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Meetings on Tiananmen Square massacre and Hong Kong crisis were taken down because Communist government complainedZoom has admitted it suspended the accounts of human rights activists at the behest of the Chinese government and suggested it will block …
Read MoreCampaigners object to Beijing’s proposed laws against ‘treason and subversion’, which follow months of protestsBeijing’s parliament has announced that it will discuss controversial national security laws for Hong Kong in a dramatic escalation of China’…
Read MoreDelayed event to signal victory over coronavirus but country in unchartered economic and social territoryCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThousands of delegates streaming into Beijing for China’s most important political even…
Read MorePart-owner of shop that used to sell texts critical of China opens new business in TaipeiThe part-owner of a Hong Kong bookstore specialising in texts critical of China’s leaders has reopened his shop in Taiwan after fleeing Hong Kong because of legal …
Read MoreLee Cheuk Yan says recent arrests help ensure potential candidates cannot run in upcoming electionsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBeijing and the Hong Kong government are using the pandemic as a “golden opportunity” to crac…
Read MoreWang Quanzhang released from jail but sent far from his wife and son in BeijingProminent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who was jailed for four and a half years for subversion, has been released from prison but barred from reuniting with h…
Read MoreXu Zhiyong is being held in secret detention and has been denied access to a lawyer, say friendsA prominent Chinese activist detained for criticising President Xi Jinping’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak is being held on a state security charge t…
Read MoreSwedish citizen who disappeared in 2015 is sentenced in Ningbo for ‘providing intelligence’ overseasA Chinese court has sentenced Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison for “providing intelligence” overseas, in a case that has highlighted …
Read MoreDetention of prominent scholar Xu Zhiyong comes amid wider crackdown on freedom of speechThe Chinese authorities have detained a prominent activist and legal scholar who issued a blistering attack on president Xi Jinping for mishandling the coronavirus…
Read MoreAs internet use has surged, especially in developing world, so have attempts to switch off flow of informationOn Thursday, internet shutdowns came to the capital city of the world’s largest democracy.The suspension of data services, phone calls and tex…
Read MoreBritish Indian Aatish Taseer believes move is intended as a warning to other writersA British Indian author and journalist has been stripped of his Indian citizenship after he wrote an article criticising the regime of the country’s prime minister, Nar…
Read MoreHuang Qi, who ran a website reporting on sensitive topics, is accused of leaking state secrets China’s first “cyber-dissident”, whose website reported on sensitive topics including human rights, has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for leaking stat…
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