on outspoken author Liao Yiwu, preventing him from attending a literary festival in Australia and warning him not to try to publish his work overseas.Liao had been scheduled to speak about China's rising power and human rights record at the Sydney Writers' Festival, organizers said on Monday.
"Our primary concern is for Liao Yiwu, who has been denied the fundamental right to express his views freely," festival artistic director Chip Rolley said in a statement.
from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: China Bars Writer From Event
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Ai [Xiaoming] said she had received no help from police or her telecoms service provider amid the harassment.
The glue was squeezed into her front door lock on Saturday, making it impossible to open the door.
"There is no real reason for anyone to hold a grudge against me," said Ai, whose documentary featured interviews with outspoken AIDS doctor and activist Wan Yanhai, now living in exile in the United States.
It also included footage of China's deserted AIDS villages, where much of the adult population acquired the HIV virus through illegal blood-selling and tainted transfusions.
from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: Professor Targeted by Phone Calls
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As Beijing and Washington disagree publicly on human rights, the State Department has said it will pour U.S. $19 million into helping dissidents in China and Iran bypass Internet censorship.
Officials plan to invest the money in anti-censorship technologies, including "slingshot" firewall circumvention software.
The announcement by Michael Posner, Assistant Secretary of State in charge of the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, came amid strong U.S. criticism of China's human rights record during economic and strategic dialogues.
from Luisetta Mudie: Radio Free Asia: US to Counter Internet Blocks
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