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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Thursday called on Chinese authorities to immediately release veteran journalist Dong Yuyu after the Beijing High Court upheld his seven-year prison sentence for espionage. The CPJ said the court affirmed the conviction without providing reasons, and that the appeal decision is final under China’s system. “Speaking with diplomats [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday warned that recent legislation in China may lead to escalated repression of ethnic minorities and extend “ideological control” beyond the country’s borders. The new legislation prioritizes Mandarin Chinese dominance across all regions of the People’s Republic. Article 15(3) of the law requires that minority language documents be accompanied by [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Monday said reports that citizen journalist and former lawyer Zhang Zhan has been handed a second four-year prison term on the charge of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” are “deeply disturbing,” calling for her immediate and unconditional release. “This is the second time [...]

Streets were silenced, businesses shuttered, and daily life reduced to hurried, masked visits to the grocery store. Such scenes seemed unthinkable, yet they became a reality as governments worldwide scrambled to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. While Western democratic leaders at first placed faith in isolating known infections, many ultimately followed in the [...]

China labor activist Wang Jianbing was released from prison on Tuesday after serving a three-and-a-half-year sentence. Wang was convicted in 2021 after being found guilty of “inciting subversion of state power,” which is an offense under Article 105 paragraph 2 of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China. Wang was arrested and tried [...]

The son of Chinese journalist Dong Yuyu jailed for espionage called for his father’s release on Monday at a National Press Club event where he denounced his father’s conviction as the Chinese government’s crackdown on press freedom. Dong Yuyu’s son, Dong Yifu, has called on Japanese authorities in Washington to assist, emphasizing that his father [...]

The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) on Friday called for further expansion of its nationwide protests against recent amendments to the Pre­vention of Electronic Crimes Act 2016 (PECA). The group organized the protest against the PECA amendment on January 27. Video footage on X (formerly Twitter) showed Pakistani journalists protesting by chaining themselves in [...]

The Communist Party of China (CPC) expelled two of its former defense ministers had been expelled from the party Thursday, citing the reasoning of “serious violation of Party’s discipline and the law,” according to government news agency Xinhua. The ministers in question are Li Shangfu and Wei Fengh.  Li Shangfu was first removed from the [...]

Tang Renjian, China’s Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, is under investigation for violations of discipline and law, the country’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) announced on Saturday. He is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation. This statement does not provide any additional [...]

The Hong Kong government announced Wednesday that it concluded the four-week public consultation period for a new local security law under Article 23 of the Basic Law, which is Hong Kong’s mini-constitution. Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee previously stated on January 30 that the proposed legislation aims to safeguard national security while respecting human [...]