Trial of Inner Mongolia Petitioner Linked to Surveillance Row Adjourned Again
Qiao Long | Radio Free Asia Authorities in the northern Chinese region of Inner Mongolia on Thursday retried an activist beaten unconscious by police at her last trial, alongside her husband, according to a family member. Wang Fengyun, the petitioner at the heart of a row over a local government surveillance budget earlier this year, […]
‘Four Men Started Beating Me Up’: Pregnant Heilongjiang Petitioner
Ding Wenqi | Radio Free Asia A pregnant woman who went to Beijing to complain about a grievance in her hometown in the northeastern Chinese province of Heilongjiang says she is in danger of losing her baby after being injured by officials sent to bring her home. Li Naiqiu, who was four months pregnant at […]
More Than 10,000 Petitioners Complain in Beijing on Communist Party’s 95th Birthday
QiaoLong | Radio Free Asia As thousands of people massed outside government buildings to lodge complaints against the ruling Chinese Communist Party in Beijing on Friday, President Xi Jinping warned that the party must clean up its act or face losing power. More than 10,000 petitioners, ordinary Chinese with grievances against the government, gathered outside […]
Christian woman writes letter detailing persecution
China Aid (Dalian, Liaoning—May 9, 2016) A Christian woman recently wrote a letter that detailed persecution she experienced, including the loss of her mother and brother. Prompted by the government-backed demolition of their home on June 4, 2008, the family of Wang Chunyan, a Christian now residing in the United States, traveled to and petitioned […]
Chinese Activists Send Cards to Political Prisoners at New Year
Qiao Long | Radio Free Asia A group of rights activists in Shanghai have launched a nationwide campaign to send New Year’s greetings cards and postcards to some 200 prisoners of conscience currently jailed by the ruling Chinese Communist Party. Activists have sent around 1,000 cards to people jailed for their rights advocacy work, Shanghai […]
Police Detain Woman Who Set Off Fireworks on Tiananmen Square
<!–[CDATA[Qiao Long | Radio Free Asia Police in China’s capital on Tuesday detained a woman after she set off fireworks on Tiananmen Square, on the first day of a key political meeting in Beijing, eyewitnesses said. “It was about 10 meters (33 feet) from the security checkpoint [leading to the Square],” eyewitness Sun Dongsheng told […]