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Chinese Activist Who Shared Anti-Censorship Techniques in Secret Trial

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Thursday secretly tried a prominent anti-censorship campaigner on subversion charges after holding him for ...

2018-09-082024-07-29

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Tibetan Pilgrim Sees Restrictions, Heavy Police Presence in Lhasa

A Tibetan man making his first visit to Tibet’s regional capital Lhasa returned home earlier than planned this week after encountering police checkpoints ...

2018-09-042024-07-29

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China Expels BuzzFeed Journalist Who Reported on Mass Detentions, Surveillance

China’s decision to effectively expel a BuzzFeed journalist who won a human rights award for her reporting on the mass incarceration of Uyghurs ...

2018-08-272024-07-29

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NGOs Call on North Korean Leader to end Human Rights Abuses

Five days before a much-anticipated summit between the leaders of the United States and North Korea, 52 nongovernmental organizations and coalitions sent a letter to the North’s ruler Kim Jong Un on Thursday, calling on him to undertake reforms to end serious rights abuses in the repressive, autocratic nation. ...

2018-07-252024-07-29

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Religions Must be ‘Subordinate’ to Communist Party, Says China

The ruling Chinese Communist Party has asserted its control over all religious practices among its citizens, suggesting that the Vatican will only have ...

2018-04-062018-10-16

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China Aims for Near-Total Surveillance, Including in People’s Homes

By 2020, China will have completed its nationwide facial recognition and surveillance network, achieving near-total surveillance of urban residents, including in their homes ...

2018-03-312024-07-29

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Exiled Uyghur Leader Says ‘Red Notice’ Demonstrates China’s Harassment of Critics Abroad

Prominent exiled Uyghur activist Dolkun Isa said Wednesday that a “Red Notice” alert for his arrest, which was recently removed by international policing ...

2018-03-082018-10-16

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Sudden Death of Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Raises Suspicions

Suspicions have been raised over the death of prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Li Boguang, who died suddenly at the weekend, in the ...

2018-03-062024-07-29

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Hong Kong Fears for Its Freedoms as China’s President Plans to Rule Indefinitely

Plans to amend China’s constitution to allow President Xi Jinping to remain in office indefinitely have prompted vocal opposition in the former British ...

2018-03-062018-10-16

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China Places Outspoken Dissidents Under House Arrest Ahead of Parliament

Authorities in Beijing have placed a number of high-profile dissidents and rights activists under close surveillance in the wake of an announcement by ...

2018-03-032024-07-29

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