rights Lawyer Detained in 2014 Will Stand Trial已关闭评论

 

By CHRIS BUCKLEY  MAY 15, 2015

16China-web-master180Pu Zhiqiang in 2012. Credit Andy Wong/Associated Press
HONG KONG — One of China’s best-known human rights lawyers, Pu Zhiqiang, will stand trial in Beijing on charges of inciting ethnic hatred and picking quarrels, prosecutors said on Friday. Continue reading →

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