Family members and lawyers of detained lawyers and their colleagues gather after another attempt to seek answers about China’s biggest-ever crackdown on human rights lawyers in Tianjin, Jan. 8, 2016. AFP
Prominent rights activists and campaigners have called on democratic members of the United Nations to block China’s re-election on Friday for another two-year term on its Human Rights Council. Continue reading
Rights Groups Slam China’s Record Ahead of U.N. Council Vote已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged Human Rights Council, United Nations
By Nigel Hunt, CBC News Posted: Oct 24, 2016 2:50 PM ETLast Updated: Oct 25, 2016 8:29 AM ET
‘I feel like I’ve won the lottery of lotteries already,’ said Booker-nominated Canadian author Madeleine Thien, seen greeting a fan at the 2016 Vancouver Writers Festival. Thien’s latest novel is also nominated for the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the Giller Prize and other honours. (CBC)
Madeleine Thien, Canada’s newest literary star, a favourite to win prestigious Man Booker Prize已关闭评论
Posted in Calture Revolution, literature
Tagged Canada, Governor General's Award, Madeleine Thien, Nigel Hunt
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Tienchi Martin-Liao: The Muppet Show in Court已关闭评论
Posted in Human Rights Lawyer, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged confession, court, Hu Shigen, Tienchi Martin-Liao, trail, Wang Yu
A close-up look at the struggle for democracy in Hong Kong
Hong Kong in the Shadow of China is a reflection on the recent political turmoil in Hong Kong during which the Chinese government insisted on gradual movement toward electoral democracy, and hundreds of thousands of protesters occupied major thoroughfares to push for full democracy now. Fueling this struggle is deep public resentment over growing inequality and how the political system—established by China and dominated by the local business community—reinforces the divide been those who have profited immensely and those who struggle for basics such as housing. Continue reading
Richard C. Bush: Hong Kong in the Shadow of China- Living with the Leviathan已关闭评论
Posted in Book Reviews, Hong Kong Democracy
11 October 2016 – PEN International welcomes the news that Uyghur scholar and PEN member Ilham Tohti, currently serving a life sentence in China, has been awarded the Martin Ennals Award, a major human rights prize and calls for his immediate release. Continue reading
As Uyghur PEN Member Ilham Tohti wins major human rights prize, PEN calls for his release已关闭评论
Tagged Ilham Tohti, Martin Ennals Award, Uyghur PEN
Uyghur leader Rebiya Kadeer speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, June 20, 2013. AFP
Ankara is bowing to Beijing’s demands by keeping a prominent Uyghur activist imprisoned in Turkey as fears grow among the Uyghur diaspora that he will be sent back to China, an exiled Uyghur leader told RFA. Continue reading
Liu Xiaobo and Liu Xia in Beijing, Oct. 22, 2002. AFP
Six years after winning the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo looks unlikely to be given the chance to ‘seek medical parole’ overseas like high-profile dissidents have done before him, a close associate told RFA. Continue reading
Six Years On, China’s Jailed Nobel Laureate, Family Face a Bleak Future已关闭评论
Posted in crackdown, Headlines, Subversion, Support Liu Xiaobo
Tagged Liu Xia, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Prize
A screen shot from the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group’s Facebook page showing detained family members and attorneys, June 7, 2016. RFA
Rights activists and lawyers have hit out at new regulations brought in by the ruling Chinese Communist Party placing further restrictions on lawyers’ ability to protest abuses of judicial power. Continue reading
Chinese Lawyers Who Highlight Abuse of Clients To Lose Jobs Under New Rules已关闭评论
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Tagged abuse, Lawyer, regulation
