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Lawyers’ Request for Open Court Hearing for Xu Zhiyong’s Second Instance Trial
After being sentenced to four years in prison for “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place” during his first instance trial, Xu Zhiyong, a key advocate of the New Citizens Movement, filed an appeal. For the second instance trial, defense lawyers Zhang Qingfang and Liu Shuqing have...
March 10, 2014
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An Account by Lawyer Wang Shengsheng Regarding Her Kidnapping by Police Officers
In this account, lawyer W ang S hengsheng ( 王胜生 ) describes a forced entry by police officers into her hotel room in the early morning on March 29 in Jiansanjiang, and her subsequent kidnapping. At the time, Wang and more than a dozen other lawyers—including Fu Yonggang ( 付永刚 ) and Wang Quanzhang...
March 31, 2014
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“Lawyers Who Gathered as Part of an Evil Cult Disturb Public Order, Will Be Dealt With According to the Law”
The Jiansanjiang Farm Reclamation Public Security Bureau issued this statement after the March 21 detention of four lawyers — Jiang Tianyong (江天勇) , Tang Jitian (唐吉田) , Wang Cheng (王成) , and Zhang Junjie (张俊杰) —and approximately 19 citizens. The statement, posted on the Weibo account of a state-...
March 31, 2014
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“China Human Rights Watch Registration Announcement (No. 10)”
“China Human Rights Watch” is a Chinese citizen non-profit, public interest, civil society group, established in accordance with the law. The person in charge of the group stated in the group’s registration announcement that members had formally applied to register China Human Rights Watch with the...
March 25, 2014
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Qin Yongmin
Personal Account by Lawyer Xie Yang Regarding His Request to Meet with Jiang Tianyong at Qixing Detention Center
Lawyer Xie Yang (谢 阳) , who represents Jiang Tianyong, describes in this account that he arrived in Jiansanjiang in the morning of April 2 and went straight to the Qixing Public Security Bureau sub-branch and asked to meet with Lawyer Jiang Tianyong. The deputy branch chief of the bureau told Xie...
April 2, 2014
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Lawyer Liu Sixin’s Rebuttal to State Media Accusations about Human Rights Lawyers Involved in Jiansanjiang Case
This rebuttal was written by lawyer Liu Sixin (刘四新) , who has a doctorate in law from Beida, in response to an op-ed published by the Global Times, in Chinese and English , on April 2, 2014, that accuses the lawyers involved in the Jiansanjiang incident of inciting “illegal activities rather than...
April 3, 2014
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Women Lawyers' Proposal for an Online Performance Art Protest
Women human rights defenders in China have launched an online appeal asking women lawyers to protest the thug-like treatment of fellow lawyer Wang Shengsheng (王胜生) in Jiansanjiang by posing for photos with black hoods over their heads, with hands bound, and wearing placards that read "Women lawyers...
April 3, 2014
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“Concerning the Illegal Detention of Citizens and Rights Defense Lawyers, as well as the Operations of Black Jails, by the Jiansanjiang Public Security Bureau under the General Bureau of Land Reclamation in Heilongjiang”
Lawyers and citizens sent the following letter to the Ministry of Public Security regarding the illegal detention of citizens and rights defense lawyers in Jiansanjiang:
March 27, 2014
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“Urgent Complaint Filed before the Heilongjiang Supreme People’s Procuratorate against Sui Fengfu, Party Secretary of the General Bureau of Farm Reclamation of Heilongjiang and other persons for abduction, illegal detention, and other crimes”
This urgent complaint was filed by a number of citizens before the Heilongjiang Supreme People’s Procuratorate against Sui Fengfu, Party Secretary of the General Bureau of Farm Reclamation of Heilongjiang, (黑龙江农垦总局) and others for abduction, illegal detention, and other crimes. From 9:00 a.m. to 4:...
March 28, 2014
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An Account by Lawyer Cai Ying Regarding His Attempt to Seek Assistance from the All China Lawyers Federation
蔡瑛律師建三江维权继续 距离21日唐吉田、江天勇、王成和张俊杰律师被拘押已经八天，我现在北京。25日从建三江回到长沙后，司法部门不断通知，首先是试探性询问建三江之事，暗示不要介入，之后开始盘查代理手续是否完善，最后完全暴露丑恶目的，要求我退出代理。在我这里遭到拒绝甚至痛斥后，湖南省司法厅、长沙市司法局强令事务所主任，必须阻止蔡瑛代理建三江案件，要不惜一切手段抢回蔡瑛的代理手续。 黑龙江多位律师为了争取会见权，为了维护法制在绝食在抗争，这里司法部门不仅不出言支持律师维权，竟然要制止律师代理。对这群人我真是无法可说，但我还是决定去北京全国律师协会递交材料，明知道去了也枉然，但必要的程序还是要到位...
March 28, 2014
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Cai Ying

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