Chinese village staged historic elections in 2011 after police crack down on new protests
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Unprecedented Arrest of China Activists Investigating Trump Factory
China refusing to release three activists arrested while they were investigating labor conditions
Firms Help Government Monitor Chinese Citizens With Big Data
Chinese city using big data provided by phone company to track movement of its migrant workers
Council Members Blocking UN Human Rights Council Work
A number of countries that sit on the UN Human Rights Council are not cooperating with international experts
Watch Full Version of a New Tiananmen Square Documentary
A brand new Tiananmen Square documentary by Al Jazeera highlights personal stories from the 1989 protests
Wave of Home Demolitions Hits China’s Hui Muslims
Demolition gangs move into Chinese Muslim village consisting of 20,000 Hui Muslims
Remembering Tiananmen Square, 28 Years Later
Rights activists are set to commemorate the anniversary of China’s Tiananmen Square protests
Activist Seeks Trumps’ Help in Freeing Chinese Labor Investigators
Secure the release of three men who reported labor violations at the Ivanka Trump brand
Tiananmen Square Crackdown Remembered in HK March
Hundreds of protesters in Hong Kong took to the streets to demand better human rights in China
China Urged to Release Jailed Taiwanese NGO Worker
Ming-che Lee disappeared on March 19 after a flight from Taipei to the Chinese territory of Macau