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Villagers protesting explosions for a quarry are beaten and arrested
Fulai, Dingfu Village, Gaoling Township, Du’an County, Guangxi Province: Villagers demonstrated on Jan. 14 and Jan. 15, 2015 against explosions on a mountain to create a stone quarry. Two were…
For supporting Occupy Central, activist Ye Xiaozheng arrested for “creating a public disturbance.”
Huizhou City, Guangdong Province: Democracy activist Ye Xiaozheng (whose netizen name is “Boat on a lake”) was arrested on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 for “creating a public disturbance.” His wife,…
Chongqing auxiliary police battle street vendors as hundreds watch
Shapingba District, Chongqing City, Sichuan Province: On Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, auxiliary police drove away street vendors. Vendors returned and obstructed the road in protest. Dozens of auxiliary police carrying…
Boxun warned of spying, hack attack against it
Boxun received an anonymous email from a sender called “Disrespected American” warning that someone was spying on people involved with Boxun and planning a cyber attack, as well. Entitled “Hack…
Former Afghanistan president Hamid Karzai secretly visits China
Boxun exclusive news: In December 2014, former Afghan President Hamid Karzai secretly visited China. Until now this has not been publicly reported. Karzai, in addition to visiting Beijing, went to…
30 mainlanders still detained, interrogated and abused for supporting Hong Kong’s Occupy protests
As of Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, 30 mainland activists still were detained for supporting Hong Kong’s Occupy Central movement. They include: Jiang Liuyong, Li Dongmei (female), Liu Huizhen (female), Han…
Tens of thousands of taxi drivers in multiple cities go on strike on the same day
On Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, 15,000 taxi drivers went on strike in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province. The cabs gathered in all city districts. Striking cab drivers said fees…
Lawyer for arrested IT activist denied access to client
On Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2015, attorney Xie Yanyi went to Beijing Number One Detention Center and demanded to see his client Xu Dong, criminally detained on suspicion of the crime…
Democracy activist Qin Yongmin is detained again, house raided
On Friday, Jan. 9, 2015, Qin Yongmin and Zhao Suli were detained by officers of Wuhan’s Qingshan District Xingouqiao police station. After 8 p.m. that evening, Qin was told that…
“Occupy” movement appears on the Mainland–Nanjing cab drivers go on strike and “occupy” streets
On Thursday January 8, 2015, more than 1,000 taxi cabs went on strike in Nanjing, the capital city of Jiangsu Province. The drivers independently gathered at the train station, airport…
Protesting villagers beaten, 38 injured
HGelong Village, Dawei Township, E’meishan City. Sichuan Province: Local government seized land for excavating a mine, but only arranged for 10 of the 28 village households to be relocated. This…
Villagers demonstrate and barricade government headquarters
Baisheng Village, Xiao’ao Township, Lianjiang County, Fuzhou City, Fujian Province: The village Communist Party secretary, village chief and other officials privately sold village land at an artificially low price to…
