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NGOs Call for Release of Tibetan Language Advocate Tashi Wangchuk: Open Letter to Xi Jinping
Open Letter To President Xi Jinping RE: Immediate and unconditional release of Tibetan language advocate, Tashi Wangchuk Our organisations are committed to freedom of expression, freedom of the press and human rights in Tibet and China. We are writing today, on World Press Freedom Day, to express...
May 3, 2018
Joint Statements
709 Family Members Accompany Lawyer to Tianjin Detention Center, Denied Opportunity to See Wang Quanzhang; Judge Also Refuses Them—Li Wenzu’s epic search for her husband is violently stopped on the 12th day
On April 19, 2018, Wang Quanzhang’s wife, Li Wenzu, and family members of 709 lawyers Wang Qiaoling, Liu Ermin, Yuan Shanshan, accompanied lawyers Lin Qilei and Xie Yang to the Tianjin Detention Center to ask to see Wang Quanzhang, but their request was denied. The following day, Li Wenzu, Wang...
April 20, 2018
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
“I am under siege in my house”: Message from Li Wenzu, Wife of Disappeared Lawyer Wang Quanzhang
Below is a translation of a message from Li Wenzu ( 李文足 ) , wife of disappeared lawyer Wang Quanzhang ( 王全璋 ) , who has been put under house arrest in Beijing. The message was tweeted out on April 11 by Cai Chu ( 蔡楚 ) , chief editor of the minzhuzhongguo.org and canyu.org websites. On April 4, 2018...
April 11, 2018
HRIC Bulletin
Li Wenzu
Li Wenzu “Disappeared” on 6th Day of “March for Her Husband”
On April 4, 2018, the 999th day of her husband’s disappearance, Li Wenzu , wife of lawyer Wang Quanzhang who was arrested in the 709 Crackdown, started her march, from the Supreme People’s Court in Beijing to the Tianjin No.2 Intermediate People's Court to search for her husband. On April 9, 2018,...
April 9, 2018
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Guangdong Whistleblower Liu Yao, Serving 20 Years, Cites Violations of Judicial Process by 60 Officials
In an appeal submitted last week, Liu Yao ( 刘尧 ) , a well-known former rights defense lawyer sentenced to 20 years in prison and a fine of RMB 1.4 million ($221,000) for “extortion,” “fraud,” and “buying trafficked children,” asks the Guangdong Provincial Procuratorate to vacate his conviction. Liu...
March 22, 2018
HRIC Bulletin
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
Citizens' Square
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
Citizens' Square
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
Citizens' Square
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
Citizens' Square
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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