On today's Your Call, we’ll have a conversation about how the government is responding to democracy grassroots movement in China. Recently, prominent Chinese activist and human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong was sentenced to four years in prison on charges of “gathering a crowd to disturb public order.” Many other activists have been harassed or arrested. What is the state of activism for human rights and social justice in China? Join the conversation on the next Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you
Guests:
Renee Xia, international director of Chinese Human Rights Defenders Network
Paul Mooney, award-winning freelance journalist
Phelim Kine, deputy director in Human Rights Watch’s Asia Division.
Web Resources:
Nieman Reports: The state of journalism in China, 25 years after Tiananmen
Quartz: Despite a landmark discrimination lawsuit, China’s workplace is more stacked against women then ever
Foreign Policy: A Dream Deferred: How a recent exposé vindicates activist Xu Zhiyong's vision for China
Chinese Human Rights Defenders
Human Rights Watch: World Report 2013: China
Washington Post: In China’s war on bad air, government decision to release data gives fresh hope