Writer and activist Lü Gengsong (吕耿松), a longtime advocate for the banned China Democracy Party, was detained in July of 2014. He was formally arrested a month later for “subversion of state power,” which carries a maximum sentence of life imprisonment. A Hangzhou court found him...
Last week, Tibetan activist Tashi Wangchuk was tried in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture,...
Activist Wu Gan, also known by his online moniker “Super Vulgar Butcher” (超级低俗屠夫), has...
Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che was sentenced to five years in prison for subverting state power...
Rights activist and former lawyer Jiang Tianyong was sentenced to two years in prison for inciting...
Democracy activist and writer Yang Tongyan, also known by the pen-name Yang Tianshui, died at age...
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At The New York Review of Books, Richard Bernstein focuses on Lee Ching-yu, whose husband,...
Activist Wu Gan, also known as Super Vulgar Butcher, stood trial for subversion in Tianjin on...
Ten weeks ago, Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che was detained while entering China from Macau,...
Rights lawyer Li Heping has received a suspended prison sentence for subverting state power...
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A Tianjin court has sentenced lawyer Zhou Shifeng to seven years in prison for “subversion...
Prominent human rights lawyer Wang Yu was one of the more than 200 rights lawyers and activists...
Legal assistant Zhao Wei was one of more than 200 rights lawyers and activists detained last...
Nearly exactly one year after she was detained in the “Black Friday” roundup of human...
Last July, Beijing launched a major crackdown on human rights lawyers and activists, detaining,...
Four activists have been sentenced to jail on charges of “inciting subversion of state...
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