Outbreak of lead poisoning in Jiangsu province
Over forty children from Xinshanhe Village in Pizhou city in Jiangsu province have been diagnosed with lead poisoning. Locals claim that these are the results of polluted air pumped out by a local lead alloy company. It severely contaminates the air of villages around the factory. Villages also claim that they have been stopped from [...]
Another journalist illegally arrested
A female journalist from China’s Central TV station in Beijing, Jing Jianfeng, was arrested by the Public Security of Ling County in Shanxi Province, and charged with harbouring suspects.
Conflict over illegal government land seizure
During land acquisition, the Yunxi County Government of Hubei Province, in the absence of reasonable compensation, ordered contractors to forcibly lay bricks to seize the land. Recently, conflict arose again with the villagers, causing injuries to an unidentified peasant woman who was knocked to the ground. She clung to the assailant to take photographs as [...]
Defending Falun Gong practitioners becomes growing trend
According to Sound Of Hope news reports, in 2008 many human rights lawyers in China have defied a ban by the Chinese Communist Party, and have chosen to defend the innocence of Falun Gong practitioners. This has become a growing trend for mainland Chinese lawyers.
Forced demolition in Dongtai with thousands besieged
News on December 22 revealed that developers in Dongtai, Jiangsu Province forcefully dismantled a local public bridge a few days ago by hiring thugs to curb residents from preventing the action, resulting in a number of injuries which triggered a public unrest involving a thousand people. Some residents report that police assisted the assailants on [...]
Yang Jia’s mother receives notice of his ashes
On Monday, Sound Of Hope was contacted by the father of Yang Jia, a Beijing resident who was secretly executed on November 24th by Shanghai law officials after he killed six police officers. His father said Yang’s mother received notification two weeks ago from officials regarding her son’s ashes, and that she would need to [...]
