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EU urged to sanction CCTV for broadcasting journalist’s forced confession
Police cite Xiang Nanfu’s “confession” as a reason for freeing him on parole While welcoming freelance journalist Xiang Nanfu’s release, announced yesterday, Reporters Without Borders calls on the European Council to…
Shooting in Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefrecture: 11 Dead, 3 Missing
Radio Free Asia reported that in a township in Shiqu County in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, in August more than 100 Tibetans demanded the release of detained 45-year-old village…
Boxun Reporter Xiang Nanfu Released on Bail
62-year-old Xiang Nanfu is to be released from jail. He was arrested in early May for the crime of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles.” Moreover he was charged with the…
Police attack demonstrators protesting forced requisition of Catholic church property
On Friday August 15, in Inner Mongolia’s Chifeng Municipality, Linxi County, Dayingzi Village hundreds of people demonstrated in front of the county government headquarters, protesting the forced requisition of a…
Churches demolished, crosses removed
The large-scale removal of crosses on Christian churches in China’s Zhejiang Province has intensified. Last month Chinese Christians resisted two church demolitions that resulted in bloody clashes at Jiu’en Church…
County Chief Fired Five Shots to Frighten the Muslim Villagers
On Wednesday August 13 in Qinghai Province, Haidong Municipality, Hualong Hui Muslim Autonomous County, Bayan Township, Racecourse Mountain Village, village officials secretly sold the mountain. The government sent a large…
Police beat and arrest property owners protesting hike in parking fees
Hundreds of property owners in Kunshan City, Jiangsu Province blocked traffic; police responded with force On the evening of August 12, 2014, hundreds of property owners at Crystal Blue Uptown…
Coal mine boss used thugs to spray poisonous gas on villagers
Leiyang, Hunan Province: At about 3 p.m. on the afternoon of June 10, villagers in Zhouli Village in Leiyang City, Hunan Province were sprayed with poisonous gas when villagers tried to…
“Digital Brother” Liu Rongdong, a Huizhou netizen，sentenced
On August 11, “Digital Brother” Liu Rongdong was given a three year-sentence with a five-year suspension by Boluo County Court, Huizhou City, Guangdong Province, for the “crime of provocation and…
Petitioners Gather in Beijing to Demand Release of Boxun Reporter Xiang Nanfu Without Charge
(Initially released on 8/13/2014, Beijing Time) On August 12, 2014, petitioners in Beijing gathered to voice their support of Xiang Nanfu, a Boxun reporter arrested by the Beijing Public Security…
Explosion in GM Factory killed over 65
An explosion in Kunshan City has killed more than 65 people, and the death toll may exceed 100. The factory is owned by Taiwanese, but contracted by GM for its…
More churches demolished in Zhejiang Province
More churches in Zhejiang Province were demolished in the last few days. Thousands of Christians tried to defend the buildings, but they could not stop the police; hundreds were beaten or…
