Attorney for Jailed Chinese Activist Cites Obstruction
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BEIJING, Aug. 30 -- Defense attorneys for a blind rural activist sentenced to more than four years in prison said that they were prevented from meeting with their client privately on Wednesday and that authorities tried to stop them from preparing an appeal.
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China on Friday defended a decision last week to stop the wife of a blind, jailed activist going to the Philippines to pick up an award on his behalf, saying she was suspected of "criminal activities".
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Chinese authorities detained a prominent, U.S.-based Buddhist leader in connection with his plans to reopen an ancient temple complex in the Chinese province of Inner Mongolia last week and have forced dozens of his American followers to leave the region, local officials said Wednesday.
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The wife of a Chinese activist retried over public order offences is detained by police, lawyers say.
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A Communist Party whistle-blower who rose to brief fame in China by denouncing official corruption has been relieved of his duties and placed under a form of house arrest while authorities investigate his conduct, friends and neighbors said Thursday.
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Chinese police detain prominent rights activist and Aids campaigner Hu Jia, amid talk of a growing crackdown.
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A Chinese court on Friday rejected the appeal of a Chinese researcher for the New York Times and upheld a three-year prison sentence handed down for fraud, his lawyer said.
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A top Chinese official yesterday defended his government&#39;s decision to bar a Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmaker from entering the mainland, saying customs authorities acted legally.
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Members of U.S. Congress have urged  Chinese President Hu Jintao to parole a U.S.-based scholar  jailed for entering China illegally and accused of spying.
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Lawyers today tried to block moves to unveil more of the supposed financial backers of the alleged coup attempt in Equatorial Guinea.
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A Russian physicist convicted of spying for China was given a 14-year prison sentence Wednesday in a trial that rights advocates denounced as part of a campaign of intimidation against scholars by Russia's resurgent KGB successor agency.
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A small but growing band of Chinese lawyers is pushing for reform in the country's courts. The political hurdles are huge, but their case is being heard
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By ALEXA OLESEN  BEIJING - A U.S. women's advocacy group said Tuesday it hopes that an apparent travel ban against a prominent Chinese AIDS activist can be lifted so she can be honored at a ceremony in Washington next month.  Dr.
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HONG KONG - The relatives and political colleagues of a Hong Kong democracy activist jailed in China for soliciting a prostitute yesterday called on the Chinese authorities to release him on medical grounds, a colleague said.
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HONG KONG An already heated legislative election campaign here took an unexpected turn Tuesday with an announcement by the Democratic Party that one of its candidates has been arrested in mainland China and sentenced without trial to six months in ...
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Lawyers are trying to secure access to Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai after authorities defied a judge&#39;s order to either bring him to court or to set him free on Tuesday.
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BEIJING -- The wife of a blind, imprisoned legal activist was detained at the Beijing airport yesterday after authorities prevented her from flying to the Philippines to receive an award on behalf of her husband, whose case has sparked international outrage and condemnation.