Category: Political Prisoners & Human Rights
Verified reporting and Free China public communication concerning political prisoners, dissidents, religious prisoners, civil and human rights, arrests, trials and releases.
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Editorial: When a Photograph Becomes ‘Secession,’ the Law Has Lost Proportion
What kind of political system treats the display of a photograph as evidence of secession? The Zhang Yi case forces that question into the open. According to Amnesty International and Chinese rights groups, Zhang was taken into custody…
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Zhang Yi Case Update: Lawyer Meets Detained Wuhan Activist in Lhasa as ‘Inciting Secession’ Investigation Continues
LHASA — September 12, 2026. A lawyer has met detained Wuhan rights activist Zhang Yi at the Lhasa City Detention Center while authorities continue investigating him on suspicion of ‘inciting secession,’ according to a September 11 update circulated…
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Free China Movement (FCM): Do Not Lose Heart — Memory Outlives the Sentence
Rapid Response | September 11, 2026 The families of Hong Kong’s imprisoned Tiananmen vigil leaders answered severe sentences with resolve. Free China Movement stands with them and with everyone who continues to defend the memory of June 4.…
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What the Court Could Not Sentence: Faith in Memory, Conscience and Freedom
Editorial | September 11, 2026 Prison sentences measure punishment. They do not measure belief. That is why the words of the families of Lee Cheuk-yan and Chow Hang-tung matter. After severe sentences were imposed on former leaders of…
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‘Do Not Lose Heart’: Families Answer Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Sentences With Resolve
September 11, 2026 The prison terms made the headlines. The families’ response revealed something deeper: the effort to preserve memory and conviction even when the personal cost is measured in years. Hong Kong sentenced former Hong Kong Alliance…
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Free China Movement (FCM): Conscience Is Not a Crime — Stand With Jing Shuren
FCM stands with Jing Shuren and his family following the reported four-year sentence.
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When Helping a Stranger Becomes Dangerous: Jing Shuren and China’s Surviving Conscience
Jing Shuren’s reported four-year sentence raises a larger question: what happens when a society makes public conscience itself a source of danger?
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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？