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Liu Yao & Wife Lai Wei’e Draft Case Timelines & Procedural Status
1) Case Timelines Date Liu Yao’s Case Lai Wei’e’s Case Aug 2015 Liu Yao began publishing articles online exposing He Zhongyou (何忠友), Party Secretary of Heyuan City, Guangdong Province, for illegal appropriation of a vast tract of farmland for a golf course project. (He Zhongyou is currently the...
March 19, 2018
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Draft Case Summary of Liu Yao Lawyer and Whistleblower Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Exposing Corruption
Lawyer Liu Yao ( 刘尧 ) , 56, who once practiced in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, represented local peasants in Dongyuan County, in the prefectural-level city of Heyuan City (河源市东源县), in a land right dispute case. Subsequently, in 2009, he was accused of a trumped-up charge of intentional damage of...
March 19, 2018
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Complaint Against Heyuan Intermediate People's Court and Judges Cui Chunliu, Lei Zhiping, and Xu Ke for Unlawful Handling of Cases and Hindering Lawyers’ Lawful Exercise of Their Litigation Rights
[Translation by Human Rights in China] Submitted to: The Heyuan Municipal People's Procuratorate The Heyuan Municipal Intermediate People's Court By Complainants: Defense lawyers for Liu Yao ( 刘尧 ) Li Fangping ( 李方平 ) , lawyer at Beijing Ruifeng Law Firm and defense lawyer representing Liu Yao and...
July 25, 2017
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A Call for Help
In the Case of Liu Yao, victim of entrapment and retaliation by corrupt high-ranking officials in Guangdong who colluded with businesses and abused their power
February 1, 2018
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Quiet at Weiming Lake: Visiting Mr. Edgar Snow’s Grave
[Translation by Human Rights in China] 1 The Chinese Spring Festival in 2018 came late. February 15 was the anniversary of Mr. Edgar Snow's death, also Lunar New Year’s Eve. This happened to be a time of long holidays, when people were either busy preparing meals for family reunions at home or out...
February 21, 2018
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Ding Zilin
Chinese Lawyers’ Statement on Respecting and Protecting Lawyers’ Right to Practice
The Chinese authorities have persecuted human rights lawyers and human rights defenders who were taken into custody in the 709 Crackdown by putting them under “residential surveillance at a designated place,” which is secret detention in disguise, refusing to let lawyers retained by their families...
February 1, 2018
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Liu Shihui
Tiananmen Mothers 2018 New Year Gathering in Beijing Joined By Some of the Victims’ Family Members
On January 13, 2018, 40 June Fourth victims’ family members joined a New Year gathering in Beijing organized by the Tiananmen Mothers. The participants observed a moment of silence to pay tribute to the 50 victims’ family members who have passed away, and reiterated their three unwavering demands...
January 16, 2018
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Li Xiaoling Case Update: Li is Arrested for “Picking Quarrels and Provoking Troubles”
On September 14, lawyer Lin Qilei met with his client Li Xiaoling at the Zhuhai No.1 Detention Center, and was told Li had been arrested on September 12 for allegedly “picking quarrels and provoking troubles.” Li is a rights defender from Zhuhai, Guangdong. Li Xiaoling developed an eye condition...
September 14, 2017
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Shanghai Petitioner Han Zhongming Missing after Being Followed by Non-locals, Police Refuse Filing
Tong Liya and former husband Han Zhongming, a Shanghai rights defender who petitioned and then sued the government over being forcibly evicted and relocated, were followed for 24 hours and watched from outside their temporary home by eight unidentified non-locals beginning September 22. Han has...
October 15, 2017
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Ma Yalian
Development on the “Steamed Bun” Case in Zhaoyuan City, Shandong Province: Defense Lawyer Zhu Shengwu Fears His License Will Be Revoked
On September 6, lawyer Zhu Shengwu, representing “steamed bun” case defendant Wang Jiangfeng of Zhaoyuan, Shandong, received a notice from the Department of Justice of Shandong Province entitled, “Notice of Rights to a Hearing for the Party Involved in Administrative Punishment Cases Handled by the...
September 11, 2017
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