Category: China News Updates
Selected and verified China-related news passing the P5 filter.
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Chinese Citizen Jing Shuren Sentenced to Four Years After Advocacy for Workers and Petitioners
Jing Shuren, known for helping migrant workers and citizens with grievances, has reportedly received a four-year first-instance prison sentence and plans to appeal.
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國家安全不是政黨安全：香港支聯會案重判不能以『其他國家也有國安法』辯護
Chow Hang-tung（鄒幸彤）、Lee Cheuk-yan（李卓人）與 Albert Ho（何俊仁）因支聯會案被判重刑。其他國家同樣制定國家安全法，並不能回答本案最根本的問題：國家安全是否可以等同於一個政黨永久執政的安全？
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Press Release: Free China Movement Condemns Prison Sentences for Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho
FCM condemns the sentencing of three former Hong Kong Alliance leaders and calls for the release of prisoners of conscience and protection of June Fourth remembrance.
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Rapid Response: Prison Cannot Turn Conscience Into a Crime
FCM responds to the sentencing of Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, saying peaceful remembrance and democratic advocacy should not be treated as subversion.
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Editorial: When the Law Punishes Conscience — Why Justice Can Stand Above Unjust Law
The sentencing of Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho raises a larger question: what remains of law when political power can turn remembrance and peaceful democratic advocacy into crimes?
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Hong Kong Sentences Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho Over June Fourth Advocacy
Hong Kong has sentenced three former leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in a national-security case tied to June Fourth remembrance and advocacy for democratic change.
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Press Release: Free China Movement Calls for International Pressure to Ensure Journalist Huang Xueqin Is Freed on September 18
FCM calls on governments, media, press-freedom groups and civil society to press for Huang Xueqin’s genuine freedom when her five-year sentence is expected to conclude September 18.
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Rapid Response: The World Must Watch for Huang Xueqin’s Release
FCM calls for close international monitoring as Huang Xueqin approaches the expected completion of her five-year prison sentence on September 18.
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Editorial: Huang Xueqin Should Leave Prison to a World That Has Not Forgotten Her
As Huang Xueqin approaches the expected end of her prison sentence, her courage, investigative journalism and commitment to truth deserve international recognition.