2015-07-16
Three top Chinese rights lawyers are at “grave risk of torture” amid a massive police operation targeting the country’s embattled legal profession, an international rights group said on Thursday.
Some 200 lawyers, paralegals, and rights activists have been targeted by China’s Continue reading
Chinese Lawyers ‘At Risk of Torture’ as Crackdown Continues已关闭评论
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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
Chinese Authorities Detain and Denounce Rights Lawyers已关闭评论
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Tagged China, Detained, Human Rights Lawyer
10 July 2015
From the section Asia
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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2015-07-09
A draft cybersecurity law published by the National People’s Congress (NPC) looks set to formalize and extend Beijing’s already tight grip on the Chinese Internet, although official media denied it would curb people’s online freedom.
The draft law aims to “ensure network security, [and] safeguard the sovereignty of Continue reading
China’s Draft Online Security Law Could Further Tighten State Control of Netizens已关闭评论
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Tagged censorship, China, Internet Freedom
2015-07-06
Five Chinese feminists detained f
or planning an anti-sexual harassment campaign and since released on “bail” have written to the United Nations in a bid to make their release unconditional.
Wu Rongrong, Li Tingting, Wei Tingting, Wang Man, and Zheng Churan were released “on bail” in April after being detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble” on March 6, Continue reading
China’s Five Feminists Call For UN Pressure on Beijing已关闭评论
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2015-06-11
Aung San Suu Kyi meets with China’s president Xi Jinping in Beijing, June 11, 2015.
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Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi should “talk democracy” to China’s Continue reading
Calls Grow For Aung San Suu Kyi to ‘Talk Democracy’ to Beijing已关闭评论
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Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrives at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, June 10, 2015.
William Ide
Last updated on: June 10, 2015 10:29 AM
BEIJING—Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, making her first visit to China this week, is expected to meet with Communist Party leaders including President Xi Jinping. Continue reading
China Silent on Aung San Suu Kyi’s First Visit已关闭评论
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By JUNE 8, 2015 8:37 AM June 8, 2015 8:37 am
The installation of an ancestral hall from Jiangxi Province in adjoining galleries forms part of Ai Weiwei’s exhibition.Credit Oak Taylor-Smith
Barred since 2011 from traveling outside his home country, the artist Ai Weiwei has become a master of what might be called “remote exhibition-making” — Continue reading
Ai Weiwei Trades Politics for Subtlety in First Solo Exhibition in China已关闭评论
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