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By Rona Rui  29/12/2010

Microblogs, online tools for sending succinct instant messages to the world, have become a useful tool for Chinese journalists to fight censorship.

By Chen Yilian & Wen Hua 07/08/2010

Liang Yijing was 22 years old when her father was first imprisoned for
petitioning against local government corruption in 2005. After an
expensive lawsuit and numerous illegal jailings, Liang decided to take
her case to the Internet. Since then, their lives took a turn for the
better, when she became among the top 10 Internet celebrities in China.
Liang tells The Epoch Times about her transition from an ordinary post-80s generation girl to an anti-corruption Internet blogger.

By Matthew Robertson  07/08/2010

A former member of the Chinese security forces, with highly sensitive
information on the state’s practice of harvesting organs from
prisoners, is currently stuck in immigration limbo in Switzerland and
faces deportation to China, where he may face execution.

By James Burke  07/08/2010

Gao Zhisheng, a missing Chinese attorney, has been honored with an
international human rights award from the American Bar Association
(ABA). With Mr. Gao missing in China, his 17-year-old daughter Grace
accepted the International Human Rights Lawyer Award on his behalf at
an event held in San Francisco on Friday, Aug. 6.

By Tan Hohua  11/07/2010

The Hong Kong police arrested 13 democracy activists for staging a
demonstration to mark the 21st anniversary of the June 4, 1989,
Tiananmen Square incident. Hong Kong lawmaker Mr. Lee Cheuk Yan was
among those detained.

By Roni Rui 11/07/2010

On the anniversary of the July 5, 2009 violence in Xinjiang, the World
Uyghur Congress (WUC) launched a worldwide protest in over 20
countries. It strongly condemned the Chinese communist regime for its
military suppression of Uyghurs one year ago, and for oppressive
security measures leading up to the anniversary.

From  Epoch Times  11/07/2010

Hong Kong's annual July 1st parade took place in the hot summer sun as
more than 50,000 people from all walks of life took to the streets to
continue th0eir fight for general elections.

From NTDTV  27/05/2010

The wife of the Chinese human rights advocate, Hu Jia, appealed to the
Chinese regime to grant her husband medical parole on Wednesday.

By Sonya Bryskine  27/05/2010

Over 1,000 people marched for freedom in Hong Kong on Sunday, as public
discontent is brewing over Mainland’s restriction on democratic
governance.

By Wang Qian & Si Ming  27/05/2010

On Feb 9, Chinese activist and writer Tan Zuoren was sentenced to five
years in prison on charges of “inciting subversion of state power,”
allegedly for his online comments regarding the 1989 Tiananmen Square
Massacre.