Wednesday, May 30, 2018

Government Accountability (政府问责)

Rights groups: China continues purge of rights lawyers
人权组织:中国继续整肃维权律师
Voice of America, May 29, 2018
EN: https://www.voanews.com/a/china-continues-purge-of-rights-lawyers-rights-groups/4414534.html
CH: https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-lawyer-20180529/4415664.html

German Chancellor Angela Merkel met wives of jailed lawyers during China visit
Agence France-Presse, May 28, 2018
http://www.scmp.com/news/china/policies-politics/article/2148156/german-chancellor-angela-merkel-met-wives-jailed

Related:
德国总理默克尔访华前 刘霞命运再受关注 (Attention on fate of Liu Xia in lead up to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s China visit)
Radio Free Asia, May 22, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-05222018101757.html

人权组织敦促德国外长关注刘霞命运 (Human rights organization urges German Chancellor to bring attention to Liu Xia)
Deutsche Welle, May 30, 2018
http://p.dw.com/p/2ycOj

Religious repression ramps up in China, Myanmar: Report
Radio Free Asia, May 29, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/religious-05292018165236.html

Elderly Uyghur woman dies in detention in Xinjiang “political re-education camp”
Radio Free Asia, May 24, 2018
https://www.rfa.org/english/news/uyghur/woman-05242018164854.html