Guangdong rights activist Guo Feixiong in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of activists
Jailed Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong has now been on hunger strike in Guangdong’s Yangchun prison for more than a month, sparking renewed fears for his deteriorating health, lawyers and relatives told RFA. Continue reading
Jailed Chinese Activist on Hunger Strike For More Than a Month已关闭评论
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Tagged Guangdong, Guo Feixiong, hunger strike, Yangchun prison
Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Yu poses during an interview in Hong Kong, March 20, 2014. AFP
As U.S. and Chinese officials met in Beijing to discuss human rights amid calls for greater pressure on the ruling Chinese Communist Party, detained lawyer Wang Yu was awarded a European prize for her work defending the rights of her clients. Continue reading
Detained Chinese Lawyer Wins Award Amid Calls For Pressure on Human Rights已关闭评论
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Tagged Athens, Ludovic Trarieux Prize, Subversion, Wang Yu
More than 100,000 people gathered in Hong Kong on Saturday to mark the 27th anniversary of a military massacre that put a bloody end to the 1989 democracy movement on Beijing’s Tiananmen Square, although cracks were beginning to appear in the city’s pro-democracy camp. Continue reading
Tens of Thousands Gather in Hong Kong to Mark Tiananmen Massacre已关闭评论
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Tagged Ban, Hong Kong, Tiananmen Massacre
Screenshots of China’s WeChat app and logo on a desktop computer and smartphone, June 1, 2016. RFA
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is continuing to tighten controls over what the country’s 700 million internet users see and post online, issuing reporting forms to its officials who are expected to list content that could be seen as problematic by censors. Continue reading
China’s Ruling Party Continues to Tighten Grip on Internet Content已关闭评论
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A Chinese paramilitary guard stands in Tiananmen Square under portrait of Mao Zedong in Beijing on June 3, 2016, on the eve of the 27th anniversary of the June 4, 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protests
Chinese police have detained several activists while others were placed under surveillance for the anniversary of the bloody 1989 crackdown in Tiananmen Square, which was heavily policed on Saturday. Continue reading
China detains activists on Tiananmen anniversary已关闭评论
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Tsoi Wing-mui, author of a new book, The Secret Emotional Life of Zhou Enlai, points to a photo in December of last year of a young Zhou Enlai and a schoolmate. Photo: Reuters
The romance between Gu Hai (顧海) and Bai Luoyin (白洛因), two handsome gay senior high school students from the Web series Addiction (上癮), has caused a sensation in both China and Taiwan. Continue reading
Taipei Watcher: China’s censorship on homosexuality disappoints已关闭评论
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Chinese human rights lawyer Teng Biao. Getty Images
At a U.S. Congressional-Executive Commission on China hearing in Washington on the 26th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown this week, prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Teng Biao presented his listeners with a choice. Continue reading
‘Did We Stand on the Side of Tank Man?’: An Interview with Teng Biao已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
At least three activists have been detained in Beijing ahead of June 4 over a 1989 Tiananmen Massacre commemoration meeting that took place in Zhao Changqing’s home. Human rights activists Zhao Changqing, Zhang Baocheng, Xu Caihong were detained in the early hours of Tuesday morning. Continue reading
At least three activists detained in Beijing over Tiananmen Massacre commemoration已关闭评论
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