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Statement by Lawyer Tang Jingling on Why He Refuses to Appeal His Conviction
On January 29, 2016, lawyer Tang Jingling , an advocate of non-violent civil disobedience, was convicted of "inciting subversion of state power" and sentenced to five years in prison. Tang was first detained in May 2014 on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” during the pre-June...
January 29, 2016
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709 Families and Supporters
Verdicts for Tang Jingling, Yuan Chaoyang, and Wang Qingying—the "Three Gentlemen of Guangzhou"
In a hearing on January 29, 2016, the Guangzhou Municipal Intermediate People's Court convicted activists Tang Jingling, Yuan Chaoyang, and Wang Qingying of "inciting subversion of state power" and sentenced them to five years, three and a half years, and two and a half years, respectively. Tang...
January 26, 2016
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Tang Jingling
A Letter to Presidential Election Candidates of the Republic of China
Dear Presidential election candidates: Greetings! After fierce election campaigns, now you are waiting quietly for the final judgment by the voters. Long before this moment, I started to watch this political race closely on this side of the Taiwan Strait, from the Guangzhou Number One Detention...
January 15, 2016
Citizens' Square
Tang Jingling
Tang Jingling Meets with Lawyer, His Situation Is Worrisome
[Translation by Human Rights in China] [Disseminated via WeChat] On September 1, 2015, lawyer Ge Yongxi went to Guangzhou No. 1 Detention Center to meet with Tang Jingling, and read the Bible for him. Tang had long wanted a Bible to read, but has been denied by the detention authorities to have one...
September 9, 2015
Citizens' Square
Tang Jingling
Excerpts from Tang Jingling’s Self Defense and Final Statement at Trial
This is an excerpt from rights defense lawyer Tang Jingling’s defense and final statement at his trial for "inciting subversion of state power." In the statement, he recounts the rights defense activities he has carried out over some 20 years and his commitment to China’s democratization. He...
July 24, 2015
Citizens' Square
Sun Desheng
Arrest Notice of Tang Jingling
Tang Jingling (唐荆陵) was formally arrested on June 20, 2014, on suspicion of “inciting subversion of state power” (煽动颠覆国家政权罪) and is currently being held at Guangzhou No. 1 Detention Center (广州市第一看守所). He was first criminally detained on May 16, 2014 on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking...
June 20, 2014
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Tang Jingling
Detention Notice of Tang Jingling
Lawyer Tang Jingling ( 唐荆陵) was criminally detained on May 16, 2014 on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” at Baiyun District Detention Center in Guangzhou, after police confiscated two computers and three mobile phones from his home. Tang founded the “Non-violent Citizens’...
May 16, 2014
Citizens' Square
Tang Jingling
Lawyer Retained by Li Wangyang Family Unlawfully Held for Six Days
Li Wangyang with friend, Daxiang District Hospital, Shaoyang, Hunan Province, July 23, 2011 Tang Jingling (唐荆陵) , a Guangdong lawyer retained by the family of the late labor activist Li Wangyang (李旺阳) , was detained for six days, from September 5 to September 10 in Shaoyang, Hunan Province, and in...
September 11, 2012
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Li Wangyang
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