
While their parents go to work in the cities, children in rural China are left behind and inherit generational poverty. Image via: Wikimedia Commons.
While their parents go to work in the cities, children in rural China are left behind and inherit generational poverty. Image via: Wikimedia Commons.
Tienchi Martin-Liao: Elegy of a Chinese Peasant Woman已关闭评论
Posted in Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged Gansu Province, peasant, Tienchi Martin-Liao, woman, Yang Gailan
Wing Mui TSOI speaking at PEN International 82nd Congress held in Ourense, Spain, on 28 September, 2016
There once was a famous saying in Hong Kong: A border separates Hong Kong from Mainland China. On both sides of this border are the same people with the same cultural tradition and they belong to same race. But there is a key difference: People on one side can criticize anyone but their government while people on the other side can criticize anyone but their wives. Continue reading
Tsoi Wing-Mui: Causeway Bay Bookstore Incident and Hong Kong’s Press Freedom已关闭评论
Posted in Press Freedom, Wing Mui Tsoi
Tagged bookseller, Causeway Bay Bookstore, Hong Kong, publication, Tsoi Wing-Mui, Yao Wentian, YIU MANTIN
Detained Chinese rights lawyer Xie Yang, in undated photo. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.
Concerns are mounting over the continued detention of three prominent Chinese rights defenders all detained or “disappeared” last month, rights group said. Continue reading
Three Human Rights Defenders Held in Unknown Locations, ‘at Risk of Torture’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Internet Freedom
Tagged disappearance, HUANG QI, Jiang Tianyong, Liu Feiyue
Pen name Xiao Xiao, Lu Yue, Fu Qing etc.
Sex Female
Birth date 1944-02-23
Birth place Chongqing City
Resident place Haidian District, Beijing City Continue reading
Journalist still under house arrest, cannot receive treatment abroad已关闭评论
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Tagged Gao Yu, Health, House Arrest, Journalist
New York, November 28, 2016 – Chinese authorities should immediately release Liu Feiyue, the editor and founder of the human rights news website Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch, known in China as Minsheng Guancha, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Liu’s arrest occurred amid increasing efforts by China to silence journalists and bloggers who cover protests and human rights abuses. Continue reading
Editor of human rights news website detained in China已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion
Tagged Civil Rights & Livelihood Watch, CPJ, detention, Hubei province, incommunicado, Liu Feiyue, Minsheng Guancha, subverting state power
To Chair Woman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
Mrs. Kaci Kullmann
Former Chairman
Mr. Thorbjorn Jagland
Dear Mrs. Kullmann,
Dear Mr. Jagland,
The 2010 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mr. Liu Xiaobo is still kept in prison in China, he is serving his 11 years imprisonment and will not be released till 2020. Continue reading
Tienchi Liao: An empty chair for Liu xiaobo on the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize ceremony已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Support Liu Xiaobo, Tienchi Martin-Liao
Tagged ceremony, empty chair, Germany, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize, Student, Tienchi Liao