In China, protests are happening everyday, “in the streets, in their communities, on banners, on walls, in cyberspace, collectively, and individually,” despite years of censorship and social maintenance by the regime, reported the U.S.-based human rights organization, Freedom House.
On Nov. 14, Freedom House released its latest report from its database China Dissent Monitor (CDM).
The CDM documented a total of 668 dissent events recorded nationwide for June-September, 2022.
Evidence of repression was observed in one quarter of all dissent events in the CDM database. Violence was the most frequent form of reprisal by both state and non-state agents.
Many Forms of Dissent
CDM data demonstrated the diversity of the Chinese demonstrations….