Latest issue of Freedom House's China Dissent Monitor covering the period April – June 2023

Labour and housing were the main reasons for protests. There were also protests for LGBT rights and the rights of ethnic minorities

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https://freedomhouse.org/report/china-dissent-monitor/2023/issue-4-april-june-2023

Interview with Kevin Slaten who runs the China Dissent Monitor for Freedom House. AI is used as a tool for monitoring Chinese social media to gather data about protests. This is supplemented by other sources to compile the data.

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https://globalvoices.org/2023/06/28/chinese-citizens-find-ways-to-dissent-despite-the-risks/

Chinese feminist activists detained for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble"

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https://youtu.be/NA9GJuzcyGM

Women played a leading role in China's White Paper protests and feminism is playing a larger role in China's democracy movement

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https://www.sbs.com.au/language/chinese/en/article/34th-anniversary-of-the-tiananmen-incident-the-outstanding-performance-of-women-in-the-white-paper-protest/o4xw1bqvp

Breaking: Today (Feb 15), a large number of retirees gathered in #Wuhan's #Zhongshan Park to demand that authorities withdraw health care reform measures that cut health benefits.
Similar protests are happening in #Dalian City and #Anshan City too.
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Meanwhile in #China more protests in Wuhan against the government Because of not being given medical insurance.

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#China: UNSW alumna Li Yuanjing among women arrested by Chinese police after attending zero-COVID protests. ‘It wasn't until a few weeks later Ms Li and several of her friends were arrested. They haven't been heard from since… According to media reports confirmed by her friends, Ms Li was arrested on December 18 for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble".’ | ABC https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-05/unsw-alumni-li-yuanjing-arrested-for-protesting-china/101918532 #A4Protests #ChinaProtests #EnforcedDisappearance

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#China: UNSW alumna Li Yuanjing among women arrested by Chinese police after attending zero-COVID protests. ‘It wasn't until a few weeks later Ms Li and several of her friends were arrested. They haven't been heard from since… According to media reports confirmed by her friends, Ms Li was arrested on December 18 for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble".’ | ABC https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-05/unsw-alumni-li-yuanjing-arrested-for-protesting-china/101918532 #A4Protests #ChinaProtests #EnforcedDisappearance

#China: UNSW alumna Li Yuanjing among women arrested by Chinese police after attending zero-COVID protests. ‘It wasn't until a few weeks later Ms Li and several of her friends were arrested. They haven't been heard from since… According to media reports confirmed by her friends, Ms Li was arrested on December 18 for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble".’ | ABC https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-05/unsw-alumni-li-yuanjing-arrested-for-protesting-china/101918532 #A4Protests #ChinaProtests #Nonviolence #FreedomOfAssembly #PeacefulAssembly #dissent #EnforcedDisappearance

#China: UNSW alumna Li Yuanjing among women arrested by Chinese police after attending zero-COVID protests. ‘It wasn't until a few weeks later Ms Li and several of her friends were arrested. They haven't been heard from since… According to media reports confirmed by her friends, Ms Li was arrested on December 18 for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble".’ | ABC https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-05/unsw-alumni-li-yuanjing-arrested-for-protesting-china/101918532 #A4Protests #ChinaProtests #Nonviolence #FreedomOfAssembly #PeacefulAssembly #dissent #EnforcedDisappearance

#China: UNSW alumna Li Yuanjing among women arrested by Chinese police after attending zero-COVID protests. “It wasn't until a few weeks later Ms Li and several of her friends were arrested. They haven't been heard from since” | ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-05/unsw-alumni-li-yuanjing-arrested-for-protesting-china/101918532 #A4Protests #ChinaProtests #Nonviolence #FreedomOfAssembly #PeacefulAssembly #dissent #EnforcedDisappearance

UNSW alumna Li Yuanjing (李元婧) was arrested several weeks after participating in a protest in Beijing on 27 November last year.

"Her WeChat account disappeared. When I read the news, I tried to check on her updates but it's like she has vanished," a friend said.
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-05/unsw-alumni-li-yuanjing-arrested-for-protesting-china/101918532

Human rights groups and others have called for the release of people detained for participating in the White Paper protests, some of whom have been threatened, physically abused, or denied access to legal representation while in detention
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https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2023/01/increasing-calls-to-release-detained-a4-protesters/?amp

For some more background on the case of Cao Zhixin please read this article
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https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-china-young-women-become-accidental-symbols-of-defiance-11674667983

These four young women were arrested for their participation in the 2022 White Paper protests.

Cao Zhixin 曹芷馨
Li Siqi 李思琪
Zhai Dengrui 翟登蕊
Li Yuanjing 李元婧

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Via Sophie Mak: https://twitter.com/SophieMak1/status/1618923646508208128?t=_l0heKKgNytAJFslf2sU6Q&s=09

Here is the University of Chicago's statement on the detention of their alumna Qin Ziyi 秦梓奕
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Li Yuanjing / 李元婧, or Nina Li, a former UNSW accounting student was arrested last month after participating in protest/vigil in Beijing memorializing fire/Covid victims. Family and friends are urging UNSW to follow UChicago and issue a statement
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via @veryvickyxu on Twitter

https://chng.it/KJCy7C9Pzk

“Young people in China are paying a heavy price for daring to speak out for freedom and human rights. Governments and international institutions around the world should show support and call on the Chinese authorities to release them immediately.” - Yaqiu Wang, @humanrightswatch
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https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/01/26/china-free-white-paper-protesters

China is rounding up protesters who participated in last year's "A4 Revolution"
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https://youtu.be/9j8ReRH5f_4

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In the wake of screams "See, we have rights to protest!", communist china's authorities are quietly rounding up CCP's worshipers who protested against COVID rules. #CrimesAgainstHumanity #ChinaProtests
https://npr.org/2023/01/11/1148251868/china-covid-lockdown-protests-arrests