Dissident's Wife in Parole Plea
2008-04-24
Li Jingfang is the ex-wife of Wuhan-based veteran Chinese dissident Qin Yongmin, who was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment in 1998 for subverting state power. In a video made ahead of Beijing's hosting of the Olympics, she calls for his early release from jail on medical grounds.
Burma: Life in Insein Prison
2008-04-14
Burmese politician Daw Nan Khin Htwe Myint represents Pa-An township in the country's parliament. She was one of three female university students jailed for their part in student political activism around 1975. She became a well-known political prisoner while serving her sentence in Rangoon's notorious Insein Prison, a period she still remembers with pain.
Burmas Women Activists Speak Out
2007-11-16
Student leader Mi Mi was arrested on Oct. 13. She is 35 years old, holds a bachelor’s degree in Zoology, and has two children aged 12 and 16 years. Her husband is also a youth member of the opposition National League for Democracy (NLD).
Monks Leader Detained: A Mothers Lament
2007-11-16
A 29-year-old leading monk in the recent demonstrations against the Burmese military regime, U Gambira, has been charged with treason by the junta, according to his family.
Censored Lives: Shi Taos Mother, Wang Xiaonings Wife
2007-11-13
Gao Qinsheng is the mother of jailed Chinese journalist Shi Tao, whose conviction for "revealing state secrets" was obtained by the national security police after Yahoo! turned over details of Shi's private e-mail account.
Chinese Author Moved To Write by Womans Death in Childbirth
2007-05-21
Wu Chuntao was born in the southern Chinese province of Hunan in 1963. She has co-authored with her husband, Chen Guidi, The Situation of China’s Peasants , which shook the urban middle classes of China and exposed the massive corruption and hardship faced by the country’s 900 million peasants.
AIDS Doctor Blew the Whistle on HIV-Tainted Blood Banks
2007-04-19
Retired gynecologist Gao Yaojie has struggled to promote awareness of HIV/AIDS infection routes, particularly in the central Chinese province of Henan, where she says blood-selling is still rife in poverty-stricken rural communities.
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