Petitioning Members of the UK Parliament
Stand Up for International Principles and Call on China to End Its Human Rights Violations
Tibetan Uyghur Chinese Solidarity UK （TUCS） London, United Kingdom
Dear Members of Parliament,
In October 2015, the President of the People’s Republic of China, Xi Jinping, will make an official State Visit to Britain. We, the undersigned, are calling on the UK government to Continue reading
Stand Up for International Principles and Call on China to End Its Human Rights Violations已关闭评论
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Published: October 4, 2015
“[T]he existence of a relatively free, relaxed, and anonymous Internet for the regime is ‘the root of all evil.’”
August 5 was the last day that opinions were solicited by the government for its new Internet Security Law, meaning that in the near future the legislation will be formally unveiled. In draft form, many of its clauses have already attracted scrutiny: for example, Continue reading
Mo Zhixu: Fear of Losing Control: Why China Is Implementing an Internet Security Law已关闭评论
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2015-10-09
Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Yu poses during an interview in Hong Kong, March 20, 2014.
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Authorities in Myanmar have detained the teenage son of detained Chinese rights lawyer Wang Yu in a murky cross-border operation after he was denied permission Continue reading
Teen Son of Detained Rights Lawyer ‘Taken Away’ From Myanmar Guesthouse已关闭评论
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October 07, 2015 8:23 AM
HONG KONG —A year ago, Hong Kong’s famously busy streets were shut down by pro-democracy protesters in the so-called “Umbrella Movement”, a moniker that came Continue reading
A Year On, Mixed Views on What Hong Kong Protests Achieved已关闭评论
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2015-10-08
Liu Xia (r) and rights lawyer Mo Shaoping (l) arrive at her brother Liu Hui’s trial in Beijing on April 23, 2013.
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Five years after being awarded the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, activists are calling on the ruling Chinese Communist Party to release his wife Liu Xia, Continue reading
Five Years On, Liu Xiaobo’s Wife Stays Silent, Under House Arrest已关闭评论
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015-10-07
Rights lawyers like Pu Zhiqiang (front right, in May 3, 2014 photo) are an endangered species in China.
Photo courtesy of China Human Rights Defenders (CHRD).
Dozens of Chinese lawyers have written to the country’s parliament calling for an end to legal requirements that they join their professional association, amid an ongoing crackdown on the embattled legal profession.
The letter calls for the repeal of Clause 15 of China’s Continue reading
Chinese Lawyers Call For The Abolition of Their Professional Body已关闭评论
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2015-10-02
Zhong Jinhua (R) and a colleague in Shenzhen in an undated photo.
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Zhong Jinhua, a former judge at the Wenzhou Intermediate People’s Court in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang who became a lawyer to escape political interference, arrived last month in the United States along with his family.
His arrival on Sept. 4 coincided with a nationwide police operation targeting human Continue reading
‘Chinese Lawyers Live in Constant Fear’: Former Chinese Judge已关闭评论
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Dissident artist posts images of suspected bugs on Instagram after returning to China following first overseas trip in four years
Ai Weiwei during his visit to London. Photograph: Guy Bell/Rex
Sunday 4 October 2015 06.45 EDT Last modified on Sunday 4 October 2015 19.01 EDT
Dissident artist Ai Weiwei has returned to China after his first overseas trip in four years and discovered what appear to be listening devices hidden in his studio.
In a series of Instagram and Twitter posts on Sunday, the pop artist Continue reading
Ai Weiwei finds ‘listening devices’ hidden in Beijing studio已关闭评论
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