Category Archives: Writers in Prison

HO PIN: Gao Yu’s Real Crime

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One evening in June 2013, I received a call from a man who identified himself as an official for the Chinese Communist Party’s Propaganda Department in Beijing. Continue reading →

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Present-Day Ethnic Problems in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region: Overview and Recommendations (3) – Religion

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By Ilham Tohti, translated by Cindy Carter, published: April 26, 2015

Continued from I. Unemployment and II. Bilingual Education

III. Religion

Overview

Since the July 2009 ethnic unrest in Xinjiang, religious fervor within China’s Uighur community has been rising steadily. Whether in traditional villages in southern Xinjiang, Continue reading →

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Chinese Rights Lawyer Marks Ten Months Under House Arrest

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Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his ofe0fc87e8-65f8-441a-9df8-5a751b378bacfice in Beijing, in a file photo.
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Top Chinese rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng remains effectively under house arrest, Continue reading →

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Present-Day Ethnic Problems in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region: Overview and Recommendations (2) – Bilingual Education

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By Ilham Tohti, translated by Cindy Carter, published: April 23, 2015

Continued from I. Unemployment

II. Bilingual Education

Overview

Besides unemployment, the issue that provokes the most intense reaction within Xinjiang’s Uighur community is the issue of bilingual education. In practice, “bilingual education” in Xinjiang has essentially become “monolingual education” (i.e. Mandarin-only education.) Continue reading →

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Present-Day Ethnic Problems in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region: Overview and Recommendations (1) – Unemployment

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By Ilham Tohti, translated by Cindy Carter, published: April 22, 2015

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ILHAM TOHTI WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON ON SEPARATISM CHARGES ON SEPTEMBER 23, 2014.

This article, a total of 24,000 words in Chinese, was first posted on the Daxiong Gonghui (“大象公会”) website after the Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti’s arrest in January, 2014. Continue reading →

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China Extends Detention of Rights Lawyer Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary

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Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
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Authorities in the Chinese capital have once more extended the detention of prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, who has now spent a year behind bars without trial, after he marked Continue reading →

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Police in China’s Guangdong Move Ahead With Activist’s Subversion Trial

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Activist Su Changlan’s husband (C) is accompanied by two lawyers, Li Fang (L) and Wu Kuiming (R), in an undisclosed location on Nov 18, 2014.
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Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong are moving ahead Continue reading →

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China Denies Ethnic Mongolian Dissident a Passport to Seek Medical Help

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Hada (L) shares a meal with son Uiles (C) and wife Xinna (R) in a file photo.
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Chinese authorities in Inner Mongolia have refused an application by ethnic Mongolian dissident Hada and his son for a passport, to travel overseas to seek medical attention, he told RFA on Thursday. Continue reading →

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