Rights Defense

Rights Defense

Appeal Regarding Rights Lawyer Cheng Hai’s September 5 Hearing

On August 22, 2014, lawyer Cheng Hai received a notice from the Changping District Bureau of Justice in Beijing informing him that the Bureau planned to administratively suspend his license to practice for one year. The reason given for the suspension was that Cheng had “disrupted court order...

September 3, 2014

Lawyers

Guo Feixiong’s Trial Opened But Did Not Proceed

Today, the Guangzhou Municipal Tianhe District People’s Court opened the trial of rights activist Guo Feixiong ( 郭飞雄) , also known as Yang Maodong ( 杨茂东) , and Sun Desheng ( 孙德胜) , but did not proceed as lawyers for the defendants did not appear in court in protest of what they alleged were...

September 12, 2014

Case Update

Rights Defense

Guo Feixiong’s Lawyers Will Not Attend Trial if Court Denies Access to Case Materials

In a statement issued the day before Guo Feixiong ’s trial, Guo’s lawyers, Chen Guangwu and Zhang Xuezhong, citing serious procedural violations by the court, request postponement of the trial and that the court allow them to make photo copies of all the case materials so that they can review them...

September 11, 2014

Asset Transparency

Guo Feixiong’s Statement from Prison

In a statement one day before his trial, rights defense activist Guo Feixiong (aka Yang Maodong) alleges serious procedural violations by the prosecution, in particular, in its denial of his defense lawyers’ right to review case materials on eight CDs that include videos and photos. Such violations...

September 11, 2014

Asset Transparency

Geng He Statement at National Press Club, Urging International Support for Gao Zhisheng (full text in Chinese compiled by Bei Feng)

In this statement, Geng He, wife of lawyer Gao Zhisheng, provides some details of what Gao suffered during his 8-year ordeal. On December 22, 2006, Gao was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment, suspended for five years, on conviction of “inciting subversion of state power.” During the five years...

September 9, 2014

Complaint by Lawyer Cheng Hai about the Venue of His Administrative Hearing

Lawyers

Gao Zhisheng

In 2014, lawyer Cheng Hai defended New Citizens Movement activist Ding Jiaxi, who was prosecuted for calling for the disclosure of officials’ assets and education equality. During Ding’s trial, Cheng Hai withdrew from court to protest what he alleged as serious procedural violations. He...

August 31, 2014

Lawyers

Lawyers’ Statement on Plans by Changping District (Beijing) Judicial Administration Bureau to Suspend Lawyer Cheng Hai’s License

On August 22, 2014, lawyer Cheng Hai received a notice from the Changping District Bureau of Justice in Beijing informing him that the bureau planned to administratively suspend his license to practice for one year. The reason given for the suspension was that Cheng had “disrupted court order...

August 26, 2014

Lawyers

Cheng Hai Requests a Hearing after Being Notified that His License to Practice Will Be Administratively Suspended

On August 22, 2014, lawyer Cheng Hai received a notice from the Changping District Bureau of Justice in Beijing informing him that the bureau planned to administratively suspend his license to practice for one year. The reason given for the suspension was that Cheng had “disrupted court order...

August 23, 2014

Lawyers

Police at Zhongzhan Substation of Jiaozuo Public Security Bureau Unlawfully Restricted Lawyer Chang Weiping’s Personal Freedom and Violated His Right to Practice

In the morning of July 21, 2014, after lawyer Chang Weiping ( 常玮平 ) was denied a meeting at the Jiaozuo Detention Center with his clients Xu Youchen ( 许有臣 ) and Zhang Xiaoyu ( 张小玉 ) , who were being held on suspicion of intentional homicide, he went to the Zhongzhan police substantion—which is...

July 23, 2014