8 September 2015
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Frontman Jon Bon Jovi had said he was ‘excited’ to be playing China
Bon Jovi’s first ever concerts in China have been cancelled by government officials, the BBC has learned.
No reason was given, but media reports Continue reading
By John Sudworth
BBC News, Beijing
Wang Qiaoling has not heard from her husband Li Heping since he was taken away two months ago
Faced with injustice. there are many people in China who make a perfectly understandable choice: it is better to protect yourself and your family than to risk the wrath of the authorities by speaking out.
And then there Continue reading
Wang Qiaoling’s battle to find missing lawyer husband, Li Heping已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, Li Heping
2015-09-08
Qin Yongmin, in an undated photo.
Courtesy of Qin Yongmin
A veteran Chinese dissident who has been held in detention at an unknown location since January now faces subversion charges, while his wife remains “disappeared,” fellow activists told RFA on Tuesday.
Wuhan-based dissident Qin Yongmin, who Continue reading
Veteran Chinese Rights Activist Qin Yongmin Being Probed For ‘Subversion’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Subversion, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Defender, QIN YONGMIN, Subversion
By Alex Chow and YANG Jianli, published: August 31, 2015
Today marks the first anniversary of the August 31 decision of China’s National People’s Congress prohibiting popular selection of candidates for Hong Kong’s chief executive by the people in Hong Kong. This so-called “Beijing 8.19 Hong Kong political reform” package, violated China’s prior written agreements promising full Continue reading
Alex Chow and YANG Jianli: Hong Kong: One Year after 8.19已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Hong Kong Democracy
Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Occupy Central movement
Relatives of Recently Disappeared Lawyers and Activists Write a Letter to China’s Minister of Public Security
On the eve of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced
Disappearances (August 30)
Published: August 29, 2015
“Such fear and panic do not beset these lawyers and their families only; they beset the entire Chinese society.”
Honorable Mr. Guo Shengkun (郭声琨),
We don’t know if you will be able to read this letter, but we are writing it regardless in the hope that you may. We do not want to let slip the slightest hope. Continue reading
Relatives of Recently Disappeared Lawyers and Activists Write a Letter to China’s Minister of Public Security已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged Detained, Human Rights Lawyer, Li Heping, Wang Yu
By Yang Jianli, published: September 1, 2015
“At the time of the Cairo Conference, although the US military had already gained the upper hand in the Pacific and was actively planning an Allied invasion of Europe, and despite the first glimmerings of hope for an Allied victory over Germany, Italy and Japan, another threat was already taking shape, this time within Allied ranks: it would grow to become the greatest and most persistent threat to global peace in the post-war era.”
CAIRO CONFERENCE, 1943. VIA @HEGUISEN
On the eve of the 70th anniversary celebration of the victory over Japan in World War II, Continue reading
FILE – In this April 18, 2015 photo, Wang Yu, a lawyer for Chinese activist Li Tingting, speaks during an interview in Beijing.
Victor Beattie
September 02, 2015 4:17 AM
The United States has called for the release of Chinese lawyer Zhang Kai and a group of religious figures, including Christian pastors, accused of threatening public order Continue reading
US Demands Release of 2 Detained Chinese Lawyers已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, Wang Yu
2015-09-03
Sophie Richardson, China director at Human Rights Watch, speaks at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club in Hong Kong, May 13, 2015.
AFP
As Chinese President Xi Jinping gears up for his first state visit to the United States since assuming the presidency in 2013, calls are growing for U.S. and Chinese officials to make meaningful progress on human rights following a series of harsh crackdowns by his administration on critics of the ruling Chinese Communist Party.
“Xi has presided over the detentions and imprisonment of Continue reading
Chinese Rights Activists Step Up Calls For Action Ahead of President’s Trip已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Press Freedom
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, Human Rights Watch, Press Freedom
