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Chinese human rights
Unwavering Spirit: Falun Gong Perseveres in China Despite 20 Years of Persecution—Peter Erping Zhang
Recent Drawings of Torture in China Cause Stir—But They’re Not the First
For a long time now, human rights groups and formerly imprisoned Chinese citizens have used drawings and other artistic mediums to document torture methods used in Chinese prisons.
Free China Screening Celebrates Magna Carta’s 800 Years of Liberty and Justice
The latest screening of the award winning documentary “Free China: The Courage to Believe” in Wilmington, Delaware, hosted by American Insight’s Free Speech Festival in association with The Delaware Humanities Forum highlights the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta and Freedom of Speech.
New York Falun Gong Practitioners Appeal Outside UN on Human Rights Day
In order for a forum to occur at the United Nations (UN), it requires a member state to sponsor.
In China, ‘Alternative Paths’ Are Often Illusory
Some people say that if “x” hadn’t happened in China, things would be different. Under the Chinese Communist Party, those hopeful alternatives have never really existed.
Another Chinese Rights Activist Sees Himself on Chopping Block
The Chinese activist Hu Jia suspects that the authorities may be preparing to sentence him to jail.
Petitioners Descend on Beijing Before Chinese New Year
While the Chinese New Year is traditionally a time when Chinese travel home to be with their families, the week before New Year’s Day saw more than a thousand petitioners come to Beijing from various provinces.
Chinese Legal Activist Given Four-Year Sentence
Prominent Chinese legal activist Xu Zhiyong, famous for his founding of the grass-roots New Citizens’ Movement, was sentenced by the No. 1 Intermediate People’s Court in Beijing Sunday to four years in prison on the charge of “gathering a crowd to disturb public order.”
