Highlighting the persistence of China’s vast system of arbitrary detention institutions following the passage of legislation abolishing the laojiao labor camp system, the New York Times published an article
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In an article published last week in the Washington Free Beacon, journalist Daniel Wiser discusses the life and work of Laogai Research Foundation Executive Director Harry Wu, who established the Laogai Museum in 2008.
The Chinese government renewed press accreditations for all Bloomberg journalists and some New York Times journalists who had been awaiting renewal.
Thirteen petitioners who traveled to Beijing to gain compensation for being forcibly evicted from their land staged a mass suicide attempt after Beijing authorities dismissed their complaints. The petitioners decided to simultaneously drink pesticide on a public street on Human Rights Day to protest their treatment at the hands of local and central government authorities.
The Global Times, an influential Communist Party media outlet, explicitly rejected comparisons of Liu Xiaobo to Nelson Mandela following the recent death of the anti-apartheid leader. The Global Times editorial is particularly noteworthy in light of the Party’s usual practice of refusing to mention prominent Chinese dissidents by name.
A report released by Asia Catalyst calls on the Chinese government to eliminate custody and education labor camps for sex workers after abolishing laojiao labor camps last month.
In a statement released Monday, US Secretary of State John Kerry urged the Chinese government to release Nobel Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and his wife Liu Xia.
As a couple dozen New York Times and Bloomberg journalists face potential expulsion from China for their papers' coverage of certain sensitive topics,
Six attorneys representing three participants in the New Citizens Movement were harassed and beaten by a mob of 200 to 300 men after leaving court on Wednesday. Prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang said he believed that the attackers were government-hired thugs.