Incidents/Cases

G20 Leaders, Please Put People before Chinese Party-State’s Glory

By Yang Jianli & Han Lianchao One of the main themes of the 2016 G20 Hangzhou summit which China's president Xi Jinping will chair next w eek is to build an inclusive world economy. To achieve that goal, the Chinese organizer claims that "China is working with...

LA Times: Chinese activist charged with ‘subversion’ for attending a meeting and a conference

Los Angeles Times Chinese activist charged with 'subversion' for attending a meeting and a conference By Jonathan Kaiman August 5, 2016 | Beijing A Chinese court on Friday found a Christian activist guilty of "subverting state power," primarily for discussing...

Demanding Political Reform Is Not a Crime IFC/CPFC Statement on the Chinese Regime’s Persecution of Hu Shigen

Demanding Political Reform Is Not a Crime IFC/CPFC Statement on the Chinese Regime's Persecution of Hu Shigen On August 3, a court of the Chinese Communist regime in Tianjin staged a so-called "open trial" of Mr. Hu Shigen, a 62-year old pillar of China's democracy...

Second activist sentenced on subversion charges after huge crackdown on rights campaigners in China

SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST Veteran pro-democracy activist Hu Shigen jailed for 7½ years for subverting state Jun Mai and Nectar Gan PUBLISHED : Wednesday, 03 August, 2016, 3:39pm UPDATED : Wednesday, 03 August, 2016, 11:23pm Hu Shigen, a veteran pro-democracy activist...