Tag Archives: Inciting Subversion

Rights Website Founder Formally Arrested For Subversion in China’s Hubei

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Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch website founder Liu Feiyue is shown in an undated photo. Civil Rights and Livelihood Watch

Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hubei have formally arrested Liu Feiyue, the founder of a rights website, on subversion charges, fellow activists and relatives told RFA on Wednesday. Continue reading

China to Try One Rights Lawyer as European Diplomats Visit Family of Another

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European diplomats visit the parents of detained rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong at their home in Xinyang city, Henan province, Dec. 19, 2016.

Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hunan are preparing to try a top lawyer on subversion and public order charges, amid an ongoing crackdown on human rights lawyers and activists nationwide. Continue reading

Interview: ‘They Humiliate You, And Treat You Like Animals, Worse Than a Dog’

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Wang Qingying (R) is shown following his release from prison. Photo courtesy of Xi Sen

A rights activist, one of the Guangzhou Three, recently released from prison in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong, says he is having trouble returning to normal life, detailing ongoing restrictions on his movements and a lack of income. Wang Qingying, who was sentenced on Jan. 29, 2016 by the Intermediate People’s Court in Guangdong’s provincial capital Guangzhou alongside Tang Jingling and Yuan Xinting, spoke to RFA following his release at the end of his two-and-a-half year sentence, most of which was served in pretrial detention: Continue reading

170. WANG QINGYING (Released)

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Pen name              

Sex                               Male

Birth date                1982-03-01

Birth place              Sheqi County, Nanyang City, Henan Province

Resident place         Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province Continue reading

195. LIANG QINHUI (released)

Liang QinhuiPen name                Jiandao (Dagger)
Sex                               Male

Birth date                1983-10-03

Birth place              Lanshan County, Hunan Province

Resident place       Haizhun District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province

Education                 Middel school Continue reading

‘My Brother’s Spirit Seemed Broken’

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Zhu Xiaoyan, sister of imprisoned democracy activist Zhu Yufu, calls on supporters overseas to pay attention to his case. RFA

Zhu Xiaoyan is the U.S.-based sister of veteran jailed democracy activist Zhu Yufu, who was handed a seven-year jail term for subversion by a court in the eastern city of Hangzhou after he penned a poem calling on people to vote with their feet. She spoke at a recent event in San Francisco about her brother, who wrote the poem titled “It is Time” during online calls for ‘Jasmine’ rallies inspired by protests in the Middle East in early 2011. Continue reading

China Extends Pretrial Detention of Rights Activist Again

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Guangdong rights activist Su Changlan in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of HRCChina.org

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have extended the pretrial detention of a prominent women’s rights activist on subversion charges for a second time, her lawyers said. Continue reading

Mystery Surrounding Detained China Legal Aide Deepens, Lawyer Silenced

A screen shot from the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group's Facebook page showing detained family members and attorneys

A screen shot from the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group’s Facebook page showing detained family members and attorneys, June 7, 2016. RFA

The whereabouts of Chinese legal aide Zhao Wei following her reported release from detention last week remained unclear on Thursday as her husband traveled to Zhao’s parents’ home in central China and found it empty. Continue reading