Hong Kongers protest China’s human rights record amid National Day fanfareHONG KONG — With the rest of China awash in red flags and cheering crowds for National Day, hundreds of Hong Kongers — many wearing black — protested Thursday, denouncing the country’s human rights record during 60 years of Communist rule. China detains 15 parents for unrest over lead poisoning, claims links to banned sectBEIJING — Police in central China detained 15 parents for a violent protest over factory pollution that left hundreds of local children with lead poisoning, and accused them of links to the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, villagers said Wednesday. Authorities shut down Beijing legal center and revoke licenses of human rights lawyersBEIJING — A legal research center in Beijing was shut down Friday and the licenses of more than 50 lawyers — many known for their politically sensitive human rights work — were revoked in what appeared to be one of China’s most drastic moves to restrain activist lawyers. Falun Gong members march in Hong Kong to mark 10th anniversary of protest in ChinaHONG KONG — Hundreds of Falun Gong practitioners have demonstrated in Hong Kong to mark the 10th anniversary of a protest by 10,000 members of the group in Beijing that led to its banning on the Chinese mainland. China’s campaign to wipe out Falun Gong drives tenacious movement undergroundBEIJING — A musician dies in police custody, a lawyer is beaten, an aid worker abandons China after 10 years of persecution — the stories are the human toll behind China’s decade-long campaign to wipe out Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that the government calls an evil cult. China’s 10-year campaign to crush Falun Gong drives movement undergroundBEIJING — Now entering its second decade, China’s relentless drive to obliterate the Falun Gong spiritual sect has left a human toll ranging from the deaths of followers in custody to the self-exile of others and the beatings of their lawyers. |
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