Yahoo Sued Over Support Fund for Dissidents
In 2007, U.S. tech company Yahoo set up a $17 million fund to support persecuted Chinese...
Apr 12, 2017
In 2007, U.S. tech company Yahoo set up a $17 million fund to support persecuted Chinese...
Jan 29, 2015
Guangzhou-based Southern Weekly was once considered one of the most influential media outlets in...
Jan 22, 2010
Siweiluozi’s blog has translated a series of tweets by writer Yang Zili, a founding member of the New Youth Study Group who spent eight years in prison on subversion charges. On Twitter, Yang has provided an account of his...
Nov 5, 2009
Released dissident Yang Zili has written a letter to US president Obama asking for his assistance in gaining medical parole for two other prisoners: Yang’s appeal, made in an open letter, could result in him being...
Jun 28, 2009
The AP follows up on the saga of Li Yuzhou, who informed on four young activists known as the New Youth Study Group, resulting in their lengthy prison terms. Li is now in Thailand, facing deportation back to China: Li’s...
Mar 13, 2009
Yang Zili and Zhang Honghai, two writers who were imprisoned on charges of subversion, have been released after spending eight years in detention. From the New York Times: “I still don’t understand why were punished so...