2015-08-05
A man surfs the Internet at a coffee shop in Beijing in a file photo.
AFP
The ruling Chinese Communist Party looks set to further tighten its grip on the nation’s 650 million netizens with the stationing of specialist police officers in major Internet companies.
“We will further deepen and expand our Continue reading
China to Send Police Officers Into Internet Companies to Curb ‘Lawbreaking’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom
Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
2015-08-06
A file photo of Gao Yu speaking in Hong Kong.
AFP
Human rights and press freedom groups on Thursday called on Beijing to release veteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu, who is currently serving a jail term for “leaking state secrets,” amid fears that her health may be rapidly deteriorating.
Gao, 71, currently suffers from chronic heart pain, Continue reading
Human Rights, Press Freedom Groups Call For Release of Jailed Chinese Journalist已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Yu, Journalist
By Juliana Liu Hong Kong correspondent, BBC News
2 August 2015
Wherever Joshua Wong goes in Hong Kong, the teenage political activist is instantly recognised.
In the space of just half an hour in the Admiralty district, two young professionals and a group of middle-aged women greet him warmly, asking to pose for photos with him on their mobile phones.
But when I ask for permission to snap them jointly for a news story, Continue reading
Joshua Wong: ‘We had no clear goals’ in Hong Kong protests已关闭评论
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Tagged Democracy, Hong Kong, Joshua Wong, Occupy Central movement
2015-08-04
Rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, who has been held on questionable charges since May 2014, in an undated file photo.
AFP
Authorities in the Chinese capital have once more extended the criminal detention of a top rights lawyer, his attorney said, amid an ongoing crackdown on the country’s legal profession.
Pu Zhiqiang, 50, was indicted on May 15 for “incitement to racial hatred” and “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble” after being held in criminal detention for more than a year.
While the move should mean his case now moves to trial, Continue reading
Beijing Extends Detention of Top Rights Lawyer Amid Ongoing Crackdown已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Li Heping, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
2015-08-03
Hong Kong resident signs postcard calling for release of Chinese rights lawyers, Aug. 2, 2015.
RFA
Activists in Hong Kong have launched a postcard campaign targeting Chinese officials over the detention of dozens of rights lawyers in a nationwide crackdown on the country’s embattled legal profession.
By 4.00 p.m. local time on Monday, at least 265 lawyers, law firm staff, Continue reading
Hong Kong Activists Write to Chinese Police Calling For Lawyers’ Release已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged China, Detained, Hong Kong, Human Rights Lawyer
Published: July 26, 2015
“This vulgar, uncultured lot is the spawn of the Maoist period and Maoist thinking. They are carrying out the legalist ideas of Han Feizi (韩非子), getting rid of anyone they cannot convert to their own views. As a result, the prisons are filled with the moaning of prisoners of conscience, while state media clamors with slavish voices.”
When I was a reporter at Southern Weekly (《南方周末》) [2000-2003], I crossed paths with lots of different types of lawyers. Sometimes they were allies, other Continue reading
Zhai Minglei: Getting Rid of Lawyers Is the Start of Fascism已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged Detained, Human Rights Lawyer, Wang Yu
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On the night of July 11, the police in Guangzhou came for the human rights lawyer Ge Wenxiu. They threatened to break down his door. Publish Date July 31, 2015.
Three weeks after the Chinese authorities began a sweep of human rights lawyers around the country, photographs and video have emerged of some of the raids that have so far Continue reading
Police Raids on Chinese Lawyers: The View From the Inside已关闭评论
Posted in Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged China, Detained, Human Rights Lawyer, Wang Yu
2015-07-29
A file photo of Gao Yu speaking in Hong Kong.
AFP
Fears are growing over the health of veteran Chinese journalist Gao Yu, who is serving a seven-year jail term for “revealing state secrets,” following a recent medical check-up and amid continuing political pressure on her in prison.
Gao, 71, was sentenced by the Beijing No. 3 Intermediate People’s Court in April Continue reading
Fears Grow For Gao Yu Amid Huge Political Pressure已关闭评论
Posted in Press Freedom
