709: Nine years on
On the 9th anniversary of the ‘709 crackdown’ on China’s civil rights champions in 2015, a new release looks at its impact on persecuted lawyers, their families, and the rule of law. […]
View ArticleProminent Chinese dissident Xu Zhiyong cut off from other inmates
The activist who urged Xi Jinping to resign is serving 14 years and is monitored around the clock. By Yitong Wu| Published by Radio Free Asia (Cantonese) “It’s very common for the […]
View ArticleMr. Xi, tear down this firewall
The CCP has turned the internet, designed as a tool of freedom, into the ultimate tool of control. By John Moolenaar, Chair of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party | […]
View ArticleChina cuts off internet, phones of outspoken journalist Gao Yu
A refusal to leave Beijing on an enforced ‘vacation’ results in retaliation. By Qian Lang for RFA Mandarin | Radio Free Asia Summary Prominent Chinese journalist, Gao Yu, known for her critical […]
View ArticleWind’s voice, freedom’s choice
A landmark Chinese bookstore shuttered in Shanghai six years ago has found another life in Washington, D.C. By Lisa Peryman for Probe International The reopening of Shanghai’s iconic Jifeng Bookstore...
View ArticleChina detains prominent artist, citizen journalist as crackdown on dissent...
When domestic challenges grow more serious, the dissident community pays the price, human rights advocates say. By William Yang | Voice of America Summary Rights advocates have expressed concern over...
View ArticleJF Books returns
The rise and fall of an independent bookstore and the fate of civil society in China. In the restrictive environment of China, Shanghai’s iconic Jifeng Bookstore, with its high-quality selection of...
View ArticlePaul Chiang remains a Liberal candidate despite urging people to collect a...
Leader Mark Carney and the Liberals have opted to stand by a candidate whose comments about a Conservative rival represent a serious “escalation in transnational repression.” Calls are growing for...
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