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Relatives of Recently Disappeared Lawyers and Activists Write a Letter to China’s Minister of Public Security

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Relatives of Recently Disappeared Lawyers and Activists Write a Letter to China’s Minister of Public Security

On the eve of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced

Disappearances (August 30)

Published: August 29, 2015

“Such fear and panic do not beset these lawyers and their families only; they beset the entire Chinese society.”

Honorable Mr. Guo Shengkun (郭声琨),

We don’t know if you will be able to read this letter, but we are writing it regardless in the hope that you may. We do not want to let slip the slightest hope. Continue reading →

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US Demands Release of 2 Detained Chinese Lawyers

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Victor Beattie

September 02, 2015 4:17 AM

The United States has called for the release of Chinese lawyer Zhang Kai and a group of religious figures, including Christian pastors, accused of threatening public order Continue reading →

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Samantha Power: Remarks at the FreeThe20 Campaign Launch

Posted on 09/01/2015 by | Samantha Power: Remarks at the FreeThe20 Campaign Launch已关闭评论

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U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations
Washington, DC
September 1, 2015
AS DELIVERED

AMBASSADOR POWER: Thank you. Good afternoon. Twenty years ago, 189 governments and approximately 30,000 nongovernmental organizations – activists from around the globe convened in Beijing for a world conference to advance gender equality and women’s rights. Continue reading →

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China Probes Another Top Rights Lawyer For ‘Subversion’

Posted on 08/25/2015 by | China Probes Another Top Rights Lawyer For ‘Subversion’已关闭评论

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Activists in Hong Kong demonstrate for the release of rights lawyers detained on the Chinese mainland, Aug. 25, 2015.
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Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin have confirmed they are investigating a top rights lawyer of “subversion,” amid growing calls for the release of dozens of people in a nationwide crackdown on the country’s embattled legal profession.

Bao Longjun, who was detained alongside his wife and fellow rights lawyer Wang Yu on July 9, Continue reading →

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Guozhen Xiao：Activist Guo Feixiong Held 743 Days Without Yard Time

Posted on 08/23/2015 by | Guozhen Xiao：Activist Guo Feixiong Held 743 Days Without Yard Time已关闭评论

China Change, published: August 21, 2015

We believe that this is a deliberate effort to harm Guo Feixiong and kill him slowly.

(Subtitles provided by @WLYeung and @awfan )

Chinese democracy activist Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄, also known by his original name, Yang Maodong 杨茂东) has now been held in Guangzhou’s Tianhe Detention Center for 743 days since his detention on August 8, 2013, Continue reading →

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Beijing Court Extends Detention of Top Rights Lawyer by Three Months

Posted on 08/22/2015 by | Beijing Court Extends Detention of Top Rights Lawyer by Three Months已关闭评论

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image (48)Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
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Authorities in China’s capital Beijing have again extended the detention of top rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, this time by three months, his attorney confirmed Thursday, adding that Pu has been suffering from health problems during his incarceration.

Pu Zhiqiang, 50, was indicted on May 15 Continue reading →

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182. CHEN YONGZHOU (released)

Posted on 08/19/2015 by | 182. CHEN YONGZHOU (released)已关闭评论

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Sex                               Male

Birth date                1986-08

Birth place               Jiazi Town, Lufeng City, Guangdong Province

Resident place         Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

Education                  BA in Humanities at Guangzhou University Continue reading →

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Jia Jia: You’ve Got Candles, I’ve Got a Whip

Posted on 08/17/2015 by | Jia Jia: You’ve Got Candles, I’ve Got a Whip已关闭评论

Published: August 16, 2015

“Stop lighting your candles. Pick up a leather lash, and flog hard those derelict in their duty who treat human lives like dirt.”

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For the last two nights, seeing candles across my computer screen, I’ve wanted to burst out with curses: So you’ve got candles, but is that all you’ve got? Or are candles the only thing you deserve to have? Facing the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, and all the other disasters which Continue reading →

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