Detained Chinese Feminist Wins New Human Rights Honor

Wong Lok-to  |  Radio Free Asia Detained activist Su Changlan, who has been in pre-trial detention for more than two years, on Tuesday received a prestigious human rights award from a coalition of Chinese human rights groups. Su, 45, is the third recipient of the Cao Shunli Memorial Award for Human Rights Defenders, in honor […]

Tibetan Monk Detained, Warned Over Plans to Publish Book

Sangye Gyatso  |  Radio Free Asia Authorities in northwestern China’s Qinghai province briefly detained a Tibetan monk at the end of last year over his plans to publish a book about his travels in India, threatening him with re-arrest if he moves ahead with plans to distribute the politically sensitive work, Tibetan sources said. Lu […]

Chinese Feminists Detained on International Women's Day

<!–[CDATA[Yan Fang  |  Radio Free Asia Chinese women’s rights activists detained on public order charges after they planned an anti-sexual harassment campaign on International Women’s Day claim they have broken no laws, relatives and lawyers said Tuesday. Chinese police are continuing to hold Li Tingting, Wei Tingting, Wang Man, Zheng Churan and Wu Rongrong, the founder […]

The Kou Yanding I Know

[Zhai Minglei  |  This article was first published by Chinachange.org At this very moment, I am in Shanghai, jotting down some memories of mine. In China, some people are often silently disappeared for what their conscience has led them to do, and this is more terrifying than death. In the last two days, two of […]

Tibetan Monks Detained Over Prayers for Dalai Lama

Chinese police have detained monks from the Pashoe monastery in Chamdo prefecture from the Tibetan Autonomous region.
They are accused of sponsoring special prayers for exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Chinese authorities alleged that the monks sent contributions to a fund for a long-life offering ceremony for the Dalai Lama conducted in India

Lawyers Detained in China for Attempting to Free Falun Gong Practitioners

The Chinese authorities are detaining four prominent rights lawyers for attempting to free Falun Gong practitioners held in a brainwashing center.
Responding to the kidnapping of the lawyers, over 100 rights lawyers and concerned citizens released on the internet a statement condemning their confinement,