A Chinese dissident arrested 12 months ago after publishing an appeal for multi-party democracy in China has been indicted on charges of incitement to subvert state power. Liu Xiaobo, a 53-year-old former literature professor, faces up to 15 years in jail if he is found guilty. Liu was arrested after he co-authored Charter 08, an [...]
Hong Kong residents marched the streets on Wednesday on the 12th anniversary of the handover of the territory to China. Demonstrators protested issues ranging from democratic elections to the performance of Chief Executive Donald Tsang to bank governance, with police estimates putting the crowd at 26,000. Organizers said the figure was 76,000, and that turnout [...]
Writers and intellectuals in China are calling upon Beijing to release Liu Xiaobo, a civil rights activist who was detained after writing a document calling for civil and political reforms. Liu was one of 300 people to sign the “Charter ’08″ petition, which called for a new constitution, free elections, freedom of speech and an [...]
Despite promises to expand press freedom in exchange for hosting the Olympics, China has resumed blocking certain foreign Chinese-language news web sites. The Chinese websites of Voice of America, BBC, and Hong Kong-based Ming Pao and Asiaweek have been inaccessible from the mainland China since early December, according to Reporters Without Borders, a press rights [...]
