by Tienchi Martin-Liao / January 7, 2014
Liao Yiwu (right) with Tienchi Martin-Liao in front of House Poem. Photo: TJ Murphy
On a warm May day in Pittsburgh in 2013, Liao Yiwu sat down with his long-time friend and colleague Tienchi Martin-Liao. Continue reading
“If I’m Not Speaking That Means I’m Dead”: An Interview with Liao Yiwu已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Tienchi Martin-Liao
June 22, 2014 – An editorial published in the South China Morning Post on Sunday believed that Chinese authorities should highly value its civil rights lawyers, Continue reading
Civil rights lawyers have vital role to play in China – South China Morning Post已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged China, Human Rights Lawyer
Pu Zhiqiang is a prominent civil rights lawyer in Beijing, well known internationally and in the mainstream Chinese media for his work in protecting free speech and abolishing labour camps in China, among other issues. Continue reading
The Website of Pu Zhiqiang:http://lawyerpu.com/已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
By MICHAEL FORSYTHE and CHRIS BUCKLEYJUNE 22, 2014
HONG KONG — Participation in an informal poll to gauge Hong Kong’s desire for democracy is exceeding expectations, helped on Sunday by hundreds of volunteers who are reaching potential voters in subway stations and shopping malls, bringing American-style retail politics to one small corner of the People’s Republic of China. Continue reading
Poll on Democracy Draws Big Turnout in Hong Kong已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
By MICHAEL FORSYTHEJUNE 19, 2014
HONG KONG — China introduced new restrictions on what the government has called “critical” news articles and barred Chinese journalists from doing work outside their beats or regions, putting further restraints on reporters in one of the world’s most controlled news media environments.
Reporters in China must now seek permission from their employers before undertaking “critical reports” and are barred from setting up their own websites, the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television announced in new rules Wednesday. Continue reading
Chinese Government Tightens Constraints on Press Freedom已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Press Freedom
Jun 21st 2014
FOR years after the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, China’s leaders surprised the world by adhering scrupulously to Hong Kong’s unusual political set-up of “one country, two systems”. Continue reading
A showdown looms-China’s most prosperous city is becoming dangerously polarised已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
2014-06-20
Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his office in Beijing, in a file photo.
AFP
Jailed human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, one of China’s highest-profile dissidents, is scheduled to complete his three-year prison term at a remote jail in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang in early August, Continue reading
Jail Term of China’s Human Rights Lawyer to End in August已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Religious Freedom
Tagged Falun Gong, Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer
By Bruce Einhorn June 20, 2014
Occupy Central organizer Benny Tai
Photograph by Bobby Yip/Landov
Benny Tai, a soft-spoken law professor at the University of Hong Kong, is the man behind Occupy Central with Love and Peace, Continue reading
Hong Kong’s Most Dangerous Man Wants People to Vote已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central, People to Vote
