Tag Archives: Human Rights Activists

China White Paper ‘Confused’ Over Meaning of Human Rights

2014-05-27

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A an activist marking 25 years since the Tiananmen Square protests at an event in Hong Kong on May 18, 2014 flies a kite adorned with the date 6/4 in reference to the June 4, 1989 crackdown on the protests.
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Chinese rights experts have hit out at a human rights report by the ruling Chinese Continue reading

Engaging China on Human Rights

China is bound to act in its national interest. Upholding human rights is one of those interests.

By Julia Famularo
April 22, 2014

What will it take for the Chinese government to view human rights lawyers and defenders within China not as threats, but rather as well-intentioned citizens who want to help their nation? Continue reading

China hits activists with common-crime charges

 

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(Ng Han Guan/ Associated Press ) – In this photo taken Wednesday, April 10, 2013, Chinese dissident Hu Jia talks on his phone during a meeting at a restaurant in Beijing, China. In prosecuting the country’s political and social activists, an image-conscious Beijing is shifting its tactics. Continue reading