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Authorities Deny Lawyers’ Access to Xie Yang and His Case File

October 21, 2016

Since Lawyer Xie Yang’s arrest and detention as part of the “709 crackdown,” his case has been twice transferred for review and prosecution. In their separate accounts (below), Xie’s lawyers, Zhang Chongshi and Lin Qilei, report the following: the prosecutor Li Zhiming from the Changsha People's Procuratorate interrogated Xie Yang for 17 days consecutively and refused to let them meet Xie or review his case file, and authorities at the Changsha No. 2 Detention Center, in denying their access to Xie, claimed on October 10 that Xie Yang had “changed his lawyers,” but refused to show any documentation proving that Xie had indeed made that decision.


709”案谢阳律师被违法阻止律师会见和阅卷

律师张重实:谢阳案两次移送审查起诉至今天,长沙市检察院办案检察官李治明连续17个工作日提审谢阳,违法阻碍律师会见和阅卷;长沙第二看守所配合检方行为,一直以检方提审为由阻碍律师会见。多日来都在工作日询问李治明提审安排情况,要求给予律师会见时间,李治明均不作回应,昨日晚间给李治明短信询问今天是否提审,李治明仍不答复,今日9时前进入长沙市第二看守接待厅,被告知检方已在提审谢阳中,无法答复何时能安排会见的问题。得知探视谢阳和给谢阳存钱公民被打被扣,心中隐隐作痛,为时局悲哀。[流泪][流泪][流泪](2016年10月8日)

【谢阳律师案件进展情况大号外】蔺其磊律师:2016年10月10日14:30,我和张重实律师到长沙市第二看守所继续要求会见谢阳律师,大门口被拦住,一警号011136的50来岁的警察,粗暴的说:谢阳的律师已经换了,你们不能进去。我问他姓名,他蛮横地说:我代表看守所,不用告诉你名字。现在还在交涉。

我们要求就算是谢阳自己真的又聘请了律师,按照规定应该给我们书面的文书,而且我们还可以要求与谢阳本人核实的。

没想到一个公权机关和司法机关会如此荒唐,蛮横无理。

(另,一到看守所大门口,我们就看到左右两个牌子,上写:监所重地,严禁拍摄!)