Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Human Rights Defenders

中国维权法律学者许志永被刑事拘留 (Chinese rights defender and legal scholar Xu Zhiyong criminally detained)
British Broadcasting Corporation, July 17, 2013
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/china/2013/07/130716_china_xuzhiyong_arrested.shtm

Related:
Xu Zhiyong, advocate of disclosure of official assets, criminally detained
许志永被刑事拘留
Human Rights in China, July 16, 2013
EN: http://www.hrichina.org/content/6822
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/cn/content/6824

China moves to try graft activists in coordinated crackdown
维权人士被诉,权力不愿暴露在阳光下
Reuters, July 16, 2013
EN: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/07/16/uk-china-corruption-idUKBRE96F0AM20130716
CH: http://bit.ly/1armNZG

國保阻就醫 胡佳持刀「維權」(Hu Jia defends himself with knife after being blocked by police on his way to hospital)
Ming Pao, July 17, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130717/cac1.htm

偷渡回國探親 博訊記者遭遣返 (Boxun reporter in New Zealand repatriated after being smuggled into China to visit family, visa application previously rejected 18 times)
Ming Pao, July 17, 2013
http://news.mingpao.com/20130717/caf1.htm