Huang Zerong Tie Liu
Veteran writer Tie has been targeted by the Chinese government for decades. For his criticism of former Chairman Mao Zedong online and for undisclosed reasons, Tie has been in… More
Xue Deyun Ma Zhe
A leader of the Guizou cultural revival movement, which called for increased literary freedom in China, Xue was jailed from 1987-90 and again from 1998-2001 for attempting to overthrow… More
Zhang Jianhong Li Hong
Leading dissident writer Zhang spent two years in a labor camp in the late ‘90s. He was imprisoned again in September 2006 and was denied medical treatment until his… More
Liu Jingshen
A key figure in the Democracy Wall movement, Liu was arrested as one of the Beijing Fifteen dissidents in 1992 and sentenced to 15 years in prison for counter-revolutionary… More
Huang Jinqiu Qing Shuijun
Following his rise as a pro-democracy essayist and blogger in the early 2000s, Huang was arrested in 2003 and sentenced to 12 years in prison for writing 'reactionary' articles… More
Yang Shaozheng
In 2017, Yang was informed that his undergraduate classes were to be terminated, and in 2018 he was expelled. He believes that his suspension is linked to a police… More
Liu Xiaobo
A pro-democracy activist and writer, Liu was arrested in 2009, charged with “inciting subversion of state power,” and sentenced to 11 years in prison in 2010 for penning seven… More
Yao Wentian Yiu Mantin
In 2013, Yao was sentenced to ten years in prison for smuggling ordinary items, but his friends believe the publisher was set up. As of 2019, he is reported… More
Sun Wenguang
Retired academic Sun was arrested from his home during a phone interview with Voice of America in August 2018. Before the interview was cut off he reportedly said, ‘I… More
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The President, in remarks yesterday, said he would deploy the military if states did not take “necessary” action to stop violent protests. The President referred to the unrest around the George Floyd protests as “acts of domestic terror.”
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#Misinformation swirls around the George Floyd protests. Hoaxes, conspiracy theories, and other falsehoods are proliferating on social media around the recent protests, leaving Americans unclear as to what’s really happening.
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