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Yao ethnic minority disaster victims demonstrate and are violently attacked by police
Because compensation funds were embezzled from the Caotan Village, Wujiang Township, Jianghua County, Yongzhou City, Hunan Province Centianhe Reservoir expansion project, a large number of villagers haven’t been relocated. On…
Police tear down Catholic prayer hall
On the afternoon of Friday, May 22, 2015, dozens of SWAT police entered Anzhuang Village, Humu Township, Xushui County, Baoding City, Hebei Province and forcibly demolished a Catholic prayer hall.…
Official leaps to his death
(BOXUN Translation) At 9 a.m. on Thursday, May 21, 2015, a mid-level official in the Weinan City, Chengcheng County Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) committed suicide by jumping from the fifth…
Student died soon after being detained by police
Boxun report: 20-year-old Zhu Ziheng of Hulu Pool Village, Changtan Township, Pingle County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province was enrolled in Guilin Mountains and Water Vocational School. On the afternoon of…
Boxun exclusive: Xi Jinping’s crackdown on “Western values”
(China Digital Times) Overseas political news website Boxun obtained a purported memo from a telephone conference of the National Security Commission describing official efforts toward a unified crackdown on politically-liberal thought and civil…
Ministry of Public Security will begin fighting online “political rumors”
Boxun report: China’s media industry has been notified that next Monday May 18, 2015 the Ministry of Public Security will begin fighting online “political rumors.” Targeted are four categories: 1.…
Rights activist Liu Jiacai sentenced for the crime of “inciting subversion of state power.”
On Monday May 11, 2015, human rights activist Liu Jiacai was sentenced to five years in prison for the crime of “inciting subversion of state power” by the Yichang City,…
Fake rice made of plastic reported to have reached shores of several countries in Asia
PUBLISHED ON MAY 19, 2015 Straight Times The sacred bowl of rice that used to save lives could now be harmful – and even deadly. — PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER…
Villager beaten and killed by Family Planning Bureau law enforcement official
(Monday May 11, 2015 Boxun report) On Friday May 8, 2015, at 10:40 a.m., Sheqi County, Nanyang City, Henan Province Family Planning Bureau official Liu Jun led 30-40 members of…
Villagers demonstrating to blockade construction of crematorium violently attacked by police
To protest government construction of a waste incinerator and crematorium, hundreds of villagers in Shanzipo Village, Hejiang Township, Huazhou City, Guangdong Province began protesting on Friday May 8, 2015. They…
Shen Liangqing detained for protesting female journalist Gao Yu’s imprisonment
Boxun’s correspondent has learned that, due to his initiation of a “One Person One Photograph Solidarity With Gao Yu” campaign, democratic activist Shen Liangqing of Hefei, Anhui Province was detained…
Police forcibly demolish homes, injuring and detaining many
On Wednesday May 6, 2015 in Delao Village, Dongjian Township, Zhenjiang Municipal Economic Development Zone, Guangdong Province, the government mobilized more than 200 police to enter the village, forcibly demolish…
