Friday, December 06, 2013

Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

Daughters of activists imprisoned in China call on White House for help
Associated Press and Fox News, December 5, 2013
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/12/06/daughters-activists-imprisoned-in-china-call-on-white-house-for-help/

新余三君子均遭刑讯逼供 律师发现重大程序违规 (Three defendants in Liu Ping’s case suffered torture and experienced serious procedural irregularities)
Radio Free Asia, December 5, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/sy-12052013095533.html

Related Tencent Weibo post:
RIGHTS律师团, December 6, 2013
杨学林:新余案庭审,全部结束,择日选判。 (Yang Xuelin: Xinyu trial concludes. Sentences to be announced later.)
http://t.qq.com/p/t/315798094103983

Chinese mourn Mandela; ask awkward questions about own dissidents
Reuters, December 5, 2013
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-mandela-china-20131205,0,7974656.story

Related:
北京悼念曼德拉 民众避提刘晓波 (Beijing citizens mourn Mandela, avoid mentioning jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo)
Voice of America, December 5, 2013
http://www.voachinese.com/content/mandela-condolence-20131206/1804925.html

China pays tribute to Mandela, an "old friend of the Chinese people"
South China Morning Post, December 6, 2013
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1374332/china-pays-tribute-mandela-old-friend-chinese-people

Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s liberator as prisoner and President, dies at 95
解放者曼德拉:从囚徒到总统
The New York Times, December 5, 2013
http://cn.nytimes.com/obits/20131206/c06mandela-obit/dual/

Related Tencent Weibo post:
温军, December 5, 2013
【中国怎么可能有曼德拉?】说曼德拉伟大,那是因为他在南非!他坐了27年牢,出狱后当选总统,还活了95岁的高龄。如果在中国,将可能面临老虎凳,咽阴毛,喷芥末油,缠铜丝(生殖器与脚趾)等酷刑,一个正常人怎么可能扛得过27年并保持精神正常?这些酷刑并非杜撰,参见腾讯。@袁裕来律师@何兵@徐昕
http://t.qq.com/p/t/336294064216181