Several dozen Chinese academics, reporters and scholars have called on Beijing to release detained “cyberdissident” Du Daobin and protect freedom of speech. In an open letter addressed to Premier Wen Jiabao, some of the activists said the late-October detention of Internet essayist Du was groundless, a copy obtained by Reuters on Tuesday said. Source at […]
Read MoreA prominent internet activist was set to go on trial in China on Tuesday, as the government appeared undeterred by recent difficulties it had encountered in battling cyber-dissents through the courts. Jiang Lijun, who was detained in November last year and later charged with “incitement to subvert state power,” would be tried in a closed […]
Read MoreReporters Without Borders today urged Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao to immediately release Du Daobin, the author of many essays on human rights and democracy, who was arrested on 29 October in Yingcheng, in the central province of Hubei. Source at Reporters sans frontires.
Read MoreAFP: China’s crackdown on free expression on the Internet hit difficulties after two high-profile cyber-dissident cases were forced into the spotlight Monday — one over lack of evidence and the other after witnesses alleged police forced them to testify. Prosecutors bounced back to police a case implicating one of China’s youngest dissidents — a student […]
Read MoreXinhua news agency quoted a senior official with the State Administration of Press and Publication about China’s media reform on Sunday. The official said the government supports the opening-up of the Chinese media and encourages the Chinese media to cooperate with foreign counterparts and to compete on the international market. Source at Xinhuanet.
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