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Elevator closed, senior citizens have to walk up 24 floors, risking life and limb

Elevator closed, senior citizens have to walk up 24 floors, risking life and limb

At approximately 7 p.m. on Wednesday September 23, 2014, in front of the Nankai District, Tianjin city government headquarters 50-60 people gathered, including senior citizens, women holding infants and young…

Villagers violently repressed by 200 police

Villagers violently repressed by 200 police

In Qiaogou village, Qiaogou township, Yan’an city, Sha’anxi province, an official privately sold land and corruptly kept the proceeds. The villagers protested this and were violently repressed. On Wednesday September…

Sui Shuangsheng charged and arrested by local police of crime of planting explosive

Sui Shuangsheng charged and arrested by local police of crime of planting explosive

At 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday September 24, 2014, Qingdao rights activist Sui Shuangsheng and his ex-wife Wang Chuanying were arrested. Late in the night of September 24 a Boxun reporter…

Demolition team kills a villager

Demolition team kills a villager

In Yangzhou City, Jiangsu Province, a villager was killed by a police forced demolition team. A netizen reported that on the evening of Monday September 22, 2014 more than 30…

More than 1,000 investors demonstrate in four cities in Hebei Province

More than 1,000 investors demonstrate in four cities in Hebei Province

Hebei Province Good Gold Group was closed by the government on suspicion of taking illegal investments. This influences tens of thousands of investors. The amount involved is more than Y3…

Police beat and injure many members of a funeral procession

Police beat and injure many members of a funeral procession

In Luliang County, Qujing City, Yunnan Province a funeral procession was disrupted and attacked by police, injuring many. On Monday September 22, 2014 in Luliang County, Yunnan Province after a…

Activists Protest at Climate Summit, Demand Chinese Communist Party Release Political Prisoner Wang Bingzhang

Activists Protest at Climate Summit, Demand Chinese Communist Party Release Political Prisoner Wang Bingzhang

On Tuesday September 23, 2014 the United Nations Climate Summit was held in New York. State Council Vice-Premier Zhang Gaoli represented the PRC. Wang Bingzhang’s family members and the standing…

CHINA : Blogger sentenced to life in prison

Reporters Without Borders is shocked by a life sentence imposed 23 September on blogger and freedom of information advocate Ilham Tohti A professor of economics at the Central University for…

Villagers attack government headquarters, after violent repression hundreds arrested

Villagers attack government headquarters, after violent repression hundreds arrested

In Dayuan Village, Xingping Township, Yangshuo County, Guilin City, Guangxi Province the villagers have this month twice sharply clashed with the government over a water source pipe that was damaged…

CHINA : Repeated cyber-attacks on leading human rights website

Cyber-dissident Huang Qi’s site has been repeatedly blocked by DDoS attacks since 16 September Reporters Without Borders condemns the cyber-attacks on China’s leading human rights information website 64 Tianwang that have repeatedly…

Shanghai netizen Li Xuezheng is arrested for distributing t-shirts supporting Zhao Fengsheng

Shanghai netizen Li Xuezheng is arrested for distributing t-shirts supporting Zhao Fengsheng

Boxun has learned that at 4 p.m. on September 13, 2014, Shanghai netizen Li Xuezheng went to Shanghai’s People’s Square and distributed t-shirts supporting Zhao Fengsheng. He was for this…

Thousands of citizens protest construction of waste disposal plant in Boluo County, Guangdong Province

Thousands of citizens protest construction of waste disposal plant in Boluo County, Guangdong Province

In Boluo County, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province last Saturday 10,000 people marched. This Saturday September 20, 2014 city residents again demonstrated. Thousands of citizens gathered early in the city center…