INTERNATIONAL NEWS

• China Revokes Visa For Tiananmen Democracy Protest Veteran

  Chinese authorities have revoked visas issued to an exiled veteran of the 1989 pro-democracy movement on Beijing's Tiananmen Square and his family, just hours after they were issued, RFA has learned. Veteran democracy activist Fang… Continue…

• China Censors Law Textbook Over ‘Western’ Influences

  China's ruling Communist Party's censors have removed a textbook on constitutional law from bookshops in recent weeks, amid a nationwide crackdown on teaching materials relating to the country's constitution. The book, titled "Constitutional Law," by… Continue…

• Tortured Chinese Dissident Arrives in the United States Via Taiwan

  Chinese rights activist Huang Yan, a former torture victim who spoke out publicly in support of rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, arrived in the United States on Friday after being granted political asylum. Chinese human rights… Continue…

• Tibetan Nomads in Chamdo Forced From Their Land in Resettlement Scheme

  Chinese authorities in Tibet’s Chamdo prefecture are ramping up the forced relocation of nomads from rural areas into newly built towns far from grazing areas, leaving Tibetan families unable to cope with the demands of… Continue…