Tag Archives: Pu Zhiqiang

Chinese Authorities Now Targeting Lawyers’ Lawyers

2014-06-09


Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
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Prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang could face lengthy jail term, fellow lawyer fears

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 12 June, 2014, 4:12am
UPDATED : Thursday, 12 June, 2014, 4:12am
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Pu Zhiqiang was placed in criminal detention on May 6 after he attended a private meeting commemorating the 25th anniversary of the crackdown on the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement. Continue reading

China Releases Three Activists After Tiananmen Anniversary

2014-06-05 


Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
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Restrictions, Detentions, and Disappearances before June 4, 2014

Compiled by HRIC based on published reports and information available online. Last updated on May 22, 2014.

2014

May 20
Taken into temporary custody—Zan Aizong (昝爱宗), writer, Hangzhou, on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” (寻衅滋事). Released after a half-day in detention. Continue reading

Individuals Affected by Government Crackdown Around 25th Anniversary of Tiananmen Massacre

May 29, 2014 • 10:20 pm
Updated 29 May 2014

Two months before the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre, authorities in China began detaining, disappearing, questioning, and intimidating Chinese dissidents, human rights lawyers and activists, journalists, and others. Many of the targeted individuals took part in the pro-democracy demonstrations in the spring of 1989. Continue reading

Tiananmen Square Anniversary Prompts Campaign of Silence

By ANDREW JACOBS MAY 27, 2014
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A police officer guarded a Mao Zedong portrait at Tiananmen Square in Beijing. Credit Petar Kujundzic/Reuters

BEIJING — Even by the standards of the clampdowns that Continue reading

China detains Nikkei journalist ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

May 28, 2014 12:49 pm

By Lucy Hornby in Beijing

The Nikkei Japanese news agency was on Wednesday formally notified of the detention of its Chinese news assistant two weeks after she was taken from her home by Chinese security agents.

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MURONG XUECUN:I, Too, Will Stand Up for Tiananmen

MAY 22, 2014

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By MURONG XUECUN

SYDNEY, Australia — On May 6 three of my friends were arrested in Beijing on Continue reading