After Spring Arabic, Chinese authorities fear a contagion to the Middle Kingdom. After the events of Sunday, February 20, a new Internet calling urged the Chinese to assemble peacefully each Sunday in 13 cities to 14h. "We must put pressure on the (Communist) Party to power in China. If the party does not fight corruption and conscientiously accept the supervision of the people not there to ruin," warned the activists in their open letter sent to Parliament. Inspired by the rebellions in various Arab countries, they take their slogans and calling including more open government and freedom of expression.
probably worried about the centrality of social networks in the revolutions of the Arab world, the government decided against the rise of these challenges, to tighten censorship of the Web. After Twitter and Facebook, LinkedIn is the turn to pay. Used in the online campaign for democracy, the professional social network announced on Friday to AFP, be inaccessible in China. "It seems to be part of an operation (censorship) is wider now underway in China and also for other sites, "said Hani Durzy, spokesman for the company. The authorities have banned the words" Tunisia "," Egypt "," Jasmine "and" democracy "in the lexicon of the Internet and texting.
restrictions cyber -censors on forums have failed to deter the organizers to publish anonymous, February 22, a new call to protest. "If the government does not really solve these problems but simply want to censor the Internet and block information to suppress the protests, the latter will instead be strengthened, "they warn. Activists use it again to the Chinese website installed United States, Boxun.com. Washington denounced as censorship on the Internet: "Those who suppress freedom on the Internet may come to prevent the full expression of the aspirations of their people for a while but not forever," he said last week, Hillarry Clinton, U.S. Secretary of State.
In a country where demonstrations are banned, the device of the security forces has dissuaded the Chinese down in number in the street last weekend. And this week, Internet users behind the call for rallies have been arrested and accused of subversion charges often used by Beijing to suppress any mobilization for democracy. They are not the only ones who have been molested.
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Dozens of Chinese activists for human rights, dissidents and lawyers are subject to prosecution by the police for having relayed this call. And according to the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy (CHRD) in Hong Kong, more than 100 activists have been questioned or put under house arrest, while others suffered harassment or simply disappeared. "In recent days we see more criminal charges being incurred lengthy prison sentences for activists and more raids home, "complains the director of the CHRD, Renee Xia. Thus, two dissenting historical, Ding Mao and Chen Wei, jailed after the pro-democracy movement in Tiananmen 1989, were charged with inciting subversion while unemployed for 35 years, Liang Haiya, was arrested Saturday in the city of Harbin in the northeast, to have relayed the call to protest on Web sites and discussion forums in China.
For further stifle dissident movements, the government ensures that no information crosses borders. According to a snippet of the Information Office of Beijing Municipality, published in the China Daily, foreign journalists are forbidden "to talk to the Pekingese; any interview conducted in Beijing will be the subject of an application for prior authorization. " Regulations concerned the only sensitive areas before the Tiananmen or Tibet. Now it will be difficult for reporters to do their work. These measures are
CHRD say that "the crackdown by the government against the militants could be one of the most drastic in recent years." However, the organizers are not decided to stop their struggle. In an Internet message, they indicated that a "prolonged action was needed to demonstrate to Beijing that the people demand of the communist regime to be accountable and be transparent." The relative failure of their previous appeal does not seem to have discouraged "come without arms, walk and smile, they are launching. Smiles are stronger than slogans."
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