FILE – United States Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power addresses members of the U.N. Security Council.
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July 16, 2015 7:15 AM
UNITED NATIONS —The United States has launched a campaign to get U.N. accreditation for the non-profit organization Freedom Now, which works to free prisoners of conscience around the world, but the effort is facing opposition, especially from China.
Last month, the U.N. committee that accredits non-governmental Continue reading
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FILE – Rep. James McGovern, D-Mass. speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington.
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China intensified its sweeping crackdown on human rights lawyers and legal activists on Tuesday, as the country’s state media shrugged off growing international condemnation and lawyers under threat warned that the country’s already fragile rule of law would be further weakened.
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Student leaders Joshua Wong (R) and Nathan Law smile in front of supporters holding yellow umbrellas, symbol of the Occupy Central movement, outside a police station in Hong Kong, July 14, 2015.
July 14, 2015 3:50 PM
HONG KONG—Two Hong Kong students who rose to fame during pro-democracy demonstrations that angered Beijing last year were charged on Tuesday with obstructing police during a protest earlier in the year.
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BEIJING—A Tibetan monk who was one of China’s most prominent political prisoners has died in jail, a relative said on Monday, and a rights group Continue reading
A newspaper columnist urges passersby to support stabbed former Ming Pao chief editor Kevin Lau in Hong Kong February 28, 2014. REUTERS/Bobby Yip
A newspaper columnist urges passersby to support stabbed former Ming Pao chief editor Kevin Lau in Hong Kong February 28, 2014.
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By CHRIS BUCKLEY JULY 11, 2015
CHONG KONG — At least five Chinese lawyers from a firm that specialized in rights cases have been detained by the police in Beijing and accused of running a criminal syndicate to smear the Communist Party and “create social chaos” through their litigation, state-run news media said on Saturday.
The accusations bear the hallmarks of a concerted operation, and signaled one of the most high-profile efforts by the party under President Xi Jinping to discredit the “rights defense movement,” Continue reading
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10 July 2015
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Riot police stand as a group of Uighur protesters demonstrate outside the Thai embassy in Ankara
Riot police stood guard at the Thai embassy in Ankara on Thursday
Thailand has closed its embassy in Turkey following protests over Thailand’s deportation of about 100 Uighurs to China.
The embassy in Ankara<!–more–> and the consulate in Istanbul have been temporarily shut after the consulate was stormed by Uighur supporters on Thursday.
Rights groups have criticised the deportation of Muslim Uighurs saying they face persecution in China.
China denies repressing Uighurs and called the deportees illegal migrants.
There have been days of unrest in Turkey over reports of Uighurs in western China being restricted by the Chinese government from observing the holy month of Ramadan.
Uighurs have close cultural and religious ties with Turkish Muslims.
Protests outside the Chinese embassy have seen Chinese flags burnt and on Thursday police fired pepper spray at demonstrators.
There have been reports of Chinese citizens being harassed and attacked and China issued a travel warning to its citizens travelling to Turkey.
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Uighurs already living in Turkey responded angrily, smashing windows at the Thai consulate in Istanbul
Thailand’s decision to deport about 100 Uighurs has raised tensions further.
Windows at the Thai consulate were smashed, furnishings damaged and the sign outside pulled down.
Thai spokesman Werachon Sukhondhapatipak told reporters the government had ordered the embassy and consulate to close temporarily on Friday.
He added: “We will assess the situation on a daily basis.”
About 400 Uighurs detained for illegally entering Thailand in March last year have been the focus of a diplomatic dispute between Turkey and China over where they should be moved to.
Thailand said about 100 people were removed on Wednesday, while an earlier group of 172 women and children were sent to Turkey in late June.
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