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Pressure from Chinese Authorities Forces Ex-Detained Feminist to Shutter Organization

 

05sino-ngo2-tmagArticleBy VANESSA PIAO JUNE 5, 2015 7:47 AM June 5, 2015 7:47 am
Portraits of the five feminists who were detained in March displayed at a protest on their behalf in Hong Kong: Li Tingting and Wei Tingting (top, left to right), and Wang Man, Wu Rongrong and Zheng Churan (bottom, left to right). Ms. Wu said she has shut down her women’s rights organization.Credit Tyrone Siu/Reuters

A women’s rights organization linked to two of the Continue reading

Wu Rongrong: How I Became a Women’s Rights Advocate

By Wu Rongrong, published: April 27, 2015

Wu Rongrong (武嵘嵘), though released along with the four other feminist activists on April 13, was subjected to grueling, humiliating interrogations on April 23rd and 24th. Don’t let the CCP machine destroy the very best of China. – The Editor

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Fate and chance made me a social worker and a feminist: gentle and timid in appearance, but a staunch defender of women’s rights. Continue reading

Women’s Rights Activists Await Formal Arrest in China

45187F51-1811-4E1D-BD0B-ED022C7964BD_w640_r1_sPortraits of Li Tingting (top L), Wei Tingting (top R), (bottom, L-R) Wang Man, Wu Rongrong and Zheng Churan are pictured during a protest calling for their release in Hong Kong, April 11, 2015.

Shannon Van Sant

April 11, 2015 10:10 AM

HONG KONG—Chinese police have broadened their investigation into five women’s rights activists Continue reading

Supporters of Detained Feminists in China Petition for Their Release

01sino-women02-articleLarge-v2By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW April 02, 2015

A person in front of a post box on Tuesday prepares to mail a copy of a petition calling on the Chinese government to release five detained feminists.
Courtesy of Lu Jun

The supporters in China of five feminists who were detained in early March are continuing to agitate on their behalf, despite intimidation Continue reading

Five Feminists Remain Jailed in China for Activities the Government Supports

 

India China Activists DetainedEmily Rauhala / Beijing @emilyrauhala March 19, 2015

Altaf Qadri—AP
Indian women’s rights activists wearing masks of five women’s rights activists formally detained in China after Women’s Day crackdown, hold placards with their names, to express their solidarity and demand their immediate release, in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, March 18, 2015

The line between dissidence and social activism grows ever murkier
It was supposed to be a celebration. This year marks Continue reading