China – General

China – Hong Kong

Fraud Crime Shoots Through The Roof Says HK Security Chief

Fraud Crime Shoots Through The Roof Says HK Security Chief

HKFP reports Crime in Hong Kong rises by 34.6% in first 8 months of 2023, security chief says, led by ...
Law firm layoffs rise in Hong Kong

Law firm layoffs rise in Hong Kong

HONG KONG -- Foreign law firms in China and Hong Kong are shedding staff at a rapid pace, with one ...
Hongkonger jailed for 2.5 years for rioting during 2019 protest when she was 16

Hongkonger jailed for 2.5 years for rioting during 2019 protest when she was 16

A Hong Kong woman has been jailed for two and a half years for rioting during a protest in 2019 ...
New arguments in fresh court bid to ban protest song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ revealed by HK government

New arguments in fresh court bid to ban protest song ‘Glory to Hong Kong’ revealed by HK government

Justice Department lawyers insist ban can be implemented without ‘chilling effect’ highlighted in original refusal of injunction against song by ...
Hong Kong nat. sec. law goes ‘beyond genuine national security concerns,’ UK says, as city gov’t slams ‘groundless attacks’

Hong Kong nat. sec. law goes ‘beyond genuine national security concerns,’ UK says, as city gov’t slams ‘groundless attacks’

Very tetchy!! The Hong Kong authorities have expanded the use of the national security law “beyond genuine national security concerns,” ...
Professor Rahile Dawut, an acclaimed Uyghur intellectual and expert on Uyghur folklore and traditions, is serving a life sentence for endangering state security.

Professor Rahile Dawut, an acclaimed Uyghur intellectual and expert on Uyghur folklore and traditions, is serving a life sentence for endangering state security.

SAN FRANCISCO (SEPTEMBER 21, 2023) — According to a source in the Chinese government, Professor Rahile Dawut, an acclaimed Uyghur intellectual ...

China – Lawyers

Speech: Hope: A Message to China’s Defense Lawyers

Speech: Hope: A Message to China’s Defense Lawyers

Hope: A Message to China’s Defense Lawyers Presented by Terence Halliday American Bar Foundation  And  Australian National University Friends in ...
Chinese Authorities Ban Lawyer & Human Rights Defender  Tang Jitian From Leaving Country To See Ill Daughter In Japan

Chinese Authorities Ban Lawyer & Human Rights Defender Tang Jitian From Leaving Country To See Ill Daughter In Japan

China: Human rights defender Tang Jitian barred from leaving country to see ill daughter reports Frontline Defenders On 2 June ...
Announcing the 5th China Human Rights Lawyers Day; Calling for One-Person-One-Photo Messages

Announcing the 5th China Human Rights Lawyers Day; Calling for One-Person-One-Photo Messages

The fifth China Human Rights Lawyers Day will be held virtually on July 9, 2021. The China Human Rights Lawyers ...
Chinese Rights Lawyer, Jiang Tianyong,  Still Under House Arrest on 50th Birthday

Chinese Rights Lawyer, Jiang Tianyong, Still Under House Arrest on 50th Birthday

Via RFA Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan are continuing to hold prominent human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong ...
Rights Attorney Formally Arrested For 'Subversion' in China's Shaanxi: Wife Reports

Rights Attorney Formally Arrested For ‘Subversion’ in China’s Shaanxi: Wife Reports

Radio Free Asia is reporting Authorities in the northern Chinese province of Shaanxi have formally arrested rights attorney Chang Weiping ...