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Pu Zhiqiang, speaking to the press under close watch by plainclothes policemen, not pictured, at his office in Beijing, June 1, 2009
In late January, Chinese authorities announced that they are considering Continue reading
Perry Link:China: Inventing a Crime已关闭评论
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Even the renowned rights lawyer Pu Zhiquiang has been caught up in the arrests since 2012. But the democratic push won’t stop
Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang
Pu Zhiqiang speaking to reporters at the Chongqing higher people’s court in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, 28 December 2012. Photograph: Yongping Xu/EPA Continue reading
Teng Biao: What will this crackdown on activists do to China’s nascent civil society?已关闭评论
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By CHRIS BUCKLEY and ALAN WONG JANUARY 23, 2015 7:01 AM January 23, 2015 7:01 am
Kevin Lau Chun-to in January 2014, after his dismissal as editor of the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao.Credit Associated Press
Since the newspaper editor Kevin Lau Chun-to was attacked with a cleaver last year and left bleeding on a Hong Kong street, he has embodied fears that the city’s long Continue reading
Hong Kong Editor, Attacked Last Year, Expresses Hope for Future of News Media已关闭评论
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Published: January 20, 2015
PU ZHIQIANG (浦志强). PHOTO FROM ONLINE.
On January 11, the Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (浦志强) spent his fiftieth birthday behind bars. No one knows what was going through the mind of this famous and very vocal lawyer Continue reading
Chang Ping:The Looming Shadow of the Case against Pu Zhiqiang已关闭评论
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By China Change, published: January 12, 2015
Shortly before June 4th, 2014, ten in Zhengzhou, capital of Henan province, were arrested for holding a public memorial for Zhao Ziyang (赵紫阳). Seven of them have since been released, Continue reading
Prominent 1989ers Voice Support for Yu Shiwen, Detained for Commemorating the Tiananmen Movement已关闭评论
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published: December 30, 2014
On December 26, 2014, I reposted on my Facebook page a video of Tibetan Buddhist monk Kalsang Yeshe’s self-immolation that occurred on December 23 [in Tawu county, Continue reading
Tsering Woeser：Faith in Addition to Face – To Facebook, Inc.已关闭评论
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Press Statement
John Kerry
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
December 24, 2014
Nobel Peace Prize laureate and writer Liu Xiaobo today spends the fifth anniversary of his conviction for “inciting subversion” in prison, serving out an 11-year sentence. Continue reading
Fifth Anniversary of Liu Xiaobo’s Conviction已关闭评论
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Michael D. Goldhaber, The Litigation Daily
October 31, 2014
Gao Zhisheng in The American Lawyer, November 2005.
In November 2005, The American Lawyer ran a full-page photo of the Continue reading
The Global Lawyer: The Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics已关闭评论
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