Jailing of HK democrat in China 'politically motivated'
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Hong Kong democrats accused China of jailing one of their members on trumped-up prostitution charges in a bid to disgrace a political movement Beijing has been feuding with for seven years.
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A Chinese activist will stand trial for subversion after he called for human rights instead of the Beijing Olympic Games, highlighting the Communist Party's quest to strengthen its control ahead of the showcase event.
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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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He carried China's democratic hopes but sacrificed his freedom at Tiananmen
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Hong Kong media reported Tuesday that journalist Ching Cheong, who was jailed in mainland China on spying charges, has been released and will return to Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong media and a rights group  accused Beijing on Thursday of meddling in a weekend election,  saying its publicity about a pro-democracy candidate jailed for  hiring a prostitute was timed to influence the result.
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Dr. Gao Yaojieâs detention sheds light on Chinaâs intolerance for grass-roots AIDS activists.
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In what has all the hallmarks of a political set-up, Chinese police have arrested Alex Ho, a Democratic Party candidate in the upcoming Legislative Council elections in Hong Kong, on charges of soliciting a prostitute.
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A high-profile arrest may signal the start of a crackdown. But some claim the campaign is more political than legal
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Human rights activists on Wednesday condemned the detention of a Hong Kong pro-democracy politician for allegedly having sex with a prostitute, and his sentencing without trial to six months of "re-education through labor."
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Prominent Chinese activist Hu Jia is formally arrested more than a month after being taken into custody.
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BEIJING -- The wife of a Boston-area democracy activist jailed in China said yesterday she plans to seek medical parole for her husband after seeing him for the first time since he was detained in 2002.
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Scores of people including a key suspect are arrested in China over slave labour in illegal factories, police say.
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Hong Kong media criticized Beijing on  Thursday for meddling in weekend elections, saying China's new  publicity about a pro-democracy candidate jailed for hiring a  prostitute was timed to influence the result.
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A jailed Chinese human rights activist has been beaten by other prisoners, Amnesty International says.
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A Chinese journalist jailed for nearly eight years after exposing government corruption said after being released early for good behavior that he should never have been sent to prison.
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Hong Kong's democrats fell short  Monday of expectations in legislative elections after voters  wary of alienating China's communist rulers chose the stability  offered by the Beijing camp.