The International Campaign for Tibet, a Washington, D.C.,-based group chaired by activist and actor Richard GereRichard Gere, said it plans to hold a rally along with a dozen other...
A Chinese court has jailed one of the government's most prominent critics for three and a half years on subversion charges, prompting an international outcry. The US immediately criticised the ruling and the European Union called for the release of...
Nepal needs to take stronger measures to prevent daily protests by Tibetan refugees in Kathmandu, China's ambassador to Nepal said in a statement Thursday. China wants Nepal to "safeguard the dignity of the law, and take severer measures to prevent...
Activist Hu Jia was on Thursday jailed for three years and six months for subversion, his lawyer said, amid what rights groups charge is a campaign by China to silence dissent before the Olympics. The United States and the European Union immediately..
News Source: International Business Times
| about 1 year ago
The region's hardline Communist Party leader also ordered harsh punishment for local party officials found lacking in their commitment to Beijing's official line, following the sometimes violent anti-government protests and the harsh crackdown that...
April 2 -- Protests by ethnic Uighurs broke out in a remote city of China 's far western Xinjiang region even as authorities were suppressing unrest in nearby Tibet and other Tibetan-inhabited areas, according to reports from the region Wednesday...
A Chinese court has jailed a prominent civil rights activist who dedicated himself to chronicling the plight of other dissidents, a move critics say was to muzzle dissent before the 2008 Olympic Games. Hu Jia, an outspoken campaigner, was sentenced...
News Source: United Press International
| about 1 year ago
April 3 (UPI) -- A Chinese court in Beijing Thursday imposed a 3 1/2-year jail sentenced on a 34-year-old human rights activist for alleged subversion. Hu Jia, who has drawn international attention for his writings on human rights abuses in China,...
A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced a prominent civil rights activist to three and a half years in prison, saying he instigated subversion partly by talking to foreign journalists, his lawyer said...Intermediate People’s Court also said Hu Jia,...
News Source: International Business Times
| about 1 year ago
Lawyer Li Fangping said that Hu Jia has 10 days to appeal the sentence, but that a decision on an appeal has not been made yet. Hu, 34, had pleaded not guilty on charges of "inciting subversion of state power" at his trial last month. Li said then...
IST(3/4/2008) China has appreciated India for urging the Dalai Lama not to engage in political activities that could hurt its ties with Beijing, as it briefed New Delhi on the Tibet situation for the second time in less than a week and sought its...
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