Activist Xu Zhiyong Leaves Prison, But Situation Unclear
Rights lawyer, civil society activist, and New Citizens’ Movement founder Xu Zhiyong left...
Jul 18, 2017
Rights lawyer, civil society activist, and New Citizens’ Movement founder Xu Zhiyong left...
Apr 30, 2013
Authorities in Shandong have marked the anniversary of Chen Guangcheng’s escape from illegal house arrest with a mounting campaign of harassment against the family members he left behind, according to his brother Chen...
Jun 25, 2012
By Li Xuewen Translated by Little Bluegill Original text here. That Year, I was twelve years old...
May 5, 2012
At The New York Times, Philip Pan describes Chen Guangcheng’s story so far: My friendship with Mr. Chen began in the summer of 2005, when a New York University professor, Jerome A. Cohen, arranged for us to meet at a...
Nov 15, 2011
In the wake of abundant Western media coverage of the ongoing saga of the tax case against artist Ai Weiwei, the official Global Times responded with an editorial arguing that Ai is, in fact, completely inconsequential....
Dec 29, 2009
Written by Wei Jingsheng, one of China’s prominent dissidents, from New York Times: Last week, a moderate reformist in China, Liu Xiaobo, was sentenced to 11 years in prison by the Chinese government for the mere act of...
Dec 5, 2008
Wei Jingsheng, the Chinese political activist whose famous 1978 “Fifth Modernization” was a major milestone in China’s democracy movement, is continuing his call for political reform. TimesOnline’s Jane...
Jul 13, 2007
Wei Jingsheng (È≠è‰∫¨Áîü) is one of China’s best-known democracy and human rights activists, now living in the U.S.. This article is based on his presentation at Living Without Freedom, May 5-6, 2007. From Foreign Policy Research Institute website: … During my 18 years in prison, I was kept in strictly solitary confinement for three years. […]