June 4th marks the 34th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre, when Chinese soliders opened fire on peaceful, student-led, pro-democracy demonstrators in Beijing. The topic is banned in mainland China, but people in Hong Kong long held annual commemorations. However, since Beijing imposed a 2020 security law on the once-autonomous territory, calling attention to the […]
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/hong-kong-police-seize-statue-incitement-subversion-probe-2023-05-05/ The two-tonne copper Pillar of Shame was first exhibited at a Tiananmen Square commemoration in Hong Kong in 1997, the same year Britain handed the city back to China. In 2021, the University of Hong Kong dismantled and removed the statue “based on external legal advice and risk assessment for the best interest of […]
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-covid-protesters-released-after-four-months-detention-sources-2023-04-20/ 2名朋友对路透社表示:”参加北京历史性的’白皮书’示威的两名中国女性在被拘留近4个月后,于19日获释。 At least two Chinese women who joined historic “white paper” demonstrations in Beijing calling for an end to COVID-19 curbs were released on Wednesday after almost four months in detention, two of their friends told Reuters.
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https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/4/5/why-is-china-so-upset-at-a-meeting-between-tsai-and-mccarthy 美国众议院议长凯文·麦卡锡预计将于周三晚些时候在加利福尼亚会见台湾总统蔡英文。 麦卡锡已确认他将在洛杉矶市中心以北约 64 公里（40 英里）的罗纳德里根总统图书馆举行的“两党”活动中与蔡英文会面。 Kevin McCarthy, the speaker of the United States House of Representatives, is expected to meet Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen in California later on Wednesday. McCarthy has confirmed he will meet Tsai at a “bipartisan” event at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, about 64km (40 miles) north of the centre of Los […]
Chow Hang-tung, Tang Ngok-kwan and Tsui Hon-kwong were jailed for failing to comply with a national security law. — Read on www.newschainonline.com/news/world-news/three-organisers-jailed-over-hong-kong-vigil-for-tiananmen-square-victims-325159 The three were arrested in 2021 during a crackdown on the city’s pro-democracy movement following massive protests more than three years ago. They were leaders of the Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic […]
Hong Kong labor activist arrested by security police — Read on www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/03/09/hong-kong-labor-activist-arrested/9921678383644/
Since President Xi Jinping took office in 2012, one of the groups that has been persecuted the most by Chinese authorities has been human rights lawyers. Following the “709 mass arrest” in 2015, in which more than 300 lawyers across China were arrested, many are still in detention, have been given lengthy prison sentences, faced exit bans, or simply disappeared.
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Picked up in a dawn raid two years ago, the activists and politicians are charged over an unofficial primary. — Read on www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/2/3/democracy-on-trial-as-hong-kong-47-prepare-to-face-court 在两年前的黎明突袭中，活动家和政治家因非官方初选而受到指控。
What’s left of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement? Since the implementation of the 2020 National Security law, police have been arresting anti-regime activists en masse. Most are now in prison or in… — Read on www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20230130-hong-kong-s-last-democrats-activists-fight-for-freedom-despite-beijing-s-crackdown What’s left of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement? Since the implementation of the 2020 National Security law, police have been arresting […]
Chinese authorities should immediately release and drop all charges against everyone detained for participating in the “white paper” protests against the government, Human Rights Watch said today. The authorities should also cease harassment of lawyers and friends of protesters and the censorship of protest-related information on social media. — Read on www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/26/china-free-white-paper-protesters 2022年11月，包括上海、北京、成都和武汉等城市在内的数千人走上街头，抗议政府的严格新冠肺炎措施，并谴责中国共产党的专制统治。示威者拿着空白文件——因此是“白皮书”抗议——并高呼“结束零新冠病毒”、“我们希望人权”和“打倒共产党！”等口号。 人权观察中国高级研究员Yaqiu Wang说：“中国年轻人正在为敢于为自由和人权大声疾呼而付出沉重的代价。”“世界各地的政府和国际机构应该表示支持，并呼吁中国当局立即释放它们。”
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Hong Kong criticised for barring protest photographer Michiko Kiseki from city — Read on hongkongfp.com/2023/01/16/hong-kong-criticised-for-barring-protest-photographer-michiko-kiseki-from-city/
Tech giants’ pivot out of China can usher in a human rights reset For companies like Apple, decoupling from China can be an opportunity to improve their human rights record. — Read on www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2023/1/10/a-pivot-out-of-china-can-be-a-human-rights-reset-for-tech-giants 他们应该抵制政府任意限制言论自由的命令，并在供应链中实施劳动保护。 他们应该完全透明地了解如何与政府谈判市场准入和许可协议，并公开此类文件，以授权独立监督。 公司应该制定强有力的政策，说明在面临政府压力时如何履行其人权责任，并与民间社会进行公开磋商，以制定明确的基准和红线。 公司必须致力于独立的人权影响评估，这些评估应随着条件的变化进行修订，并公开提供。 这些公司的股东团体还应该向公司领导层强调遵守其人权责任的重要性。
Tightening its grip on Hong Kong, China is determined to make an example of the prodemocracy media tycoon. — Read on www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2023/01/jimmy-lai-chee-ying-hong-kong-prodemocracy-movement/672653/
Jimmy Lai, the billionaire Hong Kong media tycoon, has been sentenced to almost six years in prison for fraud. — Read on www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-63926374
对于习近平来说，这是2022年罕见的亮点，这是动荡的一年，其顶点是前所未有的街头抗议活动，随后他的零新冠病毒政策突然逆转，冠状病毒感染在世界上人口最多的国家肆虐。 It was a rare highlight for Xi in 2022, a tumultuous year capped by unprecedented street protests followed by the sudden reversal of his zero-COVID policy and coronavirus infections rampaging across the world’s most populous country. — Read on www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-solidified-grip-power-during-tumultuous-2022-2022-12-29/
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‘China’s zero-Covid policy has taken a heavy human and economic toll’ — Read on www.lemonde.fr/en/opinion/article/2022/12/09/china-s-zero-covid-policy-has-taken-a-heavy-human-and-economic-toll_6007118_23.html … Youth unemployment, millions of people on lockdown and falling growth: The pandemic has made the flaws of China’s autocracy clear, writes columnist Alain Frachon. … 青年失业、数百万人被封锁和增长下降: 专栏作家阿兰·弗拉洪（Alain Frachon）写道，这场大流行病让中国专制制度的缺陷变得十分明显。 https://www.voanews.com/a/what-is-china-s-zero-covid-policy-/6854291.html
