The now-closed Causeway Bay bookstore in Hong Kong, Jan. 10, 2016. AFP
The disappearances of five Hong Kong booksellers represent a “breach” of the terms of the city’s handover to China, known as the “one country, two systems” policy, the U.S. State Department said in a report this week. Continue reading
Cracks Appear in Hong Kong’s Status as Separate Jurisdiction: Reports已关闭评论
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Chinese citizen journalist Wang Jing (2nd from R) denies charges that she posted reports about petitioners on the Sichuan-based rights website Tianwang and other sites, which caused a ‘serious disruption to public order.’ Photo courtesy of Tianwang
Authorities in the northeastern Chinese province of Jilin have indicted a citizen journalist who reported on the self-immolation of a petitioner on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square for “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble,” paving the way for a second trial at a district court, her lawyer said. Continue reading
China Reissues Charges Against Citizen Journalist已关闭评论
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By MICHAEL FORSYTHEJAN. 4, 2016
HONG KONG — The recent disappearance of five men tied to a publisher of provocative books about China’s top leaders has alarmed many people in this semiautonomous city, some who fear that the historic agreement guaranteeing the former British colony its separate government and legal system may have been dealt a severe blow. Continue reading
Disappearance of 5 Tied to Publisher Prompts Broader Worries in Hong Kong已关闭评论
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2015-10-30
Angela Merkel and Xi Jinping speak to reporters in Beijing, Oct. 29, 2015.
AFP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel wrapped up a two-day visit to China on Friday after meeting with nine human rights activists and political dissidents.
The Chancellor, who is currently under fire in Europe over her open-border policy on refugees, met with a group that included human rights lawyers, writers, and bloggers at the German Embassy in Beijing on Thursday evening, Bloomberg reported.
They told her that the human rights situation in China Continue reading
Germany’s Angela Merkel Meets With Rights Activists, Dissidents During China Trip已关闭评论
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2015-10-09
Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Yu poses during an interview in Hong Kong, March 20, 2014.
AFP
Authorities in Myanmar have detained the teenage son of detained Chinese rights lawyer Wang Yu in a murky cross-border operation after he was denied permission Continue reading
Teen Son of Detained Rights Lawyer ‘Taken Away’ From Myanmar Guesthouse已关闭评论
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2015-08-19
Chinese police have arrested more than 15,000 people to date for cyber crimes, including hacking and fraud, while activists said the crackdown is also linked to the ruling Chinese Communist Party’s ongoing war on online public opinion.
“More than 15,000 criminal suspects were detained in investigations of more than 7,400 Internet crimes by police departments and agencies,” the country’s ministry of public Continue reading
China Holds More Than 15,000 For Alleged Cyber Crime: Police已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
2015-08-10
Chinese activist Gong Yujian displays a document from his 1994 imprisonment in undated photo.
RFA
A veteran Chinese dissident who served time in labor camp in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre has defected to Taiwan during a tourist visit to the democratic island.
Gong Yujian, who began a life of political activism after being heavily influenced by the 1989 pro-democracy movement in Beijing, said he had made the decision Continue reading
Veteran Chinese Democracy Activist Seeks Political Asylum in Taiwan已关闭评论
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Tagged Gong Yujian, June 4th, Political Asylum, Taiwan, Tiananmen
By Juliana Liu Hong Kong correspondent, BBC News
2 August 2015
Wherever Joshua Wong goes in Hong Kong, the teenage political activist is instantly recognised.
In the space of just half an hour in the Admiralty district, two young professionals and a group of middle-aged women greet him warmly, asking to pose for photos with him on their mobile phones.
But when I ask for permission to snap them jointly for a news story, Continue reading
Joshua Wong: ‘We had no clear goals’ in Hong Kong protests已关闭评论
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