Social Cause 02 (Aug 15 - Dec 25)

[winston]

China’s Systemic Use of Torture Put Under Congressional Scrutiny

Despite reforms, Chinese authorities still allow coerced confessions and widespread torture of detainees

By Gary Feuerberg

Source: Epoch Times

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2026675 ... -scrutiny/

[winston]

From Respected Judge to State Enemy in China

How a former judge in China sacrificed a successful career to take a stand for justice

By Larry Ong

Source: Epoch Times

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2039095 ... ist-china/

[winston]

Ignored by Beijing, these desperate Chinese investors are looking to Hong Kong for help

Some 220,000 investors across the country may be out $6 billion, following the April 2015 suspension of all trading on the exchange.

Source: Quartz

http://qz.com/689951/chinas-government- ... -get-help/

[behappyalways]

What does modern slavery look like?
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36416751

[winston]

‘Totally unacceptable’: China foreign minister lashes out at Canadian reporter for asking about human rights

China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi lashed out at a Canadian journalist for asking about issues of human rights in his country on Wednesday.

“Your question is full of prejudice against China and arrogance, and I don’t know where that come from. This is totally unacceptable,” Wang said.

Source: HK Free Press

https://www.hongkongfp.com/2016/06/02/t ... an-rights/

[behappyalways]

Chinese Foreign Minister berates Canadian journalist
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/06 ... world-news

[winston]

MacArthur Foundation to Award $100 Million for a Solution to a Global Problem in Competition

By Denisse Moreno

Source: Epoch Times

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2082385 ... mpetition/

[winston]

Tiananmen Square massacre remembered in HK

Leading student groups boycot decades-old candlelit vigil

By James Griffiths and Wilfred Chan

Source: CNN

http://www.binghamtonhomepage.com/news/ ... ered-in-hk

[winston]

16 Photos of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Crackdown China’s Communist Party Wants You to Forget

By Jack Phillips

Source: Epoch Times

http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/2083508 ... to-forget/

[behappyalways]

Hong Kong bookseller alleges detention by China
http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/h ... 03471.html



The furniture in the room was wrapped in plastic, he believes to prevent any suicide attempts.

"The toothbrush they gave was very small, and connected to a nylon thread," he recalls.

"When you brush your teeth, a guard would hold the other end of the string, and once you finish you have to return the toothbrush. This is because they were afraid I would try to kill myself by swallowing the toothbrush."

"Someone must have done it before."
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-36556622