Tag: civil liberties
June Fourth Survivor Li Shuangde Recounts Being Wounded and Rescued by Beijing Residents
June 4, 2026, marked the 37th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Incident. Around this anniversary...
Hong Kong Journalist Ronson Chan Jailed for Five Days for Obstructing a Plainclothes Officer in 2022
Former HKJA chairman Ronson Chan was convicted on May 29 in an old case involving him obstructing a plainclothes...
Hong Kong Woman Charged 6 Years After 2019 Protest as National Security Cases Expand
A 21-year-old woman who returned to Hong Kong from Australia has been charged by authorities over allegations...
Taiwan Promotes ‘2P1R’ Strategy to Strengthen Democratic Defenses Against Transnational Repression
Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs recently held its first “International Symposium on Countering Transnational...
Beijing Bans Drone Sales and Flights as DJI Pulls All Products From Capital Stores
Beijing's new drone rules, published by CCP state authorities and set to take effect May 1, designate...
A Witness’s Account of Hong Kong’s Rise and Fall
As U.S. President Donald Trump prepares to visit China, the U.S.–China summit has become a focal point...
Falun Gong Marks 27 Years Since April 25 Appeal With Toronto Rally Against Persecution
On April 25, 1999, over ten thousand Falun Gong practitioners in China went to the State Council Petition...
Hong Kong Sends Uncharged Protesters to Mainland China Under ‘Rehabilitation’ Program, Critics Cite Coercion
When Hong Kong police cracked down on the 2019 protests against a proposed extradition law, which would...
One Hundred Million Against the Current: Law, Power, and Survival in Communist China
Two paradoxes lie at the heart of life under communist rule in China, absurdities so ingrained that many...
Hong Kong Journalists Association Raises Alarm Over Alleged Surveillance and Harassment of Reporters
According to Radio France Internationale, several journalists from Independent Media have submitted a...
Zhao Yuhong: From Bank Whistleblower to Exile in Canada
In Vancouver, Zhao Yuhong, now in her sixties, lives a quiet life with her daughter, Gan Luping. The...
Hong Kong Rated ‘Partly Free’ in Freedom in the World Report with Political Rights Score of 0
On March 19, the U.S.-based human rights think tank Freedom House released its Freedom in the World report...