US: Students Arrested After Protest At Pomona College In California

On Friday, April 5, dozens of students were arrested after a protest at Pomona College in California. Claremont Police Department officials said they stormed and then occupied the President's office. The protest was sparked after the university removed the 'mock apartheid wall,' a piece of student-erected pro-Palestinian protest art on the Claremont campus.

Chinese rights activist gets jail sentence

Chinese rights activist gets jail sentence

BEIJING, China - Zhang Qingfang (C), lawyer for Chinese human rights activist Xu Zhiyong, is detained near a court in Beijing on Jan. 26, 2014. Xu was sentenced the same day to four years' imprisonment on charges of disrupting public order for his role in protests against corruption.

Trial opens for Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

Trial opens for Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

BEIJING, China - Supporters of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, are blocked by police officers near the First Intermediary People's Court in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2014, as his trial commenced at the court. Xu, charged with disrupting public order, remained silent during the morning session of his first trial to protest the illegality of the proceedings, his lawyer Zhang Qingfang said.

Trial opens of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

Trial opens of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

BEIJING, China - Supporters of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, hold up signs protesting against his trial, near Beijing's First Intermediary People's Court on Jan. 22, 2014. Xu, charged with disrupting public order, remained silent during the morning session of his first trial to protest the illegality of the proceedings, his lawyer Zhang Qingfang said.

Trial opens of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

Trial opens of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

BEIJING, China - A woman supporter of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, is pulled by a police officer near the First Intermediary People's Court in Beijing on Jan. 22, 2014, as Xu's trial commenced at the court. Xu, charged with disrupting public order, remained silent during the morning session of his first trial to protest the illegality of the proceedings, his lawyer Zhang Qingfang said.

Trial opens of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

Trial opens of Chinese rights advocate Xu Zhiyong

BEIJING, China - Supporters of Xu Zhiyong, a prominent Chinese human rights activist, hold up a banner demanding his release near Beijing's First Intermediary People's Court on Jan. 22, 2014, as his trial commenced at the court. Xu, charged with disrupting public order, remained silent during the morning session of his first trial to protest the illegality of the proceedings, his lawyer Zhang Qingfang said.