| The 300 Thumbprints Petition Case, Beijing Lawyer To Plead Not Guilty Posted: 28 May 2012 07:01 PM PDT | Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com 300 villagers signed a letter with their finger prints in Botou, Hebei Province which was then stamped by the village committee. The villagers called for the release of Falun Gong practitioner, Wang Xiaodong. The document was exposed on the internet,shocking the top leaders. Local court denied Wang Xiaodong's case due to a "lack of evidence." The case was sent back to the police station for further review. Lawyers in China started to speak out about the case. A well-known lawyer in Beijing said that he would help Falun Gong practitioners to plead not guilty. The case that shocked Beijing top leaders was rejected by the court due to "lack of evidence". It was returned to the police station for review. However, on May 26, local insider Liu Yan said, Wang's lawyer in Hebei was obviouslythreatened by the authorities, he could only plead guilty. Wang's family then decided to find a human rights lawyer by themselves. According to an Epoch Times report on May 27, a Beijing lawyer has accepted Wang's case. Meanwhile he urged other lawyers to familiarise themselves with Wang's case. The anonymous lawyer said he would plead Wang's case for a 'not guilty' verdict. He said, according to his study of Falun Gong cases, they had been misjudged. Most of the so-called "evidence" was deemed fake. As in most cases authorities didn't have any evidence, Falun Gong has never violated any law. The lawyer believes Wang's <b>...</b> | Views: 6 0 ratings | | Time: 04:08 | More in News & Politics |
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| Protagonist of 300 fingerprints Wang Xiaomei was arrested Posted: 28 May 2012 06:57 PM PDT | Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com Three hundred villagers in Zhouguantun Village, Fu Town, Botou City, Hebei Province, signed with fingerprints to require the release of Falun Gong practitioner Wang Xiaodong. This event raised more and more awareness from the public. Meanwhile, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politics and Law Committee, which has been persecuting Falun Gong, doing evil things again, and has illegally arrested Wang Xiaodong's younger sister Wang Xiaomei. According to local informed sources, Wang Xiaomei was forced to leave home and temporarily sheltered in a friend's house. He was illegally arrested along with Falun Gong practitioners Kang Lanying and Tang Jianying on May 26th at the China Netcom block of Nanhuan Road, Changzhou City. However, facing inquiry from their family members, CCP authority did not dare admit they had been arrested. According to local people, Zhouguantun Village has been in a state of martial law. Wang Xiaomei's husband was also forced to leave. On the other hand, the wave of Chinese people supporting to the event of 300 fingerprints is growing daily. A number of lawyers are willing to plead for Wang Xiaodong's innocence. Some Beijing-based intellectuals are brewing a letter to CCP Central officials, requiring resolution of the Falun Gong issue. A Shandong-based scholar said that as long as people are being arrested, people are standing up for and supporting Falun Gong. They require those who <b>...</b> | Views: 3 0 ratings | | Time: 03:07 | More in News & Politics |
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| Confiscated Magazines or Bestsellers? Posted: 28 May 2012 06:55 PM PDT | Follow us on TWITTER: twitter.com Like us on FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com The "Bo Xilai event" has attracted great concern both domestically in China, and internationally. Time magazine has chosen Bo Xilai twice as it's cover story. 62 Time magazines published in May were confiscated by Chinese Customs. They had been mailed from US headquarters to Beijing. Recently, mainland Chinese tourists have chosen a new hotspot to visit abroad. These are bookstores where books on the Bo event are sold. "World News" reported that Chinese Customs seized 62 Time magazines. Time chose Bo Xilai as the cover for the issue published on May 14, with a slogan "People's Republic of Scandal". It is reported that Chinese Customs notified Time magazine by using the phrase "to be dealt with". Time magazine gave up reclaiming materials as Customs did not mention who will deal with the confiscated magazines. It is reported that many mainland Chinese tour groups made a special trip to a Chinese bookstore in Los Angeles. The target of this trip is to buy newspapers and books on the Bo event. Tourists like to buy all the different versions of books, magazines and newspapers on the Bo event. The bookstore manager said, "There was never such a peak in number of customers, even during the June 4 period." Yedu, coordinator of Internet Committee at Independent Chinese PEN Center said that the Bo event has caused a larger shaking force than the Lin Biao event in a sense. This is because the Internet causes a <b>...</b> | Views: 3 0 ratings | | Time: 03:42 | More in News & Politics |
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| Tibet Leaked videos 2008 Monastery Night Raid and Seal-off Posted: 28 May 2012 06:52 AM PDT | Click here for more Tibet videos www.youtube.com Chinese Security Forces Conducted Night Raid and Seal-off Drepung Monastery and Ramoche in Lhasa Capital of Tibet in 2008 | Views: 48 5 ratings | | Time: 09:42 | More in News & Politics |
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