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enFate of Lawyer Jiang Tianyong and Family Again Exposes True Face of China’s Totalitarian Regime
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Under intense international anticipation of the release today from prison of prominent rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong ( 江天勇) , who was convicted of the trumped up charge of “inciting subversion of state power,” the Chinese authorities have instead disappeared him. His supporters outside the Henan...</div>
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Thu, 28 Feb 2019 18:53:23 +0000phb23821 at https://www.hrichina.orgAsking For Truth and Accountability - For the tragedy of October 8, 1993
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">In 1993, Liu writes, his wife, Huang Ping (黄萍), was carried away by a sudden surge at the waterfall at the Huangguoshu Scenic Area in Guizhou Province. Liu says that his investigation showed that the deluge was created by officials of the Huangguoshu Scenic Area Management Office who, without...</div>
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Fri, 09 Nov 2018 23:30:44 +0000tw23059 at https://www.hrichina.orgAccount of Applying to Attend Trial of Qin Yongmin
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">This account describes the experience of the writer and other rights defenders from different areas in the country who intended to going to Wuhan to apply to attend the trial of Qin Yongmin. Some activists were intercepted in their local areas, and the others who arrived at the court were...</div>
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Wed, 18 Jul 2018 18:00:00 +0000phb22162 at https://www.hrichina.org59 Lawyers, Doctors of Juridical Science, and Others Jointly Issue Open Letter to NPC, Including Four Recommendations Regarding the “National Supervision Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft)”
https://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/59-lawyers-doctors-juridical-science-and-others-jointly-issue-open-letter-npc
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Wed, 27 Sep 2017 18:24:51 +0000phb20028 at https://www.hrichina.orgLawyer Yu Wensheng Accuses Municipal Bureau of Justice of Illegally Depriving Him of the Right to Practice Law
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Lawyer Yu Wensheng filed a criminal complaint with the Beijing Municipal Procuratorate requesting that Miao Lin, the Director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice, and others involved be held legally accountable for abusing their power in using the annual renewal of law licenses to suppress...</div>
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Thu, 07 Sep 2017 21:24:31 +0000phb19892 at https://www.hrichina.orgLetter from Jiang Tianyong’s Lawyers Demanding Meeting with Client
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Jiang Tianyong's defense lawyer Chen Jinxue sent a letter to the sub-bureau of the Changsha Municipal Public Security Bureau requesting for the fifth time to meet with Jiang. Previously, Chen and Jiang’s other defense lawyer, Qin Chenshou, had asked eight times to see their client. The Public...</div>
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Mon, 21 Aug 2017 22:01:23 +0000tw19765 at https://www.hrichina.orgLawyer Yu Wensheng Accuses Municipal Bureau of Justice of Illegally Depriving Him of the Right to Practice Law
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Mon, 21 Aug 2017 18:55:55 +0000tw19759 at https://www.hrichina.orgFeng Zhenghu Applies For Open Government Information on Length of Restriction on his Travel
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Activist Feng Zhenghu from Shanghai was denied departure from Pudong International Airport on October 5, 2015. The border police stated that his departure could potentially “harm national security,” allegedly in connection with the 709 Crackdown. In February of this year, when Feng was granted a...</div>
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Tue, 06 Jun 2017 21:43:22 +0000phb19159 at https://www.hrichina.orgA Chief Justice Like Zhou Qiang Must Leave: An Open Letter Urging Zhou Qiang to Resign
https://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/chief-justice-zhou-qiang-must-leave-open-letter-urging-zhou-qiang-resign
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Seventy-six well-known Chinese individuals, including legal scholars, practicing lawyers, economists, publishers, documentary filmmakers, writers, and poets, have joined in an open letter to ask for the resignation of Zhou Qiang, President and Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court. In a...</div>
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Wed, 25 Jan 2017 03:50:14 +0000Anonymous18177 at https://www.hrichina.orgAnnotated Excerpts from Hu Shigen and Zhou Shifeng's Trial Transcripts
https://www.hrichina.org/en/annotated-excerpts-hu-shigen-and-zhou-shifengs-trial-transcripts
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<p>In the first week of August 2016, the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People's Court tried and convicted one rights lawyer and three activists of “subversion of state power.” They were <strong>Zhai Yanmin (</strong><strong>翟岩民)</strong>, a law firm employee; <strong>Hu Shigen (</strong><strong>胡石根)</strong>, a democracy and religious freedom activist; <strong>Zhou Shifeng (</strong><strong>周世鋒)</strong>, a lawyer and law firm director; and <strong>Gou Hongguo (</strong><strong>勾洪国)</strong>, a rights activist. </p></div>
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</ul></div></div>Fri, 12 Aug 2016 21:51:11 +0000tw16824 at https://www.hrichina.orgHRIC Translation: Annotated Excerpts from Hu Shigen and Zhou Shifeng's Trial Transcripts
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Fri, 12 Aug 2016 21:11:13 +0000tw16823 at https://www.hrichina.orgChina’s New FNGO Law Seeks to Divide and Conquer China’s Civil Society
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Thu, 28 Apr 2016 22:02:51 +0000Anonymous15897 at https://www.hrichina.orgAn Account of Three Lawyers Being Abused by Court and Police Authorities in Dongchangfu District, Liaocheng, Shandong Province, Including Beating and Seizure of Personal Items
https://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/account-three-lawyers-being-abused-court-and-police-authorities-dongchangfu-district
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Tue, 23 Jun 2015 21:37:46 +0000tw13070 at https://www.hrichina.orgStatement by Chinese Lawyers on Not Participating in Unlawful Annual Inspections and Assessments
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<div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded">Cheng Hai (程海), a lawyer currently disputing his one year suspension from legal practice, leads 38 lawyers in demanding an end to the annual assessment and certification process for lawyers. The statement argues that this certification practice, mandated by the Ministry of Justice, not only...</div>
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Fri, 20 Mar 2015 22:44:46 +0000Anonymous12544 at https://www.hrichina.orgAppeal Regarding Rights Lawyer Cheng Hai’s September 5 Hearing
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