Category Archives: Writers in Prison

China: One year after court upholds life sentence, Uyghur PEN member Ilham Tohti must be released

Posted on 11/20/2015 by | China: One year after court upholds life sentence, Uyghur PEN member Ilham Tohti must be released已关闭评论

ilham685Tohti, PEN International is renewing its call on the Chinese authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally. Continue reading →

China: One year after court upholds life sentence, Uyghur PEN member Ilham Tohti must be released已关闭评论

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Two Activists Stand Trial For ‘Subversion’ in China’s Guangdong

Posted on 11/14/2015 by | Two Activists Stand Trial For ‘Subversion’ in China’s Guangdong已关闭评论

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Supporters of activist Zhang Shengyu hold a placard outside the Intermediate People’s Court in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province, Nov. 13, 2015.
(Photo courtesy of activists)
Two activists in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong stood trial on Friday charged with subversion linked to social media posts and campaigns for human rights and democracy, their lawyers said.

Liang Qinhui, also known by his online nickname “Sharp Knife,” and Zhang Shengyu who showed public support for last year’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, Continue reading →

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Calls Grow to Free Tortured Rights Lawyer Ahead of U.N. Review

Posted on 11/12/2015 by | Calls Grow to Free Tortured Rights Lawyer Ahead of U.N. Review已关闭评论

2015-11-12

image (17)Chinese human rights lawyer and torture victim Gao Zhisheng, in undated photograph.
Photo courtesy of ChinaAid.

Dissident rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who remains under house arrest since his release from prison in August 2014, has been denied permission by the Chinese police to see a dentist for treatment after losing teeth to torture — for reasons of ‘national security.’

Gao was prevented earlier this week from traveling to Xi’an, Continue reading →

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Ilham Tohti Documentary

Posted on 11/02/2015 by | Ilham Tohti Documentary已关闭评论

 

 

ILHAM TOHTI
A professor at Minzu University in Beijing and the foremost Uighur public intellectual in the People’s Republic of China, he was sentenced to life in prison in September 2014 for advocating basic economic, cultural, religious and political rights for the Uighur people.

Inside:

— Interviews with Ilham Tohti
— Commentaries by Sakharov Prize laureate Hu Jia; Continue reading →

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Author on Trial in China’s Jiangxi Over ‘Brainwashing’ Book

Posted on 11/01/2015 by | Author on Trial in China’s Jiangxi Over ‘Brainwashing’ Book已关闭评论

2015-10-30

84e47fd2-2681-4ce8-8f73-bf15e1d8ed13Author and filmmaker Fu Zhibin is shown in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Independent Chinese PEN Center

A court in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangxi on Friday wrapped up a one-day trial of an outspoken author and Internet commentator on charges of “running an illegal business,” his lawyer said.

Fu Zhibin, 51, stood trial at the Qingshanhu District People’s Court in the provincial capital Nanchang alongside two unnamed print workers and an assistant.

“We argued that Fu Zhibin is not guilty of running an Continue reading →

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202. CHEN TAIHE (released)

Posted on 10/31/2015 by | 202. CHEN TAIHE (released)已关闭评论

Chen TaiheSex                               Male

Birth date               19xx-08-22

Birth place              Qiyang County, Hunan Province

Resident place       Guilin City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Continue reading →

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In Britain, Xi Mute on Lawyer Crackdown

Posted on 10/27/2015 by | In Britain, Xi Mute on Lawyer Crackdown已关闭评论

5BEFC15F-1198-40F6-A393-70D339262F43_w640_r1_sChina’s President Xi Jinping, center, waves as he leaves after lunch with Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron at Manchester Town Hall in Manchester, England, Oct. 23, 2015.

William Ide, Joyce Huang

October 23, 2015 10:56 AM

BEIJING—Chinese President Xi Jinping’s multi-billion dollar deal-sealing trip to Britain this week has highlighted what rights activists say is a worrying trend by British authorities to keep quiet on human rights and concerns that the situation is getting worse in China.

And while Xi told reporters in Britain that Beijing has room to Continue reading →

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‘My Husband Remains in Prison, Long After His Release’: Dissident’s Wife

Posted on 10/25/2015 by | ‘My Husband Remains in Prison, Long After His Release’: Dissident’s Wife已关闭评论

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Hada in an undated photo.
(Photo courtesy of SMHRIC.)
The wife of ethnic Mongolian dissident Hada hit out at the Chinese authorities for continuing to treat her husband as a prisoner in spite of his release after 19 years of jail time.

Photos posted online by the Southern Mongolian Human Rights Information Center (SMHRIC) showed Chinese state security police guarding Hada closely, from temporary camps with folding beds in the stairwell of his apartment building in the regional capital Hohhot.

“State security agents squeeze themselves in this small space, Continue reading →

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