March 2009

China: New Restrictions Target Media

Wed, 03/18/2009 - 12:00

New Chinese government restrictions on news assistants of foreign correspondents and the creation of a Chinese journalist “blacklist” are major setbacks for media freedom in China, Human Rights Watch said today.

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Some Guantanamo prisoners could be released in U.S.

Wed, 03/18/2009 - 12:00

Some of the Guantanamo Bay prisoners could be released into the United States while others could be put on trial in the American court system, Attorney General Eric Holder said on Wednesday.

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Munich wants Chinese Gitmo detainees

Tue, 03/17/2009 - 12:00

The German city of Munich, best known for Bayern Munich, lederhosen and the Oktoberfest beer festival, is also home to the world's largest community of Uighurs, an ethnic minority from China's extreme west.

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China jails two Uighurs over protests, exile group says

Tue, 03/17/2009 - 12:00

China sentenced two members of its Uighur minority to long prison terms after convicting them of staging protests in the far western city of Khotan, a US-based Uighur support group reported on Tuesday.

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Obama Should Be Gutsier on Guantanamo

Tue, 03/17/2009 - 12:00

The time has come for President Obama to be truly gutsy. A high-level delegation from the European Union met today with members of the Obama administration to discuss the future shuttering of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility.

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China jails 2 ethnic minorities for protests

Tue, 03/17/2009 - 12:00

Authorities in China's far west Muslim minority region have sentenced a man to 15 years in jail for organizing nonviolent rallies and another to eight years imprisonment for raising a separatist flag, an overseas advocacy group said Tuesday.

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ChinaAid Receives Letter from Wife of Christian Prisoner Alimujiang Yimiti

Tue, 03/17/2009 - 12:00

According to an inside source, the case of Alimujiang Yimiti, a Uyghur Christian whom authorities have held in detention since January 12, 2008 for preaching Christianity, has been sent to  a Communist Party committee at the highest government level in Xinjiang Uyghur Antonymous Region.

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Uighurs: China 's forgotten Muslims

Mon, 03/16/2009 - 12:00

You have just three days to see iconic photographs of the Uighur people who are being systematically destroyed by the Chinese authorities.

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50 Million Reasons to Celebrate

Mon, 03/16/2009 - 12:00

People who hail from countries run by totalitarian regimes, Falun Gong practitioners, and their supporters gathered on Parliament Hill Saturday to recognize the 50 million mainland Chinese who have publicly withdrawn from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).

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For Bribing Officials, Chinese Give the Best

Mon, 03/16/2009 - 12:00

Last week, a finely dressed Chinese man walked into Louis Vuitton’s flagship store here, seeking the perfect gift for that special someone: a senior government official.

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