[CHRB] Accused Murder Suspects Severely Beaten; Several Activists’ Trials Beginning

Jul 30, 2014 • 10:30 pm

China Human Rights Briefing

July 25 – 30, 2014

Contents

Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment & Punishment

Petitioners Severely Beaten in Detention, Held on Suspicion of Killing Policeman
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Hairy Bacon and Digital Censorship in China: an Interview with Jason Q. Ng

By: Deji Olukotun

PUBLISHED ON JULY 31, 2014
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Jason Q. Ng

For the past decade, PEN has campaigned in support of Chinese writers such as Continue reading

Zhou Yongkang: Chinese Media Freed to Touch the Tiger’s Butt

July 31, 2014 5:14 PM

The announcement of a disciplinary investigation into Zhou Yongkang on Tuesday has unleashed a wave of news content prepared by Chinese media during the months in which his fate Continue reading

China charges Uighur scholar Ilham Tohti with separatism

Tohti’s lawyer accuses prosecutors of ‘shocking’ handling of case and ignoring his rights to a defence

Ilham Tohti
Tania Branigan in Beijing

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Book Excerpt: ‘I Am China’ by Xiaolu Guo

July 30th, 2014 by Asia Society

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Xiaolu Guo (R), author of “I Am China” (Doubleday, 2014). (Author photo: http://www.guoxiaolu.com)

A love story for our time, Xiaolu Guo’s new novel Continue reading

Writing, New and Old

Posted on July 31, 2014 by mauracunningham

No blogging here recently because I am in full-on DISSERTATION MODE as I careen down the home stretch. Ten days to go before I have to deliver the finished product to my committee—I’ll make it
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English PEN supports new Book Rooms at HMP Wormwood Scrubs

Posted July 29th, 2014 by Cat Lucas & filed under Campaigns.

English PEN is delighted to be supporting fellow charity Give A Book with the establishment of dedicated Book Rooms at HMP Wormwood Scrubs

For more than a decade, English PEN has been sending writers Continue reading

Back to the Basement-Ping-Pong: It’s a whole new ball game.

The Sporting Scene FEBRUARY 17, 2003 ISSUE

 

BY NANCY FRANKLIN

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