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Police in Shandong’s Jinan Deny Restricting Chinese Lawyer’s Freedom

Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang in recent photo following his April 5 release from prison, after which he went into isolation for coronavirus prevention. Fellow rights lawyer Xie Yang said Wang looked aged and had expressed his hope to be reunited with his family as soon as possible, at a meeting in Jinan, April 20, 2020. ...

2020-04-232024-07-26

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China Targets Thousands Who Spoke Out About The Coronavirus Epidemic

The ruling Chinese Communist Party has targeted thousands of people for speaking out about the coronavirus epidemic in the country since it began in late December in the central city of Wuhan, an overseas-based rights group has said. ...

2020-04-04

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Tens of Thousands Call on US to Take up Case of Wuhan Reporters

A petition calling on Washington to take up the case of coronavirus reporter Chen Qiushi, who is being held by the authorities in enforced “quarantine” after he reported from the front line of the COVID-19 epidemic, has garnered tens of thousands of signatures since it was posted last month. ...

2020-03-09

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Chinese Police Track Down Dissident Xu Zhiyong Using Facial Recognition

Police in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have detained dissident Xu Zhiyong — who had been on the run for seven weeks — using facial recognition technology and big data analysis, RFA has learned. ...

2020-02-252020-02-25

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EU Seen Turning Tough Rhetoric Into Action on Abuses Against Muslim Uyghurs in China

The resolution gives the EU a mandate to take concrete measures by allowing the adoption of targeted sanctions and asset freezes against Chinese officials responsible for the repression and mass detentions in Xinjiang where more than 10 million Uyghur and other Turkic Muslims live. ...

2020-02-232020-02-23

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China Under Xi Jinping is a ‘Dystopian Digital Surveillance State’: Rights Group

Chinese president Xi Jinping is building a “dystopian digital surveillance state” to promote his brand of totalitarian rule, according to a recent report by a human rights group. ...

2020-02-14

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Tibetan Nuns Undergo Forced ‘Political Training’ at Shugsep Nunnery Near Lhasa

Tibetan nuns living near Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa have been forced to declare their loyalty to Beijing and the ruling Chinese Communist Party in a political campaign conducted by their nunnery’s management committee and state-controlled “women’s cooperatives,” state media said this week. ...

2019-12-09

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“You Think Death is Better” | Radio Free Asia (RFA)

A Uyghur mother describes the trauma she endured during multiple detentions at the hands of Chinese authorities in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous ...

2018-12-022018-11-29

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Khmer Rouge Leaders Found Guilty of Genocide | Radio Free Asia (RFA)

Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea were sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the slaughter of ethnic Vietnamese and Muslim minorities ...

2018-11-292018-11-29

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China Rolls Out Facial Recognition Scans on Guangzhou Subway

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have installed facial recognition equipment at several subway stations in the provincial capital Guangzhou in recent weeks, residents said on Monday. ...

2018-11-092024-07-29

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