Chinese Police Case Against Guangdong Women’s Rights Activist ‘Lacks Evidence’

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Activist Su Changlan criminally detained by Guangdong police for her involvement in Hong Kong-related activities, in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Chinese Human Rights Defenders.

State prosecutors in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have sent back the subversion case against women’s rights activist Su Changlan, who publicly supported Hong Kong’s Continue reading

Chinese Court Pulls Plug on Activists’ Subversion Trial Amid Procedural Dispute With Defense

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Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong called off the trial of three prominent rights activists after they dismissed their defense team amid a procedural dispute with Continue reading

China Clamps Down on Activists Ahead of Lawyers’ Subversion Trial

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Guangzhou rights lawyer Tang Jingling in an undated photo.
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Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have placed dozens of activists under surveillance after they planned to attend the subversion trial of three Continue reading

Chinese Police Hold Outspoken Activists in Beijing, Guangzhou

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Guangzhou-based activist Liu Shaoming in an undated photo.
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Authorities in the Chinese capital have detained an outspoken rights activist who publicly voiced support for last year’s Occupy Central pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, his wife said on Tuesday.

Zhai Yanmin is currently being held in a Continue reading

Hong Kong lawmakers reject Beijing poll plan

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Legislators in Hong Kong have rejected a controversial Beijing-backed election reform package that sparked mass protests last year.

The reforms would have given Hong Kong voters the right to Continue reading

Hong Kong government set to reveal political reforms

_83677365_027726614-1Hong Kong’s government is set to present a controversial political reform package ahead of a much-anticipated vote later this week.

Protesters are gathering outside the city’s Legislative Council building.

The package will for the first time give citizens the right to Continue reading

China Detains Two Activists as NGO Crackdown Widens

 

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Yang Zhangqing (L) and Guo Bin (R) in file photos.
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Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have detained activists linked to a leading nongovernment organization (NGO) on charges of “illegal business activity,” Continue reading

Tensions High as Hong Kong Vote Looms

0FCFF287-A94B-48F3-AE9D-7258208861BC_w640_r1_sOfficers from Police Organized Crime and Triad Bureau (L-R) Chief Inspector Tsue Chun-tung, Chief Superintendent Au Chin-chau and Superintendent Ng Wai-hon, in front of items relating to making explosives seized, at police headquarters in Hong Kong, June 15, 2015.

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June 15, 2015 10:39 AM

HONG KONG—Police in Hong Kong say they have arrested nine people and seized explosives, Continue reading