Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong was jailed for three months Wednesday for obstructing clearance of a major encampment during mass pro-democracy protests in 2014, the second time he has been imprisoned over the rallies. Wong, 21, who had pleaded guilty to the contempt charge, was already on bail pending an appeal over a six- month […]
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Leading Hong Kong Democracy Activists Appeal Jail Sentences
Three young Hong Kong democracy activists returned to court Tuesday to appeal their convictions and jail sentences for leading massive protests in 2014. Joshua Wong, Nathan Law and Alex Chow initially received non-custodial sentences by a lower court in 2016 for storming a courtyard on the grounds of the government’s headquarters in September 2014, which […]
North Korean Defector Speaks Out After China Repatriates Family
China organizes forced repatriation and likely prospect of family’s imprisonment and possible execution in North Korea
Founders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement in court
Founders of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement that sparked mass rallies in 2014 appeared in court Tuesday in the latest case brought against activists. The nine defendants face public nuisance charges related to the Umbrella Movement demonstrations, which shut down several major roads in the semi-autonomous Chinese city for 79 days. Hong Kong’s government has brought […]
China Says It Shut Down 128,000 Websites in 2017
30.9 million illegal publications were confiscated in 2017, while 1,900 people were subject to criminal penalties
How Chinese Democracy Advocates View the Iranian Protests
The protests in Iran are resonating with democracy advocates in and outside of China, many of whom have expressed hope that a similar uprising could come to the tightly ruled country and put an end to tight controls on civil rights and freedoms. At the same time, Chinese authorities have moved quickly to tighten censorship […]
Chinese activist jailed for 8 years as major crackdown underway
China sentenced an activist known by the online pseudonym “Super Vulgar Butcher” to eight years in prison
Has China Cut Off All North Korean Oil And Fuel Products?
The block appeared to be even harsher than sanctions placed on the North by the United Nations this year
Artist ‘released’ in China after Liu Xiaobo tribute
An artist that could not be reached for more than a week after he painted a politically charged mural in southern China wrote on Twitter Monday that he has been “released”. “I was released a few days ago and we are in my hometown now,” the Twitter account of painter Hu Jiamin read days after […]
Ai Weiwei on ‘Human Flow’ Migration Documentary
Ai Weiwei is thinking about those who, like him, had lost their freedom and were no longer safe in their own country