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Police roust activist’s husband for 2 a.m. beating
Boxun has learned that on Monday,Nov. 10, 2014—during the APEC summit in Beijing—Dong Jiqin, the husband of human rights defense lawyer Ni Yulan, was beaten by Beijing Xinjiekou subdistrict police.…
Truck drivers strike, block road for more than 10 hours
Yantian Port, Shenzhen: On the afternoon of Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, traffic police on Pearl Avenue began fining truck drivers for illegal parking. This made drivers angry. Authorities in Yantian…
Guangzhou’s New NGO Rules Lack Controversial Measures Found in Draft
Gone is a stipulation that said organizations whose main sources of funding were overseas will be banned By staff reporter Wang Jing NGO’s Urge Gov’t to Help Disabled Migrant Children…
Apartment owners, residents protest garbage-plant odors
Pingshan New District, Huizhou City, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province: Hundreds of people from the Longguang residential area demonstrated on Sunday, November 2, 2014, against terrible odors from a garbage processing plant.…
Developer hires hundreds of gang members to beat villagers
Hebei Village, Leizhou City, Guangdong Province: A real estate developer who wanted to seize land hired 800 members of the “Big Ears Five” triad to clear villagers off of it.…
Three thousand Shanghai residents protest polluting battery factory
Nicheng Township, Pudong New District, Shanghai: On the evening of Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, about 3000 people gathered in Nicheng holding banners saying, “I love Lin Harbor,” “Oppose pollution,” and…
Two high-ranking Liaoning Province officials found dead on two consecutive days
Chinese media report that on the early morning of Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, Liaoning Province Higher People’s Court Deputy Chief Xu Ansheng died while away on official business in Anshan.…
Police attack village at 3 a.m., arrest 73 for protesting
Boyao Village, Ertang Township, Wuxuan County, Laibing City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region: After years of protests by villagers against land seizures for a state-owned enterprise, 500 police officers in a…
Peasants demanding compensation beaten by riot police
In Lingshi County, Puzhong City, Shanxi Province, contractor Malu Group owes its workers more than a month’s salary. The workers went to the county government several times to demand payment…
Six months after Kunming terror attack and the city is still like a war zone
On the evening of March 1, 2014, a shocking stabbing attack took place at Kunming Railway Station. Several Xinjiang-born youths attacked innocent people, killing and injuring more than 100. A Boxun…
Beijing Civil Rights Defender Zhou Li Arrested
Boxun has learned that Beijing civil rights defender Zhou Li has been arrested. She is being held in Beijing’s Western District Detention Center. On Saturday,Oct. 18, 2014 at 9 a.m.…
Guangzhou City business owners close stores to protest rent and “admission fees”
Lychee District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province: On Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, hundreds of business owners at the Fragrant Tea Leaf City market closed their stores in a boycott to protest…
