China: RSF Urges for Release of Ailing Covid-19 Reporter Zhang Zhan on the One-year Anniversary of her Sentence
Kunchok Jinpa, a leading source of information about Tibet for journalists, died in February 2021 as a result of mistreatment in detention. Nobel Peace Prize and RSF Press Freedom Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo and dissident blogger Yang Tongyan both died in 2017 from cancer that was left untreated in detention.
Chinese Regime Sentences Dissident Citizen Journalist to 12 Years in Prison
NICOLE HAO | EPOCH TIMES The Chinese regime sentenced a dissident, who ran a website reporting on human rights abuses, to 12 years in prison for leaking state secrets. Huang Qi, a citizen reporter, was sentenced on July 29 after being detained for two years. A closed trial was conducted in January. His sentence is one of the most […]
Prominent Rights Activist Huang Qi Detained in China’s Sichuan
Ka Pa and Lin Jing | Radio Free Asia Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have detained a prominent rights activist after he went to investigate claims of an illegal government land-grab in the province. Veteran rights activist Huang Qi, who founded the Tianwang rights website, was detained alongside three colleagues in Sichuan’s […]