On April 10, civil rights lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi were sentenced to 14 and 12 years in prison, respectively, on charges of “subversion of state power” after closed door trials in Linshu County, Shandong. The charges...
Civil rights lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi have been sentenced to 14 and 12 years in prison, respectively, on charges of “subversion of state power” after closed door trials in Linshu County, Shandong. The charges stem from...
Last week, prominent civil rights defenders Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi were put on trial behind closed doors on charges of subversion. The trials took place on Wednesday and Friday, respectively, in the Linshu County...
While many look forward to relaxing during the December holiday season, the CCP typically leverages foreign distraction during this period to crack down on Chinese human rights defenders. Among those targeted in a recent wave of...
A September 17 advance report from the UN Human Rights Council notes that the Chinese government has engaged in intimidation and reprisals against activists who have cooperated with the United Nations on human rights issues...
On September 14, imprisoned human rights defender Chang Weiping was able to meet with his defense lawyer at a detention center in Baoji city, Shaanxi, for the first time since he was detained and placed in “residential...
Rights lawyer and former “Black Friday” detainee Sui Muqing has been stripped of his...
South China Morning Post’s Verna Yu profiles Chinese rights lawyer Teng Biao as he moves to...
AFP reports that prison sentences passed on two New Citizens’ Movement activists in April...
Ai Xiaoming is a documentary filmmaker, activist, and professor of modern Chinese literature at...
Four members of the New Citizens Movement civil rights and anti-corruption group received prison...
A week of legal proceedings against the New Citizens’ Movement rights and anti-corruption...
Two months after New Citizens Movement founder Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to four years in prison...
As of April 29, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). The “Nine Gentlemen”: Nine activists were arrested last week after demanding that public servants disclose...
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