For months, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has been delaying the publication of a report on the situation of the Uyghurs in China. Now Special Rapporteur Tomoya Obokata reacted first and made serious accusations against the government in Beijing. The timing is delicate. Just last week, the People's Republic ratified two conventions against forced labor.
By Marcel Grzanna
Samuel Chu is one of the last activists of the Hong Kong democracy movement with direct political influence. In the US Congress, his political work has even been so successful that Hong Kong authorities issued an arrest warrant against him based on the National Security Act – the first one ever issued against a US citizen. Chu's new goal: Bringing the Tiananmen artwork "Pillar Of Shame" to Berlin and committing the protest movement to long-term strategies. Fabian Peltsch spoke with Samuel Chu.
By Fabian Peltsch
Bloggers use imagination and wit to fool the omnipresent controllers of the Chinese censorship apparatus. Their often virtuous linguistic creations form a still unwritten online dictionary of Chinese protest culture.
By Table.Briefings
