Chinese Police Detain Wife of Rights Activist
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BEIJING, Nov. 28 -- The wife of a blind legal activist was detained by police for eight hours Tuesday, then dragged out of a police minivan and dropped on the ground at the entrance to her home village, sobbing uncontrollably, lawyers and a relative said.
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The husband of special constable Nisha Patel-Nasri is arrested in connection with her murder.
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BEIJING, July 4 -- The wife of a blind legal activist, who was jailed after he revealed forced abortions and sterilizations, sneaked out of her house in the eastern province of Shandong and traveled to Beijing on Wednesday to plead her husband's case.
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Wife of Thailand's ousted prime minister arrested as she returns to the country to face corruption charges
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BEIJING, Nov. 25 -- The chief organizer of a six-day AIDS conference scheduled to begin Sunday has been detained by men who identified themselves as Beijing security forces, according to a colleague at his organization.
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A Chinese activist whose writings frequently criticized the ruling Communist Party was released Tuesday after being detained by police, in what appears to be the latest in the government's ongoing efforts to tighten control over public dissent.
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Police detained opposition activists Tuesday in a provincial city at a protest that Kremlin critic Garry Kasparov said was thwarted by Russian authorities intent on silencing dissent
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Chinese authorities briefly detained at least three liberal intellectuals, sources close to the three said on Tuesday, as part of an intensified crackdown on government critics.
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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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In the latest corporate scandal to rock China, three officials at one of the country's biggest dairy groups, Yili Corp., have been detained, the company said Tuesday.
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A Chinese civil rights activist who chronicled the plight of other dissidents before being taken from his home in December has been officially arrested and charged with subversion
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The wife of an Indonesian militant suspected of involvement in the deadly 2002 Bali Bombings has been arrested on the remote southwestern Philippine island of Jolo, the military said on Thursday.
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BEIJING  &#151; A Chinese AIDS activist who was organizing a symposium to help people with the disease fight for their legal rights has gone missing after meeting with police, his advocacy group said Saturday.
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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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Police in Pakistan have re-arrested the husband of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto for failing to appear at a court hearing in a murder case.
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BEIJING, Aug. 24 -- The wife of a blind, imprisoned legal activist was detained at the Beijing airport Friday 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.
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Police detained the top surviving leader of the Khmer Rouge over his role in the former Cambodian regime.