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Facebook deletes article about self-immolation of Tibetan monk
Tsering Woeser (Woeser@degewa) revealed on Twitter that Facebook deleted her article about a 37-year-old Buddhist monk at the Nyitso Monastery in China who set himself on fire Tuesday, Dec.23, 2014,…
Rights activists sentenced for “creating a disturbance” with Tiananmen commemoration
On Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014, Beijing Haidian District People’s Court convicted rights activists Zhao Zhenjia, Cheng Yulan and Zhang Fuying on the criminal charge of creating a disturbance. Each of…
Middle school surrounded by polluting factories
Southern Metropolitan Daily newspaper: Because of frequent noxious odors, a physical education teacher at Yan Letian Memorial Middle School, Guangzhou must first determine the wind direction before deciding where to…
Microblog posts lead to subversion charges for Pu Zhiqiang
The lawyer representing jailed human rights attorney Pu Zhiqiang got a copy of the prosecutor’s complaint against Pu and has shared it with Boxun. Pu Zhiqiang is suspected of creating…
Boxun article used as evidence to convict democracy activist Zhao Fengsheng
On November 28, 2014, democracy activist Zhao Fengsheng from Hengyang City, Hunan Province was sentenced by the Hengyang Intermediate People’s Court to four years in prison for the crime of…
Tiananmen Massacre revelation: Corpses secretly removed through sewers
Lu Shishen is an old netizen friend of Boxun whose word we consider reliable. He recently contacted us with the account of an anonymous soldier who participated in the 1989…
Chinese Communist Party officials’ hobby?Having sex with underage girls
In China, when Communist Party members and officials have sex with underage girls, there is often a financial transaction. Under Chinese law, it’s treated as prostitution and the punishment is…
Policemen poison themselves to protest corruption
Beijing: On Thursday, Dec. 4, 2014 at about 10 a.m., seven police officers from Harbin City in Heilongjiang Province – Zhang Yajie, Liang Dacheng, Yu Lisheng, Wang Bingsheng, Sun Hongli,…
Sentenced to death for defending his home
Weifang City, Shangdong Province: The Intermediate People’s Court on July 28, 2014 issued a death sentence for a man named Ding Hanzhong. On Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2013, more than 20…
Zhao Fengsheng sentenced to four years imprisonment
Hengyang City, Hunan Province: Zhao Fengsheng, who has tried to organize farmers and aid migrant workers, has been sentenced to four years imprisonment for “inciting subversion of the state.” Boxun’s…
Railroad bureaucrat has sex with a 12-year-old girl
(China Youth Net) In a hotel on Xinggong North Road, Tiexi District, Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, Shenyang Railway Bureau Deputy Planning Section Chief Yang X had sex with a 12-year-old…
Activist Zhao Fengsheng to be sentenced on Friday November 28
Democracy activist Zhao Fengsheng of Hunan will be sentenced on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014 for “inciting subversion of state power.” His attorney, Chen Xuan, sent a message saying: “I’m unable…
