Sichuan rights activists Yang Xiuqiong (L) and Huang Qi (R) in photo taken before their detention, Feb. 18, 2016. Photo courtesy of activist Li Zhaoxiu.
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have formally arrested the founder of a rights website on state secrets charges while detaining a writer who criticized widespread air pollution on suspicion of subversion. Continue reading
Activist, Writer Held on Spying, Subversion Charges in China’s Sichuan已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom, Subversion
Tagged arrest, Hai Di, HUANG QI, Sichuan, Tianwang, Wang Fei
Citizen journalist Yuan Ying, one of the Tianwang contributors already released, is shown in an undated photo. RFA
Chinese police are still holding a citizen journalist detained during the G20 summit in Hangzhou last month, prompting calls for her release from an international rights group concerned that she may be at risk of torture. Continue reading
Rights Groups Call For Release of Chinese Citizen Journalist Detained at G20已关闭评论
Posted in Internet Freedom, Press Freedom
Tagged G20, Journalist, Qin Chao, Tianwang
Citizen journalists Huang Qi (left), Li Zhaoxiu (right) followed by several plainclothes agents (background), on Sept 5, 2016. Photo: RSF
Five women citizen journalists reporting for the independent news website 64Tianwang were kidnapped by Chinese police during the G20 summit in the southeastern city of Hangzhou, leaving their families without news of their loved-ones. Continue reading
NGO calls for release of 5 Chinese citizen journalists arrested during G20已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom
Tagged arrest, G20, Journalist, Tianwang
