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Lawyer Lin Qilei Reports on Li Xiaoling’s Condition
On the afternoon of June 7, Lin Qilei met with Guangdong rights activist Li Xiaoling at the Beijing Xicheng District Detention Center. In the meeting, Li said that previously, because of delay caused by the Zhuhai police, the treatment she had received in Guangzhou for her acute glaucoma was not...
June 7, 2017
Citizens' Square
Regarding the Request to Establish a Special Independent Committee to Investigate Torture Claims Relating to the Handling of “709” Cases
Reports continue to expose the serious human rights violations committed against lawyers and activists arrested in the 709 Crackdown. In addition to attorneys Xie Yang, Li Heping, Li Chunfu, as well as activist Wu Gan, many rights defenders caught up in the crackdown are reported to have been...
May 14, 2017
Citizens' Square
Li Heping
My Second Statement on Refusing Officially-Appointed Lawyers
Among the detainees of the “709” crackdown, lawyer Wang Quanzhang is the only one about whom there had not been any news for nearly two years since his detention in August 2015. The authorities not only denied him access to the lawyers retained by his wife, but also suppressed the lawyers. Recently...
July 25, 2017
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Solemn Statement Regarding the Forceful Dismissal of Jiang Tianyong’s Defense Lawyers
Jiang Tianyong’s wife is shocked to hear her husbad’s statement dismissing his two defense lawyers, and does not believe that this is Jiang’s true wish. She presumes that Jiang Tianyong’s statement—signed on the day when his six-months of residential surveillance expired—was the product of torture...
May 31, 2017
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Chen Guiqiu’s Statement of Condemnation Regarding Xie Yang’s Trial
On May 8, Xie Yang, a human rights lawyer detained during the 709 Crackdown and charged with “inciting subversion of state power” and “disrupting court order,” was tried in a so-called open first instance trial at Changsha Intermediate People's Court. In court, Xie admitted to his alleged crimes,...
May 8, 2017
Citizens' Square
Xie Yang
Feng Zhenghu Applies For Open Government Information on Length of Restriction on his Travel
Activist Feng Zhenghu from Shanghai was denied departure from Pudong International Airport on October 5, 2015. The border police stated that his departure could potentially “harm national security,” allegedly in connection with the 709 Crackdown. In February of this year, when Feng was granted a...
April 16, 2017
Citizens' Square
Feng Zhenghu
Chen Yunfei Sentenced to 4-Years Imprisonment for “Picking Quarrels and Provoking Troubles” (Chen Yunfei’s FinalStatement in Court Attached)
On March 31, 2017, renowned Sichuan dissident and activist Chen Yunfei was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment by Chengdu Wuhou District Court on the charge of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles.” As he listened to the judgment, Chen gestured the “peace” sign with both hands, and said he...
March 31, 2017
Citizens' Square
Chen Yunfei
Huang Qi Case Update
On February 21, 2017, the mother of detained rights activist Huang Qi, retained two lawyers, Sui Muqing and Li Jinglin, to go to the state security unit of the Mianyang Municipal Public Security Bureau to request that the person handling Huang’s case provide information on his case, in accordance...
February 21, 2017
Citizens' Square
Huang Qi
First Meeting with Su Changlan Since the Verdict
On the morning of April 6, after the verdict was announced on March 31 in her trial, Su Changlan was finally permitted to meet with her lawyer for the first time. Su told her lawyer that although she had predicted the verdict, after it was announced she felt angry and upset. Moreover, she believes...
April 9, 2017
Citizens' Square
Su Changlan
Beijing Activist Ni Yulan Forcibly Removed from Apartment Rented for RMB 40,000 (with photos)
A few days ago, Beijing activist Ni Yulan spent RMB 40,000 to rent an apartment, only then to be harassed by the real estate broker and the landlord, who asked her to move, claiming that the apartment is public housing and not authorized for rental (but when she was renting the apartment, the...
April 16, 2017
Citizens' Square

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