Human Rights: January 2006 Archives

Reporteros Sin Fronteras

El gobierno ha continuado con la privatización de los medios de comunicación y reprimiendo severamente a los periodistas reformistas. La prensa escrita, que por primera vez se encuentra en situación de competir, se arriesga a ejercer la crítica, pero el Departamento de Propaganda vigila y sanciona. A fecha 1 de enero de 2005 China era, con al menos 27 periodistas detenidos, la mayor cárcel del mundo para los profesionales de la información.

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Reporters Sans Frontieres

Le gouvernement a poursuivi la privatisation des médias et maintenu sa répression sévère des journalistes réformateurs. La presse écrite, placée pour la première fois en situation de concurrence, se risque à la critique, mais le Département de la propagande surveille et sanctionne. Avec au moins 27 journalistes détenus, la Chine était, au 1er janvier 2005, la plus grande prison du monde pour les professionnels de l’information.

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Reporters Without Borders

The government continued its privatisation of the media and kept up its ruthless harassment of reformist journalists. The written press, experiencing competition for the first time, took some chances but was monitored and sanctioned by the propaganda department. With at least 27 journalists in prison, China was at 1st January 2005, the world’s largest prison for journalists.

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By Zhang Xiaomin | The Epoch Times
December 31, 2005

Attorney Liu Ruping, from Shuntian Law Firm in Jinan City, Shandong Province, was recently sent for 15 months of forced labor because he published an article on the Internet urging the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to stop the practice of brainwashing Falun Gong practitioners. He is currently detained at the Wangchun Forced Labor Camp in Shangdong Province.

On November 25, 2005 Liu Ruping published an article entitled "Immediately Stop Brainwashing Falun Gong Practitioners" on a website based outside of China. The article stated that Falun Gong practitioners [in China] are violently taken to brainwashing centers and fined as much as 100 yuan a day for "training [brainwashing] fees." He revealed that the practitioners could be released any time if they gave up their faith or cursed the founder of Falun Gong. Otherwise they face jail terms, or extensions of their existing labor camp terms.

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