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Statement by Chinese Lawyers on Not Participating in Unlawful Annual Inspections and Assessments
Cheng Hai (程海), a lawyer currently disputing his one year suspension from legal practice, leads 38 lawyers in demanding an end to the annual assessment and certification process for lawyers. The statement argues that this certification practice, mandated by the Ministry of Justice, not only...
March 15, 2015
Citizens' Square
Cheng Hai
Hong Kong: “It’s Just the Beginning”
Today, Hong Kong police cleared out the Admiralty site of a 74-day peaceful mass civil disobedience movement pressing for genuine universal suffrage. But instead of the closing of a troubling political chapter, hoped for by both the local and central governments, the Umbrella Movement in fact was “...
December 11, 2014
Statement
Peter Gabriel, Pussy Riot & More Project Photos, Messages of Support to Hong Kong Demonstrators
As Hong Kong protesters stand up to recent heavy handed police tactics in clearing sections of the Mong Kok Occupy site, Peter Gabriel, Pussy Riot, Iron & Wine, and others have sent photos and messages of support which are being projected on the Lennon Wall in the Admiralty District of downtown...
January 28, 2015
Press Release
To Myself of September 28
[English Translation by HRIC] Dear Kitty Ho of September 28, If I told you how I’ve spent this past month and what I’ve heard, you would tell me I am a liar. . . . Ever since you were little, you’ve been scared of crowds and death. That was why you didn’t try to get into Admiralty in Central, but...
January 28, 2015
China Rights Forum
Hong Kongers Call for Democracy & Universal Suffrage, 2014
Hong Kongers Standing Up: A Historic Test and Opportunity for Beijing
In 1989, millions of democracy and labor activists and other citizens throughout China demanded reforms. The leaders responded with tanks and violence and then attempted to silence demands for political reform with the benefits of economic liberalization. What the Chinese people got are...
September 29, 2014
Statement
Photos: Protestors Call for Release of “Ten Gentlemen of Zhengzhou”
We—more than three dozen rights defenders—protested in front of Zhengzhou No. 3 Detention Center, to support the “Ten Gentlemen of Zhengzhou.” They were all detained and arrested on trumped up charges, such as “illegal business activity” and “picking quarrels and provoking troubles,” and many are...
August 15, 2014
Citizens' Square
Hong Kongers Call for Universal Suffrage and Judicial Independence, June-July 2014 (videos & photos)

 

Lawyers' March for Judicial Independence, June 27, 2014

A statement in the white paper requiring judges to be patriotic also prompted a strong reaction from Hong Kong’s legal community. On June 27, 2014, more than 1,000 Hong Kong lawyers—as many as 1,800 by some estimates—marched to protest what they saw as Beijing’s interference in Hong Kong’s judicial independence.

From Stability Maintenance and Control to Wiping Out
[Translation by Human Rights in China] The ongoing nationwide crackdown of activists in China has brought bad news every day. Within three weeks, more than 60 intellectuals and rights defenders have been detained. Among them are rights protection lawyers Pu Zhiqiang (浦志强), Liu Shihui (刘士辉), Tang...
July 25, 2014
China Rights Forum
Hou Xin

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