Guangdong rights activist Guo Feixiong in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of activists
Calls are growing for the Chinese authorities to grant medical parole to jailed rights activist Guo Feixiong following a recent visit by a relative to the prison where he is serving a six-year sentence for public order offenses. Continue reading
Rights Groups Call For Medical Parole For Jailed Chinese Activist已关闭评论
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Yang Maoping (杨茂平), sister of imprisoned rights activist Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄) (also known as Yang Maodong (杨茂东)), circulated online the below account about Guo’s ill health after she visited him in Yangchun Prison, Guangdong (广东阳春监狱) this morning. Yang said that she repeated a request she first made to the prison authorities on February 29 that Guo be transferred to an upper-grade hospital to receive medical treatment. HRIC has translated Yang’s account, “Guo Feixiong’s Health Condition Worrisome,” in which she provides some details on Guo’s condition (see below). Continue reading
Imprisoned Rights Activist Guo Feixiong Suffering from Serious Health Issues已关闭评论
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Guangdong rights activist Su Changlan in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of HRCChina.org
A court in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Thursday began the subversion trial of another rights activist who supported the 2014 pro-democracy movement in neighboring Hong Kong. Continue reading
Pro-Democracy Activist Stands Trial For Subversion in China’s Guangdong已关闭评论
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The defense attorney for jailed rights lawyer Li Heping discovered he was relieved of duty when he visited his client in detention, Feb. 18, 2016. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.
The relatives and defense lawyers of 19 human rights lawyers currently facing subversion charges have written to China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), calling for an independent inquiry into breaches of legal process in the handling of their cases. Continue reading
Chinese Attorneys, Relatives Demand Public Inquiry Into Lawyers’ Detentions已关闭评论
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World Poetry Day, marked each year on 21 March, is an opportunity to celebrate poetry, the power and creativity of language and to promote reading, writing, publishing, and teaching poetry throughout the world. PEN International uses this day to highlight the great challenges poets face across the globe simply for their work. Each year PEN focuses its campaigning on behalf of poets who have paid a high price for their poetry and ask Centres, PEN members and supporters to take action on their behalf. Continue reading
On World Poetry Day Take Action for Dissident Poets已关闭评论
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Customers browse books on Chinese politics by Mighty Current, the publisher that has seen five of its booksellers disappear, at a stall set up by political activists in Hong Kong on Feb. 5. Anthony Wallace/AFP/Getty Images
Five Hong Kong booksellers disappeared and later turned up in police custody on mainland China, and nearly two months later, Chinese authorities have yet to explain how they got there. Continue reading
A Chilling Effect As Hong Kong’s Missing Bookseller Cases Go Unresolved已关闭评论
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Tagged Bao Pu, bookseller, disappearance, Hong Kong, Mighty Current, Yao Wentian, Yu Jie
Wu Gan stages protest outside Jiangxi High Court, May 19, 2015. Boxun
Authorities in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian have transferred the subversion case of a prominent free speech activist known as “the Butcher” to the northern port city of Tianjin, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Continue reading
Case of Chinese Free Speech Activist ‘The Butcher’ Moved to Tianjian已关闭评论
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Guangzhou rights lawyer Tang Jingling in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy of a family member.)
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Friday handed down jail terms of up to five years to the “Guangzhou Three” rights activists for subversion, after they sought to launch a civil disobedience campaign to protect human rights. Continue reading
‘China’s Gandhi’ Jailed For Five Years in Guangzhou Three Verdict已关闭评论
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