This week, a long-expected national security trial of 47 Hong Kong pro-democracy figures began. The group was arrested en masse in January 2021 and charged with subversion a month later for holding an unofficial primary in July...
On Saturday, a Hong Kong court sentenced pro-democracy figure and former Apple Daily owner Jimmy Lai to almost six years in prison on fraud charges related to a contractual dispute. Lai’s co-defendant and administrative director...
On Wednesday, the two most senior judges of the UK Supreme Court resigned from their overseas positions on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal, the city’s highest court. The two judges’ resignations further challenge the...
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...
Canadian Michael Kovrig was brought to trial in Beijing Monday on espionage charges after being held since December 2018. Michael Spavor, another Canadian who was detained at the same time, was tried on Dandong on March 18. Both...
Since the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) was enacted a little over seven months ago, 97 people have been arrested under the law, and eight have been charged. For Hong Kong’s judiciary, the challenge at hand now is...
Zhang Zhan, lawyer-turned-citizen journalist who documented the lockdown of Wuhan at the start of the COVID-19 epidemic, has been jailed for four years for her reporting. She was the fourth citizen journalist to be arrested and...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
Former Politburo member Sun Zhengcai stood trial for bribery in Tianjin on Thursday, the biggest...
Tibetan entrepreneur and language education advocate Tashi Wangchuk was detained in January 2016...
Two weeks ago, rights activist and former lawyer Jiang Tianyong was sentenced to two years in...
Taiwanese activist and NGO worker Lee Ming-che was tried for subversion on Monday, five and a half...
When rights activist and former lawyer Jiang Tianyong stood trial for inciting subversion last...
Activist and former rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong was tried for inciting subversion in Changsha on...
Activist Wu Gan, also known as Super Vulgar Butcher, stood trial for subversion in Tianjin on...
Guo Wengui, the exiled Chinese billionaire with known ties to the Ministry of State Security, has...
Rights lawyer Xie Yang stood trial in Changsha on Monday, nearly two years after his detention in...
Rights lawyer Li Heping has received a suspended prison sentence for subverting state power...
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