17 September 2015
Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama in 2009 failed to achieve what the committee hoped it would, its ex-secretary has said.
Geir Lundestad told the AP news agency that the committee hoped the award would strengthen Mr Obama.
Instead, the decision was met with criticism in the US. Continue reading
Nobel secretary regrets Obama peace prize已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Support Liu Xiaobo, Writers in Prison
Tagged Liu Xiaobo, Nobel, Obama, Peace Prize
By ANDREW JACOBS SEPT. 15, 2015
BEIJING — The Chinese authorities on Tuesday released a founder of a research institute who was instrumental in helping the legal activist Chen Guangcheng gain asylum in the United States after he escaped house arrest three years ago.
The founder, Guo Yushan, a scholar who led the Transition Institute, was released from custody along with He Zhengjun, the administrative director of the now-closed institute, Continue reading
China Releases Scholar Who Helped Activist Gain Asylum in U.S.已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy, Writers in Prison
Tagged Guo Yushan
Pen name
Sex Male
Birth date 1977-08-02
Birth place Xianyou County, Fujian Province
Resident place Haidian District, Beijing Continue reading
177. GUO YUSHAN (released)已关闭评论
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Penname HE Liren
Sex Male
Birth date 1981
Birth place Bazhong City, Sichuan Province
Resident place Tongzhou District, Beijing Continue reading
2015-09-09
Activists in Hong Kong demonstrate for the release of rights lawyers detained on the Chinese mainland, Aug. 25, 2015.
RFA
Two months after Chinese police carried out a midnight raid on the home of prominent human rights lawyer Wang Yu and her husband, sparking a nationwide police operation targeting hundreds of attorneys, her lawyers marched to a police station near where she is believed to be held to demand a meeting with Wang.
Li Weida and Lu Zhoubin, Continue reading
Two Months On, Lawyers For China’s Detained Attorneys Still Don’t Know Where They Are已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion, Writers in Prison
Tagged Detained, Human Rights Lawyer, Wang Yu
“We didn’t break the law in any way. We made no mistakes. We were simply and sincerely trying to push forward China’s democracy. This is a very persuasive argument.”
Guo Feixiong is the pen name of Yang Maodong, a well known figure in China’s rights defence movement who has previously spent five years in prison for his human rights activities. Continue reading
Guo Feixiong is a finalist for the 2015 Front Line Defenders Award for Human Rights Defenders at Risk已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Writers in Prison
Tagged Award, Front Line Defenders, Guo Feixiong, Human Rights Defenders
By John Sudworth
BBC News, Beijing
Wang Qiaoling has not heard from her husband Li Heping since he was taken away two months ago
Faced with injustice. there are many people in China who make a perfectly understandable choice: it is better to protect yourself and your family than to risk the wrath of the authorities by speaking out.
And then there Continue reading
Wang Qiaoling’s battle to find missing lawyer husband, Li Heping已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, Li Heping
2015-09-08
Qin Yongmin, in an undated photo.
Courtesy of Qin Yongmin
A veteran Chinese dissident who has been held in detention at an unknown location since January now faces subversion charges, while his wife remains “disappeared,” fellow activists told RFA on Tuesday.
Wuhan-based dissident Qin Yongmin, who Continue reading
Veteran Chinese Rights Activist Qin Yongmin Being Probed For ‘Subversion’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Defender, QIN YONGMIN, Subversion
