‘Isolated and Buried Alive’: Cheng Lei Reveals Her Life in Chinese Prison
Ms. Cheng, 48, was a business reporter for China’s state-run English-language TV station CGTN when she was arrested on Aug. 13, 2020, and subsequently accused of illegally providing China’s state security secrets abroad. Chinese state-run media claimed an overseas institution co-opted her.
Italian Reverend Pleads for Release of Hong Kong Political Prisoners Before Lunar New Year
Mella added, “the main issue is that there are still thousands of people in jail. Many nameless young people are still detained in prison.” The reverend believed detaining political prisoners was also why people chose to leave Hong Kong, and maybe Hong Kong could return to normal again if the detained prisoners were set free.
Hongkongers Form a Pro-Democracy Human Chain Across the City on the 30th Anniversary of Baltic Way
Holmes Chan, Tom Grundy, Jennifer Creery and Kris Cheng | Hong Kong Free Press Thousands of Hongkongers have formed a human chain in the hope of raising international awareness of the pro-democracy movement and anti-extradition law fight. The event coincided with the 30th anniversary of the Baltic Way, one of the largest anti-Soviet demonstrations which […]
China Cracks Down on Quake Parents on Anniversary, Ahead of Silk Road Forum
Xin Lin and Gao Shan, Wong Siu-san, Wong Lok-to and Goh Fung | Radio Free Asia Dozens of parents who lost children in the devastating Sichuan earthquake of 2008 staged a rally on the ninth anniversary of the disaster on Friday over unpaid compensation, while others remained under close surveillance or house arrest. Bereaved […]