Tag Archives: Subversion

Two Activists Stand Trial For ‘Subversion’ in China’s Guangdong

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Supporters of activist Zhang Shengyu hold a placard outside the Intermediate People’s Court in Guangzhou, south China’s Guangdong province, Nov. 13, 2015.
(Photo courtesy of activists)
Two activists in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong stood trial on Friday charged with subversion linked to social media posts and campaigns for human rights and democracy, their lawyers said.

Liang Qinhui, also known by his online nickname “Sharp Knife,” and Zhang Shengyu who showed public support for last year’s pro-democracy Umbrella Movement in Hong Kong, Continue reading

China Tries Two Opposition Party Activists For Subversion

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Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Zhejiang on Tuesday ended the subversion trial of two members of a banned opposition party after both men pleaded not guilty, their lawyers said.

Lu Gengsong and Chen Shuqing, both members of the banned opposition China Democracy Party (CDP), Continue reading

Veteran Chinese Rights Activist Qin Yongmin Being Probed For ‘Subversion’

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Qin Yongmin, in an undated photo.
Courtesy of Qin Yongmin

A veteran Chinese dissident who has been held in detention at an unknown location since January now faces subversion charges, while his wife remains “disappeared,” fellow activists told RFA on Tuesday.

Wuhan-based dissident Qin Yongmin, who Continue reading

Activists Warned Off Attending Subversion Trial of ‘Guangzhou Three’

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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.)

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have placed a number of rights activists under surveillance, issuing warnings not to try to attend the continued subversion trial of the “Guangzhou Three” activists later this week, activists and lawyers said on Wednesday.

Rights lawyer Tang Jingling, former teacher Wang Qingying, Continue reading

China Jails Citizen Activist For Five Years on Subversion Charge

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Liu Jiacai was initially detained by police in Hubei’s Yichang city on Aug. 3, 2013.
RFA

Authorities in the central Chinese province of Hubei on Monday handed a five-year jail term Continue reading

Police in China’s Guangdong Move Ahead With Activist’s Subversion Trial

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Activist Su Changlan’s husband (C) is accompanied by two lawyers, Li Fang (L) and Wu Kuiming (R), in an undisclosed location on Nov 18, 2014.
(Photo courtesy of LiFangPing micro-channel.)

 

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong are moving ahead Continue reading