Q. and A.: Johannes Chan on Academic Freedom in Hong Kong

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By MICHAEL FORSYTHE OCTOBER 2, 2015 11:40 AM October 2, 2015 11:40 am

03Sino-Chan-tmagArticleJohannes Chan, a professor at the University of Hong Kong, was rejected this week for a promotion, raising fears over Beijing’s influence.Credit Fai Lo/The Initium Media
The governing council of the University of Hong Kong rejected this week the nomination of Johannes Chan, a professor and former dean at the university’s law school, as one of five pro-vice chancellors, a post with influence over how Hong Kong’s most prestigious academic institution attracts and hires talent.

For almost a year, Mr. Chan’s candidacy for the post had been under attack by local newspapers sympathetic to China’s central government. It drew considerable attention Continue reading →

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U.S. Ambassador Samantha Power：Remarks at the Internet Freedom Technology Showcase

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Remarks at the Internet Freedom Technology Showcase: The Future of Human Rights Online, City University of New York Graduate Center

Ambassador Samantha Power

U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations

U.S. Mission to the United Nations

New York City
September 26, 2015

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Hi everybody. And could we have a better or more determined Assistant Secretary for Human Rights representing the United States of America? His Yankees unfortunately do appear destined for Continue reading →

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China Tightens Censorship on Guangxi Blasts

Posted on 10/02/2015 by | China Tightens Censorship on Guangxi Blasts已关闭评论

ECE639C0-A898-4DCA-ADA5-A85A7D442935_w640_r1_s_cx0_cy10_cw0A damaged room in a residential building is seen after several locations were targeted with parcel bombs in the southwestern city of Liuzhou, Guangxi province, Sept. 30, 2015.

October 02, 2015 5:40 AM

Authorities in China have imposed censorship controls on domestic media reporting on this week’s deadly bomb blasts in Guangxi Province, which claimed seven lives and caused more than Continue reading →

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China Mulls Plans For a Digital ID Card to Track Internet Users

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2015-10-01

China’s public security ministry is pressing ahead with moves to force more of the country’s 668 million netizens to use their real names and a digital ID card online.

The move is part of a raft of tighter Internet controls enshrined in the draft Cybersecurity Law being debated in China’s parliament, the China Youth Daily newspaper Continue reading →

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Stand Up for International Principles and Call on China to End Its Gross Human Rights Violations

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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 uphold human rights principles and urge China to adhere to international protocols and conventions on human rights and end its gross human rights violations in Tibet, East Turkestan (Xinjiang) and across China.

We ask you, as a member of parliament, to help us hold China to Continue reading →

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Chinese Activists Who Made Lawyer T-Shirts Released on ‘Bail’

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2015-09-30

Aimage (38)ctivist and businessman Huang Yongxiang in undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Chen Keyun.

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have released on ‘bail’ four activists who launched a T-shirt campaign in support of detained human rights lawyers, amid an ongoing crackdown on the country’s embattled legal profession.

Police in Guangdong’s Zengcheng city had detained Liu Yajie Continue reading →

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China Tries Two Opposition Party Activists For Subversion

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Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang on Tuesday ended the subversion trial of two members of a banned opposition party after both men pleaded not guilty, their lawyers said.

Lu Gengsong and Chen Shuqing, both members of the banned opposition China Democracy Party (CDP), Continue reading →

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One Year On, Hong Kong Remembers The Umbrella Movement

Posted on 09/28/2015 by | One Year On, Hong Kong Remembers The Umbrella Movement已关闭评论

2015-09-28
image (24)Hong Kong protesters commemorate the anniversary of the Occupy Central movement, Sept. 28, 2015.
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One year after thousands of Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters used umbrellas to stave off pepper spray and tear gas in clashes with riot police, some 1,000 people rallied outside Continue reading →

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