Democracy Party of China

Education chief fails his first Tiananmen 'test'

5 Jul 2012

New education minister Eddie Ng Hak-kim yesterday recalled how he shed tears while watching the Tiananmen Square crackdown, but shrugged off questions as to whether the student democracy movement...

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Pen is subject to the sword

13 Feb 2012

'You either abandon your ideals, or you risk being arrested,' a mainland dissident writer said this month.

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Verdict pending in trial of dissident writer Zhu Yufu

1 Feb 2012

Veteran dissident Zhu Yufu stood trial yesterday on subversion charges for a poem he wrote that purportedly incited protests during the 'jasmine revolutions' in the Arab world, his wife and lawyer...

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Enemy within

21 Nov 2011

Two weeks ago, I had an inside view of how hopelessly divided Hong Kong's once-proud democracy movement has become. It was painful to watch. Two of the movement's leaders came on my TV show to...

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Democrats act on disclosure

1 Aug 2006

Party files a judicial review over the need for it to reveal membership list

The Democratic Party has filed for a judicial review to exempt political groups from being forced to...

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Democracy party activist freed

6 May 2006

A co-founder of the outlawed China Democracy Party has been released on parole after six years in prison, partly because of poor health, sources close to the party said yesterday.

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Alex Lo

A dangerous demagogue in our midst

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Hu in pledge on 'Chinese democracy'

His first public comments linking personal freedoms to modernisation are seen as hugely significant

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Exiled dissident issues challenge over reported progress in rights

A day after Beijing received cautious praise for its improving human rights record, exiled dissident Xu Wenli said conditions remained poor and further development was hampered by the lack of...

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Pro-West writers targeted by party

Communist Party authorities have compiled a list of 'objectionable' writings that may form the basis of another round of criticism against 'pro-West' intellectuals.

Also, a famous...

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Two more democracy activists held

TWO more China Democracy Party members have been held by police, a rights group says.

Chen Wei and Ouyang Yi were detained on Friday and early yesterday in Suining, Sichuan province...

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Activists face subversion trial

Two members of the banned China Democracy Party are to be tried for subversion, a human rights group reported yesterday.

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Democracy activists apply to stage rally

Four members of the China Democracy Party asked police yesterday for permission to hold a rally to mark the June 4 anniversary.

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