According to a report in the South China Morning Post, via Asia Pacific Media Network, writer Shi Tao has been tried on charges of revealing state secrets: The secret trial of a dissident journalist charged with illegally revealing state secrets ended yesterday with the court expected to hand down a minimum jail sentence of 10 […]
In a press release on March 4, Reporters Without Borders “expressed dismay at the hounding of lawyer, Guo Guoting, after a Shanghai court on 4 March banned him from practising for one year for “anti-constitutional speeches and acts”. Urging Shanghai’s justice department to review its decision, the worldwide press freedom organisation said the ban would […]
From South China Morning Post, via Asia Pacific Media Network Shanghai authorities are threatening to revoke the licence of a lawyer who has defended a number of activists in high-profile cases after he posted essays critical of the mainland’s legal system on overseas websites. For more about Guo Guoting, see here and here.
This personal profile, which appeared in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago, is not to be missed. It reminds people that, while the Chinese online activism and internaitonal pressure won the release of the SARS doctor Jiang Yanyong last summer, rights defense at grassroots level is catching on, yet still very difficult. […]
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