Excerpted from Radio Free Asia:
The New York-based Human Rights in China said in a recent report that China's legal system was being undermined by continual pressures on lawyers, especially those representing clients in sensitive cases involving allegations of official wrongdoing.
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For more information on this issue:
- HRIC Trends Bulletin:
August 2006: Setback for the rule of law - Lawyers under attack in China - HRIC Press Release:
Wife of Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng Forcibly Brought in for Questioning on the Way to Her Parents’ Home for Mid-Autumn Festival - China Rights Forum, No.2 2006:
Zhang Yaojie's "Chen Guangcheng and Wen Jiabao: Power vs. Human Rights"
