Activist Wang Aizhong was taken into custody and charged by authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble ” in May last year. Nearly a year later, he is still behind bars without having gone to trial: His hearing scheduled for mid-April was cancelled abruptly the week before, with no reason or new date.
Four months pregnant, 27-year-old Li Tiantian was only half-dressed when police dragged her out of her residence, and was barely able to bring her phone by
Two activists who disappeared last month in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou had been detained by police, a family member was told by authorities. However, Guangzhou police refused to disclose what charges high-profile women’s rights campaigner and freelance journalist Sophia Huang Xueqin and labour activist Wang Jianbing were facing, or where they were being held, according to a request.