U.S. calls arrest of Chinese activist "disturbing"
635942
The United States said on Monday the  arrest in China of prominent AIDS activist and human rights  campaigner Hu Jia was "disturbing" and Washington had raised  his case with the authorities in Beijing.
696920
Dozens of people have been detained or placed under house arrest, as the trial of a high-profile Beijing activist opens in a local court, said some of the detainees.
456212
A man arrested in front of U.N.  headquarters after slashing at his throat with a knife and  screaming in Chinese was trying to kill himself and would not  be charged with a crime, New York police said on Sunday.
655243
BEIJING -- A Chinese researcher for The New York Times has been arrested on suspicion of providing state secrets to foreigners, but authorities haven't explained what he is accused of doing, his defense lawyer said yesterday.
703907
Iran has detained a fourth Iranian American, California businessman Ali Shakeri, the U.S. State Department said on Thursday, calling his arrest a "disturbing pattern" of harassment of dual citizens.
160372
Chinese police have detained dissident   writer Zhang Jianhong on allegations of "inciting subversion"   through online political essays, a U.S.-based group advocating   media rights said on Thursday.
32501
Dr. Gao Yaojieâs detention sheds light on Chinaâs intolerance for grass-roots AIDS activists.
758324
A Georgia Tech professor detained by Chinese authorities who accused him of spying said Monday that China's actions were "punishment for his noncooperation."
590801
A Vietnamese-born U.S. citizen was being   detained on suspicion of plotting to destroy the U.S. Consulate   General and to overthrow the Vietnam government, state-run   media reported on Wednesday.
74494
Despite international outrage, legal activist Chen Guangcheng will languish in prison for years and China's human-rights record gets another black mark
217762
China has appealed to the United States not to send the "wrong signal" after Washington said a handful of detained Uighurs being held at the US military base in Guantanamo Bay would not be returned to China.
603646
China, which jails more journalists than any other nation, is challenging the view that information on the Internet is impossible to control, and the implications for press freedom could be far-reaching, a New York-based rights group said.
656964
China has formally arrested a New York  Times researcher detained last month for passing state secrets  to foreigners, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of  death, his lawyer said on Thursday.
666400
Dr. Gao Yaojieâs house arrest sheds light on Chinaâs intolerance for grass-roots AIDS activists.
593115
Many older Hmong-Americans were shocked by the arrest of Vang Pao, who was accused of conspiring to overthrow the government in Laos, because they felt American prosecutors were turning their backs on a war hero.
486203
ONG KONG, Aug. 17  An already heated election campaign for the legislature here took an unexpected turn today with an announcement by the Democratic Party that one of its candidates had been arrested in mainland China on charges of ...
747020
Twenty-four people have been held over the killing of a man in central China that has reignited calls to abolish the agency whose staff were allegedly involved in the death, state press reported Wednesday.