China

• Debarred Lawyer Tortured and Arrested in Northeastern China

  August 27, 2009 By Chinese Human Rights Defenders CHRD learned today that Wang Yonghang, a former lawyer from Dalian... Read more

• Liaoning: Activist Arrested and Beaten for Defending Falun Gong Members

  August 27, 2009 By Asia News Beijing (AsiaNews) – Chinese authorities have beaten and arrested Yonghang Wang, lawyer and... Read more

• China Moves into ‘Beat and Compress’ Mode

  August 21, 2009 China is in the midst of what the Chinese call 打压, da ya, which literally means... Read more

• Beijing Increases Security Ahead of Sensitive Anniversary

  August 21, 2009 By NTDTV In Beijing police are preparing for the sixtieth anniversary of the Communist takeover of... Read more

• Cyber-dissident Zhang Lin released on completing five-year jail term

  August 18, 2009 By Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders welcomes the release of the well-known blogger and pro-democracy... Read more