Story Archive
2016-12-30
Xu Youchen is sentenced to death for allegedly killing a policeman, while his wife gets a three-year jail term on public order charges.
2016-12-30
Tianwang volunteers lose access to their content management system, while Canyu.org may have been subjected to a hacker attack.
2016-12-30
The family of Lei Yang is awarded a huge sum in compensation, and withdraws all legal proceedings linked to his death.
2016-12-29
No independent investigation into Peng Ming's cause of death is now possible, in spite of requests from his family.
2016-12-29
Three suspects and two employees of the ruling Chinese Communist Party die in the incident, according to state media.
2016-12-28
Liu Feiyue is accused of 'incitement to subvert' the ruling Chinese Communist Party after reporting on its rights record.
2016-12-28
The country's internet regulator says action will be taken to ensure that netizens aren't bombarded by 'harmful information.'
2016-12-27
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is still very ambivalent about public displays of affection for the late supreme leader, however.
2016-12-27
Relatives and friends of detained rights activists are now being held alongside those they were looking for on charges of subversion of state power.
2016-12-27
Former classmates of Lei Yang from an influential university slam the decision not to press charges after he died under arrest in May.
2016-12-27
Nine people are handed jail terms of up to 10 years on charges related to public order, demonstrations, and 'spreading rumors.'
2016-12-23
Chen Yunfei was detained in 2015 after he visited the grave of a Tiananmen Square massacre victim.
2016-12-23
The ruling Chinese Communist Party remains highly uneasy about the spread of Christianity in China, and even within its own ranks, pastors say.
2016-12-23
The protest comes as authorities confirm charges against recently disappeared human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, raising fears that he may have been tortured.
2016-12-22
Four residents of the eastern province of Jiangxi are released after judges say they were sent to death row on the basis of flimsy evidence.