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Chinese court sentences US geologist to 8 years

By Charles Hutzler - Associated Press | via UNCENSORED Yahoo! NewsJuly 05, 2010 An American geologist held and tortured by China's state security agents was sentenced to eight years in prison Monday for gathering data on the Chinese oil industry...

Posted by Site Editor on July 5, 2010 10:30 PM

China: Protester Reported Beaten

By Keith Bradsher | The New York Times January 10, 2009   A Shanghai woman who had traveled to Beijing to protest home evictions for real estate developments was detained and beaten by the authorities, a human rights group said...

Posted by Site Editor on January 11, 2009 8:56 AM

China paper censored for Tiananmen photo

By Anita Chang | Associated Press - via (uncensored) Yahoo! NewsJuly 25, 2008 An aggressive tabloid newspaper has had its Web site censored and could face further punishment by China's media authorities for running a photograph from the still-taboo 1989...

Posted by Site Editor on July 26, 2008 8:47 PM

Spotlight on China, darkness in Tibet

By Dan Southerland | The Christian Science Monitor June 11, 2008 China's media covered the country's earthquake tragedy more openly than any past disaster. But the Chinese government still maintains a blackout over news from Tibet, which experienced its biggest...

Posted by Site Editor on June 11, 2008 7:33 PM

June 4, 2008

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Posted by Site Editor on June 4, 2008 9:54 PM

Beijing Steps Up Falun Gong Persecution Ahead of Olympics

By Caylan Ford | The Epoch Times April 02, 2008 Over 100 Falun Gong adherents reported tortured to death since January As the Chinese regime's violent repression continues in Tibet, another group claims they too are experiencing heightened persecution. Representatives...

Posted by Site Editor on April 5, 2008 7:12 AM

Canada condemns China for jailing dissident

By Agence France Presse | via (uncensored) Yahoo! News April 04, 2008 Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier expressed "deep regret" Thursday over China's sentencing of Hu Jia and urged Beijing to release the human rights crusader. "Canada learned with...

Posted by Site Editor on April 5, 2008 7:06 AM

Uyghurs Protest in China's Remote Xinjiang Region

By RADIO FREE ASIA01 April 2008 Several hundred ethnic Uyghurs have staged protests in China's remote and restive Xinjiang region following the death in custody of a prominent Uyghur businessman and philanthropist. Witnesses report protests at two locations in Khotan...

Posted by Site Editor on April 3, 2008 4:31 AM

Pro-Tibet Activists Disrupt Olympic Flame Ceremony

By Anthee Carassava | The New York Times March 25, 2008 Activists angered by China's crackdown in Tibet upstaged an Olympic flame-lighting ceremony here Monday, unfurling a banner and calling for a boycott to the Beijing Summer Games before they were...

Posted by Site Editor on March 25, 2008 12:46 AM

Top US lawmaker meets Dalai Lama

By BBC News March 21, 2008 A top US lawmaker is holding talks with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, in the northern Indian hill town of Dharamsala. Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said China's crackdown...

Posted by Site Editor on March 22, 2008 11:26 PM

China Blocks YouTube Over Tibet Videos

By The Associated Press | The New York Times16 March 2008 China blocked access to YouTube.com on Sunday after dozens of videos of recent protests in Tibet appeared on the popular U.S. video Web site. The blocking added to the...

Posted by Site Editor on March 16, 2008 9:51 PM