Rappler's latest stories on dissidents
China arrests activist who criticized Xi Jinping over virus – rights group
Amnesty International says anti-corruption activist Xu Zhiyong is arrested after being on the run since December
China's first 'cyber-dissident' given 12-year jail term – court
His sentence is one of the harshest meted out to a dissident since President Xi Jinping came to power in 2012, according to court records
Jailed Chinese activist's elderly mother seeks justice
The mother of ailing imprisoned Chinese dissident Huang Qi is in Beijing to plead his case, fearing he will die behind bars
Bahrain vows to hunt social media dissidents
The Bahraini government will adopt 'severe measures to deal with unprecedented chaos by disruptive social media accounts'
China rights lawyer 'ready for consequences' over new book
Gao Zhisheng who remains under house arrest will release a book tackling the physical abuse he endured under detention his faith and his belief that the Communist Party could collapse
China 'rounds up overseas dissidents' relatives' over letter
Chinese authorities have detained the relatives of several dissidents living abroad the dissidents say
Top US official meets dissidents in Cuba
Roberta Jacobson tells reporters the get together with dissidents allowed her to listen well to their discrepancies or support for the new policy
Vietnam deports US citizen accused of 'anti-state' plot
Nguyen Quoc Quan a member of the US based Viet Tan Party which Hanoi views as a terrorist organisation was arrested on April 17 2012
Online dissident jailed in China
As China prepares for a leadership change a court court sentences a man who had worked in an Internet cafe to 8 years in jail
China dissident tells U.S. of abuse of family
Chen Guangcheng telephones a hearing of the US Congress for the second time from a hospital bed in Beijing
