60-Year-Old Woman Arrested, Detained 4 Months Without Trial for Carrying Brochures
Janita Kan | Epoch Times A 60-year-old woman was arrested and detained without trial after a police officer found brochures in her possession during a random identification check in Yushu, China. The brochures contained material considered sensitive to the Chinese regime. Ning Tingyun was on her way to visit her daughter in Shanghai from her home in […]
China Orders Courts to Record, Video All Trial Proceedings
Ding Wenqi | Radio Free Asia China’s highest court has ordered courts at all levels to record video footage of all trials, but lawyers say they fear the video could be used to target them for defending their clients in court. The Supreme People’s Court issued new rules that come into effect on March 1 […]
Pro-Democracy Activist Stands Trial For Subversion in China’s Guangdong
Hai Nan | Radio Free Asia A court in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Thursday began the subversion trial of another rights activist who supported the 2014 pro-democracy movement in neighboring Hong Kong. Su Changlan pleaded not guilty at the Intermediate People’s Court in her hometown of Foshan to charges of “incitement to […]
Guo Boxiong’s Trial Is a Step Toward Arresting Jiang
Wang Taotang | Epoch Times The Chinese state media Xinhua News Agency reported on April 5 that the former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), Guo Boxiong, had been transferred for prosecution. Xinhua stated that the Military Procuratorate had concluded its investigation against Guo, and that Guo had received huge bribes in person or […]
In Southern China Trial, Lawyer Accuses Former Communist Party Leader of Breaking the Law
Larry Ong | Epoch Times Few Chinese citizens are able to openly accuse former leaders of the Chinese Communist Party of committing a felony and escape official retribution. A Chinese lawyer, however, succeeded in denouncing a former Party leader during a sensitive court trial in a southern province and secured freedom for his client while […]
Trial of Young ‘Rumor’ Monger Tries to Chill Internet in China
Qin, a 30-year-old Chinese netizen trial began in Beijing.
He was arrested and charged of using the internet for “defamation”.
Qin had posted on social media what the authorities said was “untruthful information” on social media.
Trial of Chinese Citizen Xu Zhiyong Ends in Silence
In his trial, human rights scholar and activist Xu Zhiyong’s and his lawyer remaining silent. It was to demonstrate their objection to the court’s refusal to allow any of Xu’s 68 witnesses to appear. “Just because we maintained our silence in court, it doesn’t mean we’ll be quiet outside the courtroom”