Pen name Koala
Sex Female
Birth date 1991-10-20
Birth place Henan Province
Resident place Beijing
Education B.A. in journalism at Jiangxi Normal University Continue reading
Pen name Koala
Sex Female
Birth date 1991-10-20
Birth place Henan Province
Resident place Beijing
Education B.A. in journalism at Jiangxi Normal University Continue reading
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.
Chinese authorities in the northern port city of Tianjin said on Thursday they have released a legal assistant detained in last year’s nationwide crackdown on rights lawyers, after unconfirmed reports that she was sexually assaulted in custody. Continue reading
Tianjin Police Release Legal Assistant Zhao Wei on ‘Bail’已关闭评论
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Tagged Inciting Subversion, on bail, police, Release, Tianjin, Zhao Wei
Sex Male
Penname Weisheng
Birth date 1984-01-30
Birth place Peng-an County, Nanchong City, Sichuan Province
Resident place Changsha City, Hunan Province
Guangdong rights activist Guo Feixiong in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of activists
Jailed Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong has now been on hunger strike in Guangdong’s Yangchun prison for more than a month, sparking renewed fears for his deteriorating health, lawyers and relatives told RFA. Continue reading
Jailed Chinese Activist on Hunger Strike For More Than a Month已关闭评论
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Tagged Guangdong, Guo Feixiong, hunger strike, Yangchun prison
Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Yu poses during an interview in Hong Kong, March 20, 2014. AFP
As U.S. and Chinese officials met in Beijing to discuss human rights amid calls for greater pressure on the ruling Chinese Communist Party, detained lawyer Wang Yu was awarded a European prize for her work defending the rights of her clients. Continue reading
Detained Chinese Lawyer Wins Award Amid Calls For Pressure on Human Rights已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, honorary Members, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion, Subversion
Tagged Athens, Ludovic Trarieux Prize, Subversion, Wang Yu
Detained legal assistant Zhao Wei, shown in an undated photo from the rights website Weiquanwang. Weiquanwang
Amid unconfirmed reports that she has been sexually abused in detention, authorities are preventing a defense attorney from seeing a legal assistant jailed during last year’s nationwide police operation targeting human rights lawyers, RFA has learned. Continue reading
Lawyers Hit Out At Chinese Police Amid Rumors of Detainee Abuse已关闭评论
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Tagged abuse, Inciting Subversion, Zhao Wei
Sichuan author Tie Liu in an undated photo. File photo
Authorities in China’s southwestern provinces of Sichuan and Guangxi have detained a writer and a publisher who published politically ‘sensitive’ material, as the ruling Chinese Communist Party continues its campaign against any form of political dissent. Continue reading
China Holds Writer, Publisher Over Dissent, ‘Forbidden Books’已关闭评论
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Tagged bribery, Chengdu, Computers, disappearance, Gao Hua, Guangxi Normal University Press, He Linxia, Huang Zerong, Tie Liu
Guangdong rights activist Guo Feixiong in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of activists
Jailed Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong is on hunger strike in protest at ill-treatment at his prison in the southern province of Guangdong, his sister said on Friday. Continue reading
Chinese Rights Activist on Hunger Strike in Jail, Sister Says已关闭评论
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Tagged Guangdong, Guo Feixiong, hunger strike, prison, Yang Maodong