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Bao Longjun Case Update
This case update—originally circulated on WeChat—explains that Chen Yongfu, lawyer to Bao Longjun, who has been accused of inciting subversion of state power, received a call on August 31 from someone claiming to be from the Tianjin Public Security Bureau. The individual on the phone sought...
August 31, 2015
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Bao Longjun
Qin Yongmin Detained on Suspicion of "Inciting Subversion of State Power"
In January of this year, Qin Yongmin and his wife Zhao Suli lost contact with the outside world. In a summons to human rights activist Shi Yulin to report for questioning on August 28, 2015, the Wuhan City Public Security Bureau states that Qin Yongmin has been detained by authorities on suspicion...
September 7, 2015
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Qin Yongmin
The Bureau for Letters and Calls—an Uninhabited Ghost Town Filled with Blood and Tears!
People come from across the country to petition at the Bureau for Letters and Calls. They often must brave the biting cold or scorching sun, and line up in an alley for hours or even days at a time, only to be blocked or rudely and unreasonably refused when they reach the registration window. Now,...
August 30, 2015
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Ma Yalian
Lawyer Li Heping's wife: You have to have a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!—To the families of the "709 Incident"
A stranger called me yesterday and asked how my Mid-Autumn Festival was. She repeatedly said that she once received help from lawyer Li Heping, and asked what she could do for us. At last she said, although Li Heping wasn't home, she still wanted to wish us a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. I was very...
September 27, 2015
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709 Families and Supporters
Lawyer Liu Zhengqing Meets with Wang Fang, Wuhan Rights Activist Suspected of “Picking Quarrels"
Wang Fang recounts her detention following a July 25 gathering during which she and other rights defenders showed support for the arrested activist Tufu by wearing T-shirts with images of him.
September 18, 2015
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Lawyers Request Meeting with Bao Longjun, Detention Center Says They Have "No Such Person"
Bao Longjun, husband of human rights lawyer Wang Yu, was taken away by Tianjin police from the airport on July 9, where he was sending off his son to study abroad in Australia. And he has not been heard from since. This is a description of lawyers Chen Yongfu and Huang Hanzhong’s attempt to meet...
August 24, 2015
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Beijing Xinqiao Law Firm: Solemn Statement on Zhang Kai and Liu Peng being Taken Away
[Translation by Human Rights in China] See Chinese original . Shocked by news that Xinqiao law firm lawyer Zhang Kai and assistant Liu Peng were taken away in the wee hours of the morning on August 25, 2015 in Wenzhou City, I, as the head of Zhang Kai’s law firm, issue the following statement:...
August 26, 2015
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Bao Longjun under Residential Surveillance on Suspicion of "Incitement" and "Picking Quarrels,” Family Yet to Be Notified
Forty-four days after Bao Longjun dropped out of contact while at the Beijing airport, his lawyers, after several inquiries, finally obtained the following information at the pre-trial division at the Hexi District Public Security Bureau in Tianjin: Bao has been put under residential surveillance “...
August 24, 2015
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Lawyer Wang Quanzhang Suspected of “Picking Quarrels” and “Inciting Subversion”
In these notes, lawyer Li Zhongwei recounts his efforts to meet with his client Lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who was disappeared on July 10. On August 10, Li went with Wang’s wife to the Hexi District Detention Center for the third time to look for him. After repeated requests, they were finally told...
August 10, 2015
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Chen Taihe: Please treat the detained lawyers well, for the sake of the society's peace and stability
“Alone a stranger in a strange land, I miss my family especially ever more at times of festivity.” In Chinese tradition, the Mid-Autumn Festival is second only to Spring Festival as the most important time for joyous gatherings of the whole family. Every Chinese is bound to feel the blessings of...
August 27, 2015
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709 Families and Supporters

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