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Chinese Dissident Lawyer Launches Prison Memoir Detailing Torture, Solitary

Gao Zhisheng

Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his office in Beijing, Nov. 2, 2005. AFP

Dissident rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, who remains under house arrest since his release from prison in August 2014, has launched a harrowing memoir of his time in prison, while vowing never to give up the struggle for human rights in China. Continue reading

Hong Kong Rising: An Interview with Albert Ho

Perry Link, with Ian Johnson

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A sit-in for democratic rights in Hong Kong’s central district, July 1, 2014

The former British colony of Hong Kong reverted to China on July 1, 1997, and on every July 1 since Continue reading