PRC’s official English publication China Daily reporting on Tan Zuren’s case: Tan Zuoren, who had been investigating the deaths of students in last year’s Sichuan earthquake, stood trial yesterday for...
Read MoreFrom guardian.co.uk: Chinese police are holding 11 people who planned to attend today’s trial of an activist who investigated the death of schoolchildren in last year’s Sichuan earthquake, a high-profile artist and...
Read MoreFrom Reuters: Chinese web users have launched a postcard campaign to support dissidents in prisons and to protest against their detention, one of the organizers told Reuters. Chinese Internet activists launched their first...
Read MoreThe New York Times reports on the prosecution of two men, Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren, who were detained while investigating the collapsed schools in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake: The trial of one man, Huang Qi, began Wednesday but...
Read MoreIn recent days, almost a month after violent riots in Xinjiang, journalists and netizens have reported a crackdown on civil society groups and online expression through a combination of tried-and-true methods (detaining...
Read MoreFrom AP: A Chinese activist who questioned why so many schoolchildren died in 2008’s massive earthquake has been charged with subversion and will stand trial in mid-August, his lawyer said Friday. Tan Zuoren’s trial...
Read MoreBarbara Demick of the Los Angeles Times reports on the ongoing plight of parents affected by the May 2008 Sichuan earthquake: In the early weeks after the magnitude 7.9 quake, Beijing was widely applauded for its efficiency,...
Read MoreOn April 15th, The Southern Metropolis News published an editorial. Artist and blogger Ai Weiwei reposted on his blog (roughly translated; original Chinese post follows): On April 13th, the State Department News Office published...
Read MoreOn March 28, Chengdu-based environmentalist, writer and former editor of Literati magazine (文化人) magazine Tan Zuoren (谭作人) was detained on allegations of subversion of state power. Tan’s crime? The following is from a...
Read MoreEarthquake activist Tang Zuoren has been detained on allegations of subversion of state power. From Reuters: Police in southwestern China have detained a writer who was trying to compile a list of children killed in schools that...
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