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"Provoking Trouble": Chinese Covid Whistleblower Gets 4 More Years Of Prison
A Chinese journalist jailed for four years after documenting the early phases of the COVID-19 outbreak from the pandemic's epicentre was sentenced on Friday to four more years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said.
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Chinese Ex-Central Bank Officer Jailed For 16 Years For Corruption: Report
A former senior official at China's central bank has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for corruption, Chinese media reported on Thursday.
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China Slams UN For "Irresponsible" Comments On Jailed Citizen Journalist
China on Saturday harshly criticised the United Nations over comments demanding the release of a citizen journalist jailed for her coverage of the country's COVID-19 response.
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Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Arrested Again While In Jail: Report
Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested again, on suspicion of assisting one of 12 fugitives China captured at sea last year, his Apple Daily tabloid and Oriental Daily said on Wednesday, without citing a source.
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EU Demands Release Of Chinese Citizen Journalist Arrested For Reporting On Covid
The European Union on Tuesday demanded that China release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan and several other jailed reporters, lawyers and human rights champions.
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Chinese Citizen Journalist Jailed For 4 Years For Wuhan Virus Reports
A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years for her livestream reporting from Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak unfurled, her lawyer said Monday, almost a year after details of an "unknown viral pneumonia" surfaced in the central China city.
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China Jails Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies: Report
A Chinese court on Monday sentenced the scientist who claimed to be behind the world's first gene-edited babies to three years in prison for illegal medical practice, state media reported.
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China Imprisoned More Journalists Than Any Other Country In 2019: Report
China imprisoned at least 48 journalists in 2019, more than any other country, displacing Turkey as the most oppressive place for the profession, a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists report said on Wednesday.
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China's First "Cyber-Dissident" Gets 12-Year In Jail For Leaking State Secrets: Court
China's first "cyber-dissident", whose website reported on sensitive topics including human rights, was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday for leaking state secrets, a court said.
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China Man, Jailed For 25 Years On Wrong Conviction, Gets $670,000 Reward
A Chinese court today awarded 4.6 million yuan ($670,000) in damages to a man who was acquitted after spending 25 years in prison due to a judicial error, the state media reported
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In Maldives Crisis, Supreme Court U-Turn After Judges' Arrest: 10 Points
Three judges of Maldives Supreme Court on Tuesday evening revoked its order to release nine high-profile political prisoners, one of the points in their 1 February verdict that was seen to have prompted President Abdulla Yameen to impose a state of emergency in Maldives and arrest two top judges. President Yameen, who had minutes earlier restored t...
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Disrespecting China's Anthem Can Now Cost 3 Years Jail
China has passed legislation to punish anyone who disrespects the national anthem with up to three years in prison, state media reported Saturday.
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Chinese Court Jails Liu Shaoming, Author Of Tiananmen Report
A prominent Chinese labour activist was sentenced today to four and a half years in prison for "inciting subversion" through a written account of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, his lawyer told AFP.
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China Killed Or Jailed Upto 20 CIA Spies In 2010-12: Report
Beijing systematically dismantled CIA spying efforts in China beginning in 2010, killing or jailing more than a dozen covert sources, in a deep setback to US intelligence there, The New York Times reported Sunday.
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China Jails Rights Lawyer For 7 Years: Report
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer was convicted of subversion and sentenced to seven years in prison today, state media reported -- the third such trial this week as authorities crack down on dissent.
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"Provoking Trouble": Chinese Covid Whistleblower Gets 4 More Years Of Prison
A Chinese journalist jailed for four years after documenting the early phases of the COVID-19 outbreak from the pandemic's epicentre was sentenced on Friday to four more years in prison, Reporters Without Borders said.
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Chinese Ex-Central Bank Officer Jailed For 16 Years For Corruption: Report
A former senior official at China's central bank has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison for corruption, Chinese media reported on Thursday.
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China Slams UN For "Irresponsible" Comments On Jailed Citizen Journalist
China on Saturday harshly criticised the United Nations over comments demanding the release of a citizen journalist jailed for her coverage of the country's COVID-19 response.
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Hong Kong Tycoon Jimmy Lai Arrested Again While In Jail: Report
Jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been arrested again, on suspicion of assisting one of 12 fugitives China captured at sea last year, his Apple Daily tabloid and Oriental Daily said on Wednesday, without citing a source.
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EU Demands Release Of Chinese Citizen Journalist Arrested For Reporting On Covid
The European Union on Tuesday demanded that China release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan and several other jailed reporters, lawyers and human rights champions.
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Chinese Citizen Journalist Jailed For 4 Years For Wuhan Virus Reports
A Chinese citizen journalist was jailed for four years for her livestream reporting from Wuhan as the Covid-19 outbreak unfurled, her lawyer said Monday, almost a year after details of an "unknown viral pneumonia" surfaced in the central China city.
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China Jails Scientist Who Gene-Edited Babies: Report
A Chinese court on Monday sentenced the scientist who claimed to be behind the world's first gene-edited babies to three years in prison for illegal medical practice, state media reported.
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China Imprisoned More Journalists Than Any Other Country In 2019: Report
China imprisoned at least 48 journalists in 2019, more than any other country, displacing Turkey as the most oppressive place for the profession, a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists report said on Wednesday.
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China's First "Cyber-Dissident" Gets 12-Year In Jail For Leaking State Secrets: Court
China's first "cyber-dissident", whose website reported on sensitive topics including human rights, was sentenced to 12 years in prison Monday for leaking state secrets, a court said.
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China Man, Jailed For 25 Years On Wrong Conviction, Gets $670,000 Reward
A Chinese court today awarded 4.6 million yuan ($670,000) in damages to a man who was acquitted after spending 25 years in prison due to a judicial error, the state media reported
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In Maldives Crisis, Supreme Court U-Turn After Judges' Arrest: 10 Points
Three judges of Maldives Supreme Court on Tuesday evening revoked its order to release nine high-profile political prisoners, one of the points in their 1 February verdict that was seen to have prompted President Abdulla Yameen to impose a state of emergency in Maldives and arrest two top judges. President Yameen, who had minutes earlier restored t...
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Disrespecting China's Anthem Can Now Cost 3 Years Jail
China has passed legislation to punish anyone who disrespects the national anthem with up to three years in prison, state media reported Saturday.
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Chinese Court Jails Liu Shaoming, Author Of Tiananmen Report
A prominent Chinese labour activist was sentenced today to four and a half years in prison for "inciting subversion" through a written account of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown, his lawyer told AFP.
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China Killed Or Jailed Upto 20 CIA Spies In 2010-12: Report
Beijing systematically dismantled CIA spying efforts in China beginning in 2010, killing or jailing more than a dozen covert sources, in a deep setback to US intelligence there, The New York Times reported Sunday.
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China Jails Rights Lawyer For 7 Years: Report
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer was convicted of subversion and sentenced to seven years in prison today, state media reported -- the third such trial this week as authorities crack down on dissent.
