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Verdict in the Case of Three Asset Transparency Advocates
The Yushui District People’s Court in Xinyu, Jiangxi Province convicted three asset transparency advocates and New Citizens Movement participants on June 19, 2014. Liu Ping ( 刘萍 ) and Wei Zhongping ( 魏忠平 ) were sentenced to six and a half years in prison for “picking quarrels and provoking troubles...
June 19, 2014
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Li Sihua
Lawyers and Legal Professionals: ACLA’s Draft Disciplinary Regulations for Lawyers Violate ACLA Charter, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and China’s Constitution
According to recent news, the All-China Lawyers Association (ACLA) has drafted two sets of provisional disciplinary regulations that, if adopted, would place broad restrictions on lawyers' freedom of expression and introduce punishment for violators. In response, 85 lawyers and legal professionals...
June 18, 2014
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A Letter to Friends Concerned with Pu Zhiqiang’s Case
One June 9, lawyer Zhang Sizhi’s request to visit Gao Yu at the Beijing No.1 Detention Center was denied, but the detention center granted him a meeting, unsolicited, with another client, Pu Zhiqiang. Zhang’s notes from the meeting, circulated online, state that Pu Zhiqiang is interrogated nearly...
June 11, 2014
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Pu Zhiqiang
121 Legal Professionals Sign Citizen Petition Calling on State Council to Revise Article 374 of the Procedural Regulations for the Handling of Criminal Cases by Public Security Organs
In this joint proposal, 121 lawyers and legal professionals ask the State Council to amend article 374 of the Procedural Regulations for the Handling of Criminal Cases by Public Security Organs to ensure the right of lawyers to meet with detained clients is not arbitrarily deprived on the grounds...
June 15, 2014
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  • Liu Ping
Defense Opinion from Liu Ping’s Lawyer
In this defense opinion submitted to the Yushui district court, in Xinyu city, lawyer Si Weijiang raises both procedural and substantive problems in the trial of and charges against his client, transparency advocate Liu Ping. Si argues that Liu's actions online and offline calling for asset...
June 16, 2014
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Liu Ping
Photos: Lawyers Protest to Demand Access to Activists by Zhengzhou Authorities
Lawyers have responded to Zhengzhou authorities’ refusal to allow them to meet their clients— detained prior to June Fourth—by staging repeated protests. On June 7, approximately 20 lawyers staged an overnight protest outside the Zhengzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau. On June 11, rights...
June 13, 2014
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Chinese lawyers Initiate 24-hour Fast Relay to Defend Lawyers’ Rights
To protest the recent spate of attacks on Chinese lawyers—in the forms of beating, detention, refusal to let them meet with clients, and disqualifying them from practice—a group of Chinese lawyers, including Liu Weiguo and Zhang Keke, initiated a 24-hour fast relay and called for the participation...
June 10, 2014
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Response of the Hong Kong Bar Association to Beijing’s White Paper on the “One Country, Two Systems” Policy in Hong Kong
In this statement , the Hong Kong Bar Association (HKBA) responds to three aspects of the White Paper, “The Practice of the ‘One Country, Two Systems’ Policy in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR),” issued by the Information Office of the State Council on June 10. All three aspects...
June 11, 2014
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Detention Notice of Wang Aizhong
Wang Aizhong (王爱忠) was criminally detained on May 29, 2014 on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles,” following a police search on his home the same afternoon. Wang, a Guangdong human rights defender and successful businessman, is a prominent member of the Southern Street Movement.
May 29, 2014
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List of Items Confiscated by the Hangzhou Public Security Bureau from Zan Aizhong
Zan Aizong (昝爱宗) was detained and questioned for half a day on May 20, 2014, on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble.” During a search of his apartment, the Hangzhou police confiscated a computer, a USB drive, and other items. Zan is an outspoken writer and journalist who currently...
May 20, 2014
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