Security Firm Says Attack Is Large and Sophisticated; Site Remains Online in City
By PAUL MOZUR in Beijing and CHESTER YUNG in Hong Kong CONNECT
Updated June 20, 2014 7:45 a.m. ET
The website of a poll gauging Hong Kong residents’ opinions on elections was repeatedly hit by severe cyberattacks on its opening day, according to organizers and a firm seeking to protect the poll from such attacks. Continue reading
Hong Kong Democracy Poll Hit by Cyberattack已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Internet Freedom
Tagged Cyberattack, Democracy, Hong Kong, Internet Freedom
2014-06-19
Members of the New Citizens Movement hold banners in public, urging officials to disclose their assets as a check against corruption, in Beijing on a file photo. Continue reading
Three Chinese Activists Jailed After Calling on Officials to Reveal Wealth已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, New Citizens' Movement
Tagged Li Sihua, Liu Ping, New Citizens' Movement, Wei Zhongping
2014-06-18
Policemen patrol past a a billboard promoting an unofficial referendum calling for full democracy and universal suffrage in Hong Kong, Continue reading
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged Apple Daily, Cyberattack, Democracy, Hong Kong
Ilham Tohti
Ilham Tohti disappeared almost six months ago Photo: AFP/GETTY
Nearly six months after her husband disappeared into the custody of China’s security services, the wife of respected Uighur academic Ilham Tohti issues an emotional plea for information on his whereabouts Continue reading
‘Tell me where my husband is’ – wife’s plea to China’s Communist Party已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Uighur
Tagged Ilham Tohti, Uighur
BY EDITORIAL BOARD June 18 at 7:46 PM
A SINGLE thread seems to run through recent detentions and arrests in China: The authorities are cracking down on lawyers and other people who have demanded that China follow its own laws. Continue reading
China arrests a lawyer for urging it to uphold its laws已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
New Citizens’ Movement activists Liu Ping and Wei Zhongping were each sentenced to six and a half years in prison on Thursday, while a third, Li Sihua, received a sentence of three years. Continue reading
Long Prison Sentences for Three New Citizen Activists已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, New Citizens' Movement
Tagged Liu Ping, New Citizens' Movement, Wei Zhongping
19 June 2014 Last updated at 00:04 ET
The activists with their banner
New Citizens’ Movement calls for more openness from the government
Three Chinese anti-corruption activists have been given lengthy jail terms for urging officials to disclose wealth.
Wei Zhongping and Liu Ping, associated with the New Citizens’ Movement, were given six-and-a-half years in jail. A third activist, Li Sihua, received a shorter sentence. Continue reading
China jails ‘New Citizens’ Movement’ activists已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, New Citizens' Movement
Tagged Li Sihua, Liu Ping, New Citizens' Movement, Wei Zhongping
2014-06-16
A billboard promotes an unofficial referendum calling for full democracy and universal suffrage in Hong Kong, June 14, 2014.
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