Liu Ping

In Fourth Month of Detention, Guo Feixiong Allowed First Meeting with Lawyer

According to informed sources, rights activist Guo Feixiong ( 郭飞雄 ) met with lawyer Chen Guangwu ( 陈光武 ) on November 14, the first such meeting permitted Guo since his detention on August 8. Guo was officially arrested on September 12 and is accused of “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a...

November 15, 2013

Case Update

Asset Transparency

Gao Zhisheng

Trial Adjourns for Asset Transparency Advocates over Right to Proper Defense

An informed source told Human Rights in China that on October 28, the first day of the trial of three asset transparency advocates in Jiangxi Province— Liu Ping ( 刘萍 ), Wei Zhongping ( 魏忠平 ) , and Li Sihua ( 李思华 ) —the defendants and their families terminated the client-lawyer relationship in...

October 28, 2013

Press Work

Asset Transparency

Liu Ping

Lawyers Call for Release of Three Asset Transparency Advocates, Challenge Legality of Trial Delay

In an October 14 statement , the lawyers for Liu Ping ( 刘萍), Wei Zhongping ( 魏忠平) , and Li Sihua ( 李思华) —three asset transparency advocates in Jiangxi Province facing trial—accused the trial court of exceeding the three-month legal limit for trying and rendering verdicts on their clients’ cases,...

October 15, 2013

Press Work

Liu Ping

Two New Charges for Asset Transparency Advocate Liu Ping

According to HRIC sources, Liu Ping ( 刘萍) , who was indicted in July for “illegal assembly” (非法集会) , has been charged with two new counts. The new charges are “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place” (聚众扰乱公共场所秩序罪) and “using a cult to damage enforcement of the law” (利用邪教组织破坏法律实施罪).

August 29, 2013

Press Work

Liu Ping

Activist Detained on Suspicion of “Inciting Subversion of State Power” after Calling for Disclosure of Officials’ Assets

Sources told Human Rights in China that rights activist Liu Ping ( 刘萍 ) has been criminally detained on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power.” Authorities have denied a request by Liu’s lawyer to meet with his client.

May 9, 2013

Press Work

Liu Ping

Open letter protests police brutality against two independent candidates in Xinyu, Jiangxi Province; account of incident

The open letter (in Chinese) says that on September 19, Liu Ping ( 刘萍) and Wei Zhongping ( 魏忠平) , rights defenders and independent candidates for the People’s Congress in Xinyu, Jiangxi, were detained, strip-searched, verbally abused, and beaten by the local police in an 11-hour-long ordeal. The...

September 22, 2012

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