Police raid worker-support organizations in Guangdong, criminally detaining leaders
Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 14 2015 09:06
Most thorough English article so far about the latest wave of repression against Chinese workers and their supporters, which began with the December 3 raids of four organization, in which 25 staff and workers were taken away for questioning, at least five being detained on criminal charges. This article provides more background about the prisoners, their organizations, and the context of this repression.
Deng Xiaoming’s criminal detention confirmed, number of criminally detained from "12/3 incident" rises to four
Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 9 2015 03:41
According to lawyers, it has been confirmed that Deng Xiaoming, staff member at Haige Labor Service Center (海哥劳工服务部) is under criminal detention. As of Dec. 7, there are four Guangdong labor NGO activists criminally detained. [This is in addition to 5 others still missing or held without charges after the Dec. 3 apprehension of 25 labor activists. - trans.]
