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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:...

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Xie 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...

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Employees 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...

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Theatrical 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...

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Jiang 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...

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Weibo 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."...

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Taiwanese 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...

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Jiang 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,"...

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Tibetan 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...

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Minitrue: 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....

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Citizen 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...

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How 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...

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Michael 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...

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Christmas 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...

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Senior 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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