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‘My Brother Has Been Appallingly Treated’

Posted on 02/19/2017 by | ‘My Brother Has Been Appallingly Treated’已关闭评论

Zhu Xiaoyan, the U.S.-based sister of veteran jailed democracy activist Zhu Yufu, has called on the ruling Chinese Communist Party to end the beatings and mistreatment meted out to her brother in prison. Continue reading →

‘My Brother Has Been Appallingly Treated’已关闭评论

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

Posted on 12/02/2016 by | Interview: ‘They Humiliate You, And Treat You Like Animals, Worse Than a Dog’已关闭评论
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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 →

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

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‘I Was Tortured in Detention’: Released Guangzhou Three Activist

Posted on 11/18/2016 by | ‘I Was Tortured in Detention’: Released Guangzhou Three Activist已关闭评论
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Tang Jingling, a top human rights lawyer in Guangzhou, and his wife Wang Yanfang in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy of Wang Yanfang.)

A rights activist recently released from prison in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong has described being shackled to a single spot and denied food and water during his incarceration. Continue reading →

‘I Was Tortured in Detention’: Released Guangzhou Three Activist已关闭评论

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‘My Brother’s Spirit Seemed Broken’

Posted on 09/17/2016 by | ‘My Brother’s Spirit Seemed Broken’已关闭评论
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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 →

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China’s Rights Lawyers Say Judicial White Paper ‘Full of Lies’

Posted on 09/14/2016 by | China’s Rights Lawyers Say Judicial White Paper ‘Full of Lies’已关闭评论
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Wives of Chinese human rights lawyers detained in a 2015 crackdown wearing the names of their husbands after filing complaints at the Supreme People’s Procuratorate in Beijing, July 4, 2016. AFP

Rights lawyers have dismissed recent claims by the ruling Chinese Communist Party that it has improved treatment of prisoners and detainees in its judicial system, saying the country’s human rights situation continues to worsen. Continue reading →

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Chinese Political Prisoner Ends Hunger Strike, Transfers to Another Prison

Posted on 08/24/2016 by | Chinese Political Prisoner Ends Hunger Strike, Transfers to Another Prison已关闭评论
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Guo Feixiong in a file photo. Photo courtesy of Guo Feixiong

Chinese political prisoner Guo Feixiong is receiving hospital treatment after ending his hunger strike after more than 100 days last week, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Continue reading →

Chinese Political Prisoner Ends Hunger Strike, Transfers to Another Prison已关闭评论

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Chinese Rights Activist on Hunger Strike in Jail, Sister Says

Posted on 05/21/2016 by | Chinese Rights Activist on Hunger Strike in Jail, Sister Says已关闭评论
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Guangdong rights activist Guo Feixiong in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of activists

Jailed Chinese rights activist Guo Feixiong is on hunger strike in protest at ill-treatment at his prison in the southern province of Guangdong, his sister said on Friday. Continue reading →

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High-profile Tibetan Monk Dies in Prison in China

Posted on 07/14/2015 by | High-profile Tibetan Monk Dies in Prison in China已关闭评论

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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 →

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