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Beijing’s Mafia Justice for Lawyer They Won’t Lock Up but Can’t Set Free

Posted in In the Media on June 13th, 2010    Comment
Beijing’s Mafia Justice for Lawyer They Won’t Lock Up but Can’t Set Free Gao Zhisheng’s life is a series of ‘disappearances and releases by Paul Mooney in Beijing South China Morning Post, Jun 13, 2010 Gao Zhisheng , a ...read more>>

Human Rights Leaders in China Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by House Members

Posted in In the Media on February 3rd, 2010    Comment
Activists Chen, Gao & Liu Praised for Courage and Contributions Towards Peace Washington, Feb 2 - Three persecuted Chinese human rights advocates—Chen Guangcheng, Gao Zhisheng, and Liu Xiaobo—are being nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize by a ...read more>>

US senator asks companies about China rights practices

Posted in In the Media on February 3rd, 2010    Comment
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A US senator on Tuesday asked 30 leading companies, including Amazon, Apple, Facebook, IBM, Nokia and Twitter, for information about their human rights practices in China after Google's threat to leave the country over cyberattacks and ...read more>>

During Visit, Obama Skirts Chinese Political Sensitivities

Posted in In the Media on November 18th, 2009    Comment
November 18, 2009 During Visit, Obama Skirts Chinese Political Sensitivities The New York Times BEIJING - Whether by White House design or Chinese insistence, President Obama has steered clear of public meetings with Chinese liberals, free press advocates ...read more>>

Chinese democracy dissident jailed for 13 years

Posted in In the Media on September 2nd, 2009    Comment
Chinese democracy dissident jailed for 13 years Reuters Wednesday, September 2, 2009 9:04 AM BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese dissident Xie Changfa was sentenced to 13 years in jail for "subversion of state power," rights groups said on Wednesday in what they ...read more>>

Chinese Artist Says He Was Barred From Rights Advocate’s Trial

Posted in In the Media on August 12th, 2009    Comment
Chinese Artist Says He Was Barred From Rights Advocate’s Trial By EDWARD WONG The New York Times Published: August 12, 2009 BEIJING — A prominent Chinese artist and frequent critic of the Communist Party said he was hit by police officers and ...read more>>

China opens trial of earthquake critic

Posted in In the Media on August 12th, 2009    Comment
China opens trial of earthquake critic By GILLIAN WONG (AP) – August 13, 2009 BEIJING — The subversion trial of a Chinese activist who had investigated the deaths of thousands of schoolchildren in a massive earthquake opened in southwestern China, ...read more>>

China: The Eyes of the Police

Posted in In the Media on August 11th, 2009    Comment
China: The Eyes of the Police By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS August 11, 2009 World Briefing | Asia The police have installed 2.75 million surveillance cameras since 2003 and are expanding the system into the countryside, the Public Security Ministry said Monday on ...read more>>

Arrest in China Rattles Backers of Legal Rights

Posted in In the Media on August 10th, 2009    Comment
Arrest in China Rattles Backers of Legal Rights By ANDREW JACOBS The New York Times August 10, 2009 BEIJING — China’s nascent legal rights movement, already reeling from a crackdown on crusading lawyers, the kidnapping of defense witnesses and the ...read more>>

A rape claim puts focus on Beijing’s ‘black jails’

Posted in In the Media on August 9th, 2009    Comment
A rape claim puts focus on Beijing's 'black jails' By ALEXA OLESEN (AP) BEIJING — The 20-year-old student spoke softly but firmly as she described how a dispute over grades led to her rape at an unofficial jail. She had been expelled from college because ...read more>>
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