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Xinjiang Yarkand Massacre: Ramadan prayers trigger soldiers and police to kill thousands
On August 2 Boxun reported on a massacre in Xinjiang’s Sige Village in Shache (aka Yarkand) County. The government acknowledged that a serious incident had taken place, but didn’t give details. A…
China Shuts Down Beijing Independent Film Festival
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities on Saturday blocked an annual independent film festival from opening, seized documents and films from its organizers’ office and hauled away two event officials. The…
5000 Striking Workers in Zhongshan City Clash with Police
In Xiaolan Township, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, on Monday August 18, 5000 workers of the Huiya Group Printed Circuit Board Corporation began striking in protest when their wages were reduced.…
The Harsh Treatment of Uighur Peasants in Xinjiang
by Yilixiati http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/pubvp/2014/08/201408160558.shtml In the Uighur countryside of Xinjiang, every ten families are divided into work units. The Communist Party then selects a group head for each of these units.…
China Releases Man Who Wrote for Foreign News Site
(AP) A Chinese man detained more than three months ago on charges of fabricating stories that disparaged the Chinese government was released on parole on Tuesday, authorities said, in a…
Citizens protest police beating of senior citizen
On Monday August 18 at 4 p.m., in Xiyuan Neighborhood, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, the city administrative police (chengguan) saw someone selling grapes on the street. They destroyed the peddler’s…
China releases contrite blogger early
BEIJING (AFP) – A Chinese blogger who made a grovelling apology on state television after being detained for “publishing false stories” has been released from custody, police said Tuesday, citing…
13-year-old girl threw 3-year-old into a sewage pit, killing her
Fearing punishment after accidentally injuring a 3-year-old girl, a teenaged neighbor threw the child into a sewage pit, killing her. In Sichuan Province, Zigong Municipality, Fushun County on the evening…
SWAT battles villagers defending a school in Fujian
The head of Unity Village in Xiazhai Township, Zhangzhou Municipality, Fujian Province, sold its elementary school to a buyer who wanted to demolish it. The villagers didn’t agree to this.…
Rich businessman pays ¥3.86 million yuan to a drowned woman’s family and receives a light sentence
He Moufeng, 35, a real estate boss in Foshan City, Guangdong Province, was just fooling around when he grabbed a woman while swimming and held her underwater. Although she drowned,…
Investigative reporter freed on bail after a year in pre-trial detention
Liu Hu still faces trial on a defamation charge for drawing attention to corruption, but his release confirms the weakness of the prosecution’s case. Reporters Without Borders welcomed newspaper reporter Liu’s…
Police threaten to put daughter of imprisoned activist into jail cell with male inmates
Liao Minyue, the daughter of activist Liu Ping, who was sentenced last week, was threatened with jail. Police told her father that a cell full of male inmates was ready…
