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My Husband Li Heping, Part 4—Two Families' Pillars Have Been Taken Away
I could not have imagined that while looking for Li Heping, his younger brother Li Chunfu, who is also a lawyer, was taken away by the Tianjin Municipal Security Bureau Hexi Branch in the evening of August 1. At the same time, his home was also searched, and his computer, files, books, and other...
August 4, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Citizens Have the Right to Not Cooperate: Defense Statement for Tang Jingling
This article is lawyer Yan Xin’s (燕薪) statement of defense for Tang Jingling who is accused of "inciting subversion of state power." In his defense for Tang Jingling, lawyer Yan Xin argues that Tang is not guilty of “inciting subversion of state power.” He argues that: the concept and actions of...
July 24, 2015
Citizens' Square
Calling for the immediate release of independent filmmaker Yang Weidong
On July 15, Yang Weidong, an independent filmmaker in Beijing, and his wife and mother were preparing to board a train bound for Hong Kong for their vacation, but his mother, Xue Yinxian, was stopped at customs. The next day, Yang stood naked holding up a sign in front of the State General...
July 21, 2015
Citizens' Square
My Husband Li Heping, Part 3—A Futile Search: My Husband Li Heping
Before, I always used to complain that the days passed by too quickly. But from July 10 onwards, every minute has been a torment. After the search of my home had finished, I thought that however excruciating it might be, it wouldn’t exceed 48 hours. After waiting through this period, I asked a...
July 25, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
My husband Li Heping, Part 2—I Have No Choice But to Send the Children Away
After Heping was taken away by police officers without any proper procedure, we kept waiting for a detention notice to be served. And then after 48 hours, we started to actively search for him. But the only response we got was, “I don’t know.” Afterwards, when I heard that a child of lawyers was...
July 24, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Kao La's Friends
Kao La (pen name of Zhao Wei) is a 24 years-old young woman, born in 1991. She graduated from Jiangxi Normal University Journalism School, and has been involved in public interest activities since her university years. Since October 2014, she has been working as the famous human rights lawyer Li...
July 24, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
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
Courageous Voices: A Rising Activism

As the crackdown on lawyers and defenders that began in July 2015 continues with prolonged incommunicado detention of individuals without trial, family members of those still detained, and of those released after suffering abuses in custody, have not stopped speaking out to demand justice. In these narratives, what we are witnessing is a rising activism among a group determined to hold the authorities accountable for unlawfully suppressing citizens who are exercising rights protected by Chinese and international law. (All text translated by Human Rights in China.)

My Husband Li Heping, Part 1 — Excerpts
Heping is not a big man, just 164cm tall. Because he worked so hard, his hair turned half white a decade ago. He continued dyeing his hair until six months ago, when he jokingly said, “truth starts at the beginning” [“beginning” is “head” in Chinese]. Heping, in my opinion, is a thinking type of...
July 21, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
"What Can You Do When Facing Terror" — Excerpts
Corrupt officials and privileged people will not believe in the law, and won’t care whether lawyers exist. Because they live as the organization’s people, they will die as the organization’s ghosts. But the average citizen wants this society to have order and rules. Perhaps previously, facing...
July 20, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters

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