Sun Zhengcai, Once Seen as Future Leader, Stands Trial
Former Politburo member Sun Zhengcai stood trial for bribery in Tianjin on Thursday, the biggest "tiger" in years to fall in top leader Xi Jinping’s signature anti-corruption campaign. From Xinhua:...
View ArticleXie Yang Pleads Guilty to Inciting Subversion
Rights lawyer Xie Yang stood trial in Changsha on Monday, nearly two years after his detention in the 2015 Black Friday or 709 crackdown. Xie’s claims that he was tortured during the investigation...
View ArticleEmployees of Guo Wengui Confess to Fraud in Trial
Guo Wengui, the exiled Chinese billionaire with known ties to the Ministry of State Security, has for months been levying allegations of corruption at Chinese media professionals, businessman, and...
View ArticleTheatrical Activist ‘Butcher’ Wu Gan Tried for Subversion
Activist Wu Gan, also known as Super Vulgar Butcher, stood trial for subversion in Tianjin on Monday. Wu was detained and pilloried in state media in May 2015 in a precursor to that July’s "Black...
View ArticleJiang Tianyong Tried in “Choreographed” Warning
Activist and former rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong was tried for inciting subversion in Changsha on Tuesday, pleading guilty under what supporters suspect was heavy coercion. Jiang disappeared last...
View ArticleWeibo Comments Provide Chorus For Show Trial
When rights activist and former lawyer Jiang Tianyong stood trial for inciting subversion last week, his U.S.-based wife Jin Bianling described the proceedings as following a "choreographed script."...
View ArticleTaiwanese Activist Stands Trial in “Stage Drama”
Taiwanese activist and NGO worker Lee Ming-che was tried for subversion on Monday, five and a half months after he disappeared while entering China via Macau. Following a pattern seen in some other...
View ArticleJiang Tianyong and the Hunt for Hostile Foreign Forces
Two weeks ago, rights activist and former lawyer Jiang Tianyong was sentenced to two years in prison for inciting subversion. This followed a trial which supporters dismissed as "choreographed,"...
View ArticleTibetan Activist Tried For “Inciting Separatism”
Tibetan entrepreneur and language education advocate Tashi Wangchuk was detained in January 2016 shortly after appearing in a New York Times documentary story about his fight to preserve the Tibetan...
View ArticleMinitrue: No Unapproved Coverage of Huang Qi Trial
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source....
View ArticleCitizen Journalist Zhang Zhan Is Jailed for COVID Reporting
Zhang Zhan, lawyer-turned-citizen journalist who documented the lockdown of Wuhan at the start of the COVID-19 epidemic, has been jailed for four years for her reporting. She was the fourth citizen...
View ArticleHow Hong Kong’s First National Security Cases Have Changed Its Courts
Since the Hong Kong National Security Law (NSL) was enacted a little over seven months ago, 97 people have been arrested under the law, and eight have been charged. For Hong Kong’s judiciary, the...
View ArticleMichael Kovrig Tried in Beijing, No Verdict Announced
Canadian Michael Kovrig was brought to trial in Beijing Monday on espionage charges after being held since December 2018. Michael Spavor, another Canadian who was detained at the same time, was tried...
View ArticleChristmas as Usual: CCP Detains Human Rights Defenders
While many look forward to relaxing during the December holiday season, the CCP typically leverages foreign distraction during this period to crack down on Chinese human rights defenders. Among those...
View ArticleSenior British Judges Resign from Hong Kong’s Highest Court, Citing Erosion...
On Wednesday, the two most senior judges of the UK Supreme Court resigned from their overseas positions on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal, the city’s highest court. The two judges’ resignations...
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