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Verified sourced News + Editorial posts in English.
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Hong Kong Independent Bookstore Have a Nice Stay Closes as Pressure on Free Expression Deepens
Have a Nice Stay closed on August 30 after four years in business, amid financial strain, uncertainty over legal “red lines,” and a July national-security police raid.
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CECC: Transnational Repression Against Women Is Expanding in Scope
China Monitor #7 from the Congressional-Executive Commission on China highlights attacks against women as part of the expanding scope of transnational repression linked to the…
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CECC Raises Alarm Over Detained Academics and Suppression of Academic Freedom
China Monitor #7 from the Congressional-Executive Commission on China highlights the detention of academics and broader restrictions on academic freedom, including concerns about…
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CECC: House-Church Suppression Continues Despite Pastor Jin’s Release
In China Monitor #7, the Congressional-Executive Commission on China says Pastor Jin’s release did not end broader pressure on unregistered Christian communities and places his case…
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Hong Kong Tiananmen Vigil Case Moves to Sentencing After National Security Convictions
Hong Kong’s High Court heard mitigation arguments on August 28 for Lee Cheuk-yan, Chow Hang-tung and Albert Ho after their national-security convictions. Sentencing is expected within two weeks.
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HRW: A Decade Into the Xinjiang Crackdown, Severe Repression and Impunity Continue
Human Rights Watch said on August 27 that severe repression against Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang continues a decade after the sharp escalation of the crackdown.
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CECC China Monitor #7 Highlights Religious Repression, Academic Freedom, Transnational Repression, and Xinjiang
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China published China Monitor #7 on August 20, highlighting a cluster of current human-rights and rule-of-law concerns, including…
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HRW: Uyghur Australians Pressured to Monitor Diaspora Activists and Language Schools
Human Rights Watch reported on August 16 that Uyghur Australians who traveled to Xinjiang were interrogated and pressured to provide information about Uyghurs in Australia,…
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Amnesty: Artist Gao Zhen Sentenced to Three Years, Plans Appeal
Amnesty International reports artist Gao Zhen was sentenced to three years in prison on August 25 and intends to appeal.
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Amnesty: Zhang Yi Detained in Lhasa After Showing a Dalai Lama Photo
Amnesty International says activist Zhang Yi was detained in Lhasa after showing a Dalai Lama photograph and later formally arrested on suspicion of “inciting separatism.”