March 2011

China's Gradual Revolution

Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:00

ABOUT a week after Egyptian protesters forced out President Hosni Mubarak, anonymous calls demanding a similar revolution in China appeared on Web sites hosted outside of China. The unnamed activists asked people to gather every Sunday at designated spots in 13 Chinese cities.

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People in China arrested for owning DVD of Australian doco

Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:00

The Uyghur American Association has reported that five Uyghur people were detained in the East Turkestan capital of Urumchi in late February, including a man detained on charges of “illegal possession of a counterrevolutionary propaganda DVD”, the Australian documentary The Ten Conditions of Love.

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Ruling out "Jasmine" unrest, Chinese Premier calls for "gradual" reforms

Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:00

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday China would pursue political reforms only in a “gradual” manner and within the umbrella of one-party rule, even as he ruled out the likelihood of the recent West Asian uprisings having any impact on China.

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China arrests more activists for urging protests

Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:00

Police in China have arrested and charged more activists with subversion, rights groups say, as online calls Sunday urged Chinese to join anti-government rallies for the fourth week running.

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China's Mideast Headache

Tue, 03/15/2011 - 12:00

Saudi Arabian police fired live ammunition in the air last week to disperse Shiite Muslim protesters in the kingdom's eastern province. That will sound alarm bells in China and much of Asia.

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East Turkestan: MEPs Urge China to Stop the Destruction of Cultural Heritage

Mon, 03/14/2011 - 12:00

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Thursday [March 10, 2011] called on the Chinese government to stop the destruction of cultural heritage in the ancient city and to protect the cultural identity of the Uyghurs.

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World-Renowned Tiananmen Square Dissident at Geneva Summit

Mon, 03/14/2011 - 12:00

Yang Jianli, the world-renowned Chinese dissident and survivor of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, will join other former prisoners of conscience tomorrow for the third annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.

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European Parliament resolution on the situation and cultural heritage in Kashgar

Fri, 03/11/2011 - 11:00

European Parliament resolution on the situation and cultural heritage in Kashgar (Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, China)

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MEPs urge China to stop the destruction of cultural heritage

Fri, 03/11/2011 - 11:00

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) on Thursday called on the Chinese government to stop the destruction of cultural heritage in the ancient city and to protect the cultural identity of the Uyghurs.

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Uighur website editor sentenced in secret in China

Fri, 03/11/2011 - 11:00

The secret sentencing of a Uighur website editor emerged this week, eight months after he was tried along with other journalists and dissidents charged in the 2009 unrest in northwestern Xinjiang, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. 

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