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Reporters Without Borders Releases 2014 Press Freedom Index
The 2014 Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index spotlights major declines in media freedom in such varied countries as the United States, Central African Republic and Guatemala and, on…
RWB Remains Silent Regarding the Xu Zhiyong Trial Farce
Reporters Without Borders is appalled by the uncommunicative attitude of the Chinese authorities, who have refused to let journalists cover the trial of a human rights campaigner that has been…
Hundreds of Africans Detained in Guangzhou, China
Boxun reports: In the detention center YueXiu, in Guangzhou, about 70 African black people are detained for an unkown period. They are held because they stayed in China after their visas expired.…
Thailand Protests: Blocking Bangkok
On Jan 13, the protesters launched a compaign to block the key roads to Bangkok. A Boxun reporter sent this video and some pictures.…
Policeman Promoted After Killing a Villager
This video is from Guilin, China. On June 1st, 2012, police and other “law enforcement” joined the forces of a developer to destroy a brick factory. The police attacked the…
Don’t Forget Liu Xiaobo, Held for the Past Five Years
Four years ago today, a Beijing court sentenced the leading Chinese free speech advocate Liu Xiaobo, winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, to 11 years in prison on charges of subverting state authority.…
Exclusive Photo: Sun Lin Attended His Father’s Funeral Handcuffed
Sun Lin was arrested in May 2007 and sentenced to four years in prison because of his reporting activities for Boxun. Sun Lin’s father passed away on April 28, 2010,…
Villager Arrested Because He Argued With the Police
On December 3, when Mo Fuxi, a villager, argued with the police over illegal constructions on disputed land, he was immediately arrested. The whole happening was recorded on video. Afterwards,…
Oil Monopoly is the Most Important Cause That Leads to Recurring Smog in Chinese Cities
Sources say that even though Chinese cars manufacturers respect the highest standards, comparing to those of Europe, USA and Japan, unfortunately the gas has the lowest refining standard. The three…
Haze Covers China Almost Entirely
On December 20, 2013, serious haze covers almost all of China, from the east coast Shanghai to Tibet. In Shanghai, the PM2.5 reaches 600. Boxun commented in the Chinese news…
Xi Jinping Intervened Personally for Visas to Be Issued to Foreign Reporters
Sources from Beijng told Boxun that recently certain members of the propaganda and foreign affairs press control followed the old bureaucratic route of not approving reporters’ visas . It was…
Jiangsu Party secretary Luo Zhijun is implicated in Zhou Yongkang case.
Boxun News: Jiangsu Party secretary Luo Zhijun is implicated in Zhou Yongkang case. He and Nanjing party secretary Yang Weize (former Wuxi party secretary) transferred massive profits to Zhou Yongkang’s brothers and…
