5 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT HONG KONG’S REFERENDUM

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20 JUN 2014 3:46AM

1 WHAT IS HONG KONG’S UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE REFERENDUM?
Residents in the former British colony, which returned to China in 1997, have been fighting for a democratic system for years. Currently, Continue reading →

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Report to the International Cities of Refuge Network AGM – May 2014

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Report to the International Cities of Refuge Network AGM – May 2014

Cathy McCann, Asia/MENA Researcher

I work as researcher and campaigner for PEN International’s Writers in Prison Committee, overseeing our work on Asia and the Middle East and North Africa. I’d like to open by telling you about some key cases I’ve been working on in recent weeks and months: Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Democracy Poll Hit by Cyberattack

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Security Firm Says Attack Is Large and Sophisticated; Site Remains Online in City

By PAUL MOZUR in Beijing and CHESTER YUNG in Hong Kong CONNECT

Updated June 20, 2014 7:45 a.m. ET

The website of a poll gauging Hong Kong residents’ opinions on elections was repeatedly hit by severe cyberattacks on its opening day, according to organizers and a firm seeking to protect the poll from such attacks. Continue reading →

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Salman Rushdie awarded the 2014 PEN/ Pinter Prize

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Posted June 20th, 2014 by julia & filed under Press, Prizes.

Salman Rushdie has been awarded the 2014 PEN/Pinter Prize. It will be presented at a public event at the British Library on Thursday 9 October, at which Rushdie will deliver an address. Continue reading →

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An Exclusive Essay By Ai Weiwei: ‘On Self-Censorship’

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Posted: 06/19/2014 9:14 am EDT Updated: 06/19/2014 10:59 am EDT

AI WEIWEI SELF CENSORSHIP

It’s been a bad month for critics of the Chinese government, starting with the flood of arrests ahead of the Tiananmen Square anniversary. Now officials are battling a single man: their longtime opponent, the world-famous artist Ai Weiwei. Continue reading →

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Three Chinese Activists Jailed After Calling on Officials to Reveal Wealth

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2014-06-19


Members of the New Citizens Movement hold banners in public, urging officials to disclose their assets as a check against corruption, in Beijing on a file photo. Continue reading →

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Hong Kong Media Tycoon Blames China For Attack on Website

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2014-06-18 


Policemen patrol past a a billboard promoting an unofficial referendum calling for full democracy and universal suffrage in Hong Kong, Continue reading →

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‘Tell me where my husband is’ – wife’s plea to China’s Communist Party

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Ilham Tohti

Ilham Tohti disappeared almost six months ago Photo: AFP/GETTY

Nearly six months after her husband disappeared into the custody of China’s security services, the wife of respected Uighur academic Ilham Tohti issues an emotional plea for information on his whereabouts Continue reading →

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