China Holds Rights Lawyer Who Exposed Details of Xie Yang Torture
Xin Lin, Ng Yik-tung and Wen Yuqing | Radio Free Asia Chinese rights lawyer Chen Jiangang, who helped to expose the torture of his client and fellow lawyer Xie Yang, was in the custody of China’s state security police on Friday. Chen went ‘missing’ with his wife Zou Shaomei and the couple’s two sons during […]
Wife and Relatives Issue Statement Over Torture of Rights Lawyer Xie Yang in Changsha
China Change This article was first published on China Change web site on August 14, 2016 Following the news of Xie Yang’s case being sent to the prosecutors for possible indictment, details of Xie Yang’s torture were brought to light by lawyers who met with police at the end of July. In recent days, family […]
China Jails Human Rights Lawyer for 7 Years on Subversion Charges
Yang Fan and Xin Lin | Radio Free Asia A court in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin sentenced a leading human rights lawyer to seven years in prison on Thursday, the third subversion trial this week of attorneys and activists who were rounded up in a sweeping crackdown on rights defenders a year ago. Zhou […]
China Releases Top Rights Lawyer on Bail Following TV ‘Confession’
Yang Fan | Radio Free Asia Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin have reportedly released on bail a prominent human rights lawyer, while rights groups say the subversion trials of several others could begin soon. Wang Yu, whose July 9, 2015 detention marked the start of a nationwide police operation targeting rights lawyers, […]
Still Disappeared: Detention of Notable China Rights Lawyer Brings China’s Future into Question
Professor Terry Halliday | American Bar Foundation This article was published in China Aid website (Chicago) My friend, Li Heping was “disappeared” on July 10, 2015. Detained by China’s security apparatus, Li Heping, a practising Christian, has not been seen for 365 days by his wife or child, or his chosen lawyers, or diplomats rightly […]
Status of Released Christian Rights Lawyer Still Unknown
Yang Fan | Radio Free Asia Beijing human rights lawyer Zhang Kai, detained last August after he gave legal advice to dozens of Protestant churches facing the demolition of their crosses, has been released from detention and sent back to his birthplace in the northern region of Inner Mongolia in what rights lawyers slammed as […]
Chinese Rights Lawyer, Missing for 6 Months, Suddenly Makes Publicized Confession
Larry Ong | Epoch Times Clad in a black collarless shirt, his familiar glasses noticeably missing, Chinese human rights lawyer Zhang Kai spoke in a microphone: “I’ve broken the law, disturbed social order, endangered state security, and violated the ethics of the legal profession.” “I am deeply remorseful for my actions,” he added in a neutral […]
China Finds Rights Lawyer Guilty, Says Will Be Released Soon
<!–[CDATA[Qiao Long and Yang Fan | Radio Free Asia A court in the Chinese capital on Tuesday handed down a guilty verdict and a suspended jail term to a prominent rights lawyer on charges of “incitement to ethnic hatred and ethnic discrimination” and “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble” after he fired off seven highly […]
Beijing: One lawyer Gone Missing, Another Lawyer Kidnapped, and Fengrui Law office Visited by Police
<!–[CDATA[China Change This article was first published in ChinaChange web site On July 10, following the news of lawyer Wang Yu being disappeared, it has just been reported that lawyer Zhou Shifeng, director of the Fengrui Law Office in Beijing , was kidnapped this morning and his whereabouts are unknown. Lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan tweeted earlier the same morning: “Yesterday […]
Former China Security Boss Should Have Been Charged With ‘Crimes Against Humanity’, Says Rights Lawyer
<!–[CDATA[Larry Ong and Alex Ma | Epoch Times In his first public statement in years on the political developments in China, Gao Zhisheng, a human rights lawyer living under virtual house arrest and still recovering from torture in custody, has spoken about the trial against former Chinese communist security chief, Zhou Yongkang. In the past Gao […]