Guangdong rights activist Guo Feixiong in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of activists
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hunan questioned two activists who tweeted in support of hunger-striking political prisoner Guo Feixiong, they told RFA. Continue reading
Police Question Activists Who Support Jailed Dissident’s Hunger Strike已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, honorary Members
Tagged Guo Feixiong, hunger strike, Yang Maodong
Detained rights lawyer Xie Yang is shown in an undated file photo. New Citizens Movement
The family of a Chinese attorney detained during a recent nationwide crackdown on human rights lawyers has accused the authorities of allowing his torture in detention. Continue reading
Chinese Rights Lawyer ‘Tortured’ in Detention on Subversion Charges已关闭评论
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From Wang Shiwei to Liu Xiaobo: Prisoners of Literary Inquisition under Communist Rule in China
Qin Yongmin (August 11, 1953 – ), a worker, social activist and editor of independent magzines, was taken into custody for his involvement in Wuhan’s Democracy Wall Movement and for uniting magazines throughout China. In 1982, he was sentenced to eight years imprisonment for “counter-revolutionary propaganda and incitement”. Continue reading
No 17. Yu Zhang: Case 36 (1982): Qin Yongmin, Sentenced for Uniting Magazines已关闭评论
Posted in 2011, honorary Members, PEN for Freedom, Zhang Yu
Tagged literary inquisition, QIN YONGMIN, Yu Zhang
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Birth date 1967-10
Birth place Zhengzhou City, Henan Province
Resident place Zhengzhou City, Henan Province Continue reading
Three young Chinese Red Guards from the Cultural Revolution. Image via Wikimedia Commons.
Tienchi Martin-Liao: Using the Red Guard’s Language to Commemorate the Cultural Revolution已关闭评论
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Harry Wu at the United States Capitol in 2010. Credit Mandel Ngan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
WASHINGTON — Harry Wu, who spent 19 years in Chinese labor camps, was a familiar figure on Capitol Hill, delivering searing broadsides against China’s authoritarian government that drew admiration from American politicians condemning the country’s human rights abuses. Continue reading
Li Wenzu (R), wife of detained rights attorney Wang Quanzhang, says state security police officers prevented her and their son from leaving their home in an interview with RFA on Aug. 11, 2016. RFA
Chinese authorities are continuing to mete out punishment by association to the families of detained human rights lawyers and activists, preventing them from leaving the county on “national security” grounds, activists said. Continue reading
Chinese Activists’ Families Face House Arrest, Travel Bans: Lawyers已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, honorary Members, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged Lawyer, Li Wenzu, travel bans, Wang Quanzhang
Guangdong rights activist Su Changlan in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of HRCChina.org
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have extended the pretrial detention of a prominent women’s rights activist on subversion charges for a second time, her lawyers said. Continue reading
China Extends Pretrial Detention of Rights Activist Again已关闭评论
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Tagged Guangdong, Inciting Subversion, Su Changlan, trail
