Police Reforms Aim to Boost Performance & Popularity
South China Morning Post’s Li Jing and Teddy Ng report on newly announced measures to...
Li Fangping
Xi’s Sharp Words “Ominous” for Legal Reform
At China Real Time, Stanley Lubman examines Xi Jinping’s assertion of control in the legal...
Harsh Sentence for Uyghur Scholar May Fuel Radicalism
After receiving an unexpectedly harsh life sentence for separatism on Tuesday, Uyghur scholar...
Ilham Tohti Receives Life Sentence for Separatism
An Urumqi court passed an unexpectedly heavy sentence of life imprisonment for separatism on...
The Chinese Lawyers Defending Tibetans’ Rights
The situation in Tibet rarely attracts much attention among Han Chinese outside Tibetan areas....
No Trial Yet for Jailed Uyghur Scholar, Says Lawyer
Last week, the shroud of silence around the case of detained Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti sparked...
Jailed Uyghur Scholar Ilham Tohti Barred From Attorney
After Uyghur scholar Ilham Tohti was formally charged with “separatism” after more...
Guizhou Journalist Sent on “Forced Vacation”
On November 15th, five brothers and cousins aged between nine and thirteen died of carbon monoxide poisoning in a Guizhou dumpster, where they had lit a fire to keep warm. Their deaths prompted a frenzy of soul searching in both...
One Human Rights Lawyer Released; Another Detained
Human rights lawyer Li Fangping has returned home after disappearing Friday, while activists on Twitter are reporting that fellow rights lawyer Li Xiongping has since disappeared. From AP: Li Fangping vanished Friday after...
“One In, One Out”: Human Rights Lawyer Li Fangping Detained
Human rights lawyer Li Fangping has been detained in Beijing, hours after the release of Teng Biao, in an apparent “revolving-door trick” designed to influence public perception of the crackdown. From Chinese Human...
Human Rights Lawyer Teng Biao Released
Human rights lawyer Teng Biao has been released after almost ten weeks in detention. From the Associated Press: Teng Biao returned home on Friday afternoon but was not able to speak to the media, his wife, Wang Ling, said. She...
China Internet Filter Challenged in Rights Uproar (Updated)
The ongoing saga on the battle on the government requiring pre-installed software for filtering new computers in China (the software dubbed the Green Dam) by July 1, and the netizens and companies that oppose the infringement,...
More Chinese Are Willing to Challenge Legal System
Calum MacLeod writes on the dissolving trust of the Chinese in their own legal system, and the political repercussions that has carried. From USA TODAY: The most daring recent action is a document called Charter 08, signed by...
What China’s Tainted Milk May Not Bring: Lawsuits
From the Christian Science Monitor: Li Fangping, a prominent human rights lawyer, is busy organizing victims of the poisoned infant formula scandal rocking China and offering pro bono help. But he is not planning to sue Sanlu,...
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