China Detains Free-Tibet Activists in Beijing
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Foreign activists pushing for greater autonomy for Tibet have staged a demonstration in Beijing. Police moved in swiftly to detain two of the demonstrators after they unfurled a banner calling for a boycott
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A group of Chinese dissidents has signed an open letter condemning the arrest of an AIDS and environmental activist on subversion charges and urged the government to improve human rights ahead of this year's Olympics.
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The wife of a jailed Chinese activist was prevented from leaving the country today as she attempted to travel overseas to collect a human rights award on behalf of her husband. Yuan Weijing was detained at Beijing airport, her passport revoked and her mobile phone confiscated, according to friends.
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Three high-profile Chinese intellectuals are released after being taken in for questioning by police.
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Protesters gather in Beijing claiming they have been illegally evicted, beaten and had their homes demolished as China prepares to host the Olympic games
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Chinese police are using the annual meeting of parliament to crackdown on a wide range of dissent in what could be a dress rehearsal for the Beijing Olympics, activists and rights groups said Wednesday.
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Chinese police have detained 168 people accused of involvement in slavery that trapped victims in scorching brick kilns, state media said on Monday, as outrage over official complicity rippled through the usually tame press.
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China has created a &quot;climate of fear&quot; in Hong Kong ahead of legislative elections, a New York-based human rights group charged Thursday, as Chinese police released photos of a political candidate in detention.
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The wife of a Chinese dissident was detained at the airport by security agents Monday and barred from leaving the country to attend a human rights meeting in Switzerland, the activist said.
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A protester jailed after the 1989 Tiananmen protests has been released while another activist who was jailed and freed years ago for his role in the pro-democracy uprising has been detained again, a human rights watchdog said Sunday.
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Rights groups express concern about reports of clashes in Tibet between Chinese police and Buddhist monks.
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New York, December 14, 2004âTwo prominent writers and defenders of imprisoned journalists in China were taken from their homes yesterday, Monday, December 13, and interrogated about articles they had written for overseas Internet sites.
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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.
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Chinese police detained two prominent dissident writers Monday night in an apparent campaign by the government to reassert authority over liberal intellectuals who have been increasingly outspoken in their criticism of the governing Communist Party, friends and family members said.
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A Vietnamese-born U.S. citizen was  detained in mid-August, a government spokesman said on Thursday  as rights groups complained he was arrested after using the  Internet to call for alternatives to one-party communist rule.
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The case, along with the detention of a Chinese researcher for The New York Times, has prompted international concern about ChinaÂs crackdown on press freedom.
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Chinese authorities have demolished a statue of a Buddhist master at Tibet's oldest monastery, an activist group said Friday, the latest act in what critics say is an effort by Beijing to dilute Tibet's unique Buddhist culture.