2015-11-20
Crowds watch the unveiling of a statue of Hu Yaobang in Taizhou, Zhejiang province, in a file photo.
AFP
As the ruling Chinese Communist Party elite marked the centenary of a late ousted premier famed for reversing many of the injustices of the regime, police on Tiananmen Square detained a blind activist from Shanghai after he handed out leaflets protesting against government corruption.
In the highest-level public recognition Continue reading
Protester Held in Beijing Amid Tight Security on Hu Yaobang Anniversary已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Anniversary, Hu Yaobang, June 4th
Tohti, PEN International is renewing its call on the Chinese authorities to release him immediately and unconditionally. Continue reading
China: One year after court upholds life sentence, Uyghur PEN member Ilham Tohti must be released已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, honorary Members, PEN International News
Tagged Ilham Tohti, PEN, petition
2015-11-18
Jiang Yefei’s wife Gu Shuhua (1st right) and the couple’s daughter Dong Xuerui (2nd right) with activists ahead of their departure from Bangkok, Nov. 18, 2015.
Photo courtesy of an activist.
The families of two Chinese democracy activists handed over to Beijing by the Thai authorities left Bangkok en route to Canada for resettlement as refugees, Continue reading
Families of Deported Chinese Activists Leave Thailand For Canada已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Press Freedom
Tagged China, Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei, Thailand, United Nations
17 November 2015
Jiang Yefei (pictured) and Dong Guangping had criticised China’s government
The United Nations has criticised Thailand for deporting two people who had been given refugee status by the organisation.
The two are thought to be the Chinese dissidents, Jiang Yefei and Dong Guangping, who had fled to Thailand with their families.
The pair had previously Continue reading
UN anger after Thailand deports ‘Chinese dissidents’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged China, Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei, Thailand, UN
2015-11-17
Journalist Li Xin, who went into exile to protect his family in China, in undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Li Xin
A former columnist at a top newspaper who fled China after being recruited to spy on activists by state security police has revealed some of the inner workings of Continue reading
Chinese Media Outlets ‘Take Daily Orders’ From Government: Journalist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged Journalist, Li Xin, Southern Metropolis Daily
2015-11-16
Jiang Yefei in police custody after his arrest in Thailand, Oct. 28, 2015.
Photo courtesy of Jiang’s family
Thai authorities in Bangkok have repatriated five Chinese nationals, including two veteran dissidents who had been granted refugee status by the United Nations, Thailand-based activists told RFA on Monday.
A Bangkok-based democracy activist who gave only his surname Li said Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei and three other Chinese nationals had been sent back to China on Friday.
“I had planned to go and visit [Jiang and Dong] Continue reading
Thailand Repatriates Chinese Dissidents Who Sought Political Asylum已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged China, Dong Guangping, Jiang Yefei, Political Asylum, Repatriates, Thailand
By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ NOV. 12, 2015
BEIJING — Legal activists and those suspected of crimes in China are routinely abused and mistreated at the hands of law enforcement officials, a report released on Thursday by Amnesty International found, despite recent efforts by the government to crack down on inhumane judicial practices.
The report found that much of the abuse is directed at lawyers, who have come under increasing pressure amid a vigorous campaign by President Xi Jinping to rein in dissent Continue reading
Rights Lawyers in China Routinely Face Abuse, Report Says已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged China, Human Rights Lawyer, Torture, UN
2015-11-13
Supporters of activist Zhang Shengyu hold a placard outside the Intermediate People’s Court in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province, Nov. 13, 2015.
(Photo courtesy of activists)
Two activists in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong stood trial on Friday charged with subversion linked to social media posts and campaigns for human rights and democracy, their lawyers said.
Liang Qinhui, also known by his online nickname “Sharp Knife,” and Zhang Shengyu who showed public support for last year’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, Continue reading
Two Activists Stand Trial For ‘Subversion’ in China’s Guangdong已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion, Writers in Prison
Tagged LIANG QINHUI, Subversion, Zhang Shengyu
