Category Archives: Writers in Prison

Activists Warned Off Attending Subversion Trial of ‘Guangzhou Three’

Posted on 07/22/2015 by | Activists Warned Off Attending Subversion Trial of ‘Guangzhou Three’已关闭评论

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Tang Jingling, a top human rights lawyer in Guangzhou, and his wife Wang Yanfang in an undated photo.
(Photo courtesy of Wang Yanfang.)

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have placed a number of rights activists under surveillance, issuing warnings not to try to attend the continued subversion trial of the “Guangzhou Three” activists later this week, activists and lawyers said on Wednesday.

Rights lawyer Tang Jingling, former teacher Wang Qingying, Continue reading →

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145. LIU BENQI (released)

Posted on 07/17/2015 by | 145. LIU BENQI (released)已关闭评论

Liu BenqiPen name               

Sex                                Male

Birth date                 1969-10-02

Birth place               Hong’an County, Hubei Province

Resident place         Geermu City, Qinghai Province Continue reading →

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US Pushes for NGO’s Acceptance Despite China Lobbying

Posted on 07/17/2015 by | US Pushes for NGO’s Acceptance Despite China Lobbying已关闭评论

4508931D-C2C7-40BE-B347-C317D7F35E4A_w268_r1FILE – United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power addresses members of the U.N. Security Council.
Associated Press
July 16, 2015 7:15 AM

UNITED NATIONS —The United States has launched a campaign to get U.N. accreditation for the non-profit organization Freedom Now, which works to free prisoners of conscience around the world, but the effort is facing opposition, especially from China.

Last month, the U.N. committee that accredits non-governmental Continue reading →

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Chinese Authorities Appear to Detain 4 Human Rights Lawyers

Posted on 07/10/2015 by | Chinese Authorities Appear to Detain 4 Human Rights Lawyers已关闭评论

By CHRIS BUCKLEY  zhoushifengJULY 10, 2015

HONG KONG — The police detained one of China’s most prominent human rights lawyers in Beijing on Friday, after three other rights lawyers who worked together disappeared in the capital within 24 hours, apparently caught in an expanding investigation focused on their firm, their colleagues and family members said.

The reasons for moves against the lawyers remained unclear. Continue reading →

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Chinese Police Freeze Bank Accounts of Online Free Speech Activist

Posted on 07/02/2015 by | Chinese Police Freeze Bank Accounts of Online Free Speech Activist已关闭评论

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Activist Wu Gan stages protest outside Jiangxi High Court, May 19, 2015.
Photo courtesy of Boxun

Authorities in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian have frozen the bank accounts of the wife of activist Wu Gan, who now faces Continue reading →

Chinese Police Freeze Bank Accounts of Online Free Speech Activist已关闭评论

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Two More Chinese Netizens Charged With ‘Subversion’ Over Online Satire

Posted on 06/30/2015 by | Two More Chinese Netizens Charged With ‘Subversion’ Over Online Satire已关闭评论

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Liang Qinhui in a file photo.
Photo courtesy of Boxun.com

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong are moving ahead with the trial of a netizen for “incitement to subvert state power” after he posted “sensitive” Continue reading →

Two More Chinese Netizens Charged With ‘Subversion’ Over Online Satire已关闭评论

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Detentions Highlight Clampdown on China’s Citizen Journalists

Posted on 06/29/2015 by | Detentions Highlight Clampdown on China’s Citizen Journalists已关闭评论

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Human rights activists show their support for free speech activist Wu Gan, known online by his nickname “The Butcher,” who is being detained by police in southeastern China’s Fujian province, June 23, 2015.
(Photo courtesy of activists)

The detention of at least four contributors to a rights website based in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan in recent weeks is indicative of Continue reading →

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The Torchbearers – Participants in the 1989 Democracy Movement Who Are Currently in Prison

Posted on 06/28/2015 by | The Torchbearers – Participants in the 1989 Democracy Movement Who Are Currently in Prison已关闭评论

By Wang Yaqiu, published: June 4, 2015

Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波)

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LIU XIAOBO IN 1989, SECOND FROM RIGHT.

In the spring of 1989, Dr. Liu Xiaobo left Columbia University where he was a visiting scholar and went back to Beijing to take part in the democracy movement. In Tiananmen Square, he became a leader and a mentor, drafting open letters, giving speeches and leading a hunger strike. Continue reading →

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