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Meeting Chen Qitang on Final Date of Appeal Period
Activist Chen Qitang (also known as Tian Li), from Foshan, Guangdong Province, was convicted of “subversion of state power” on March 31, 2017 and sentenced to four-and-a-half years’ imprisonment. On the final date of the appeal period (April 10, 2017), his lawyer, Li Fangping, met him at the Nanhai...
April 10, 2017
Citizens' Square
Authorities Bar Lawyers from Meeting with Forced Demolition Victim and Murder Suspect, Ming Jingguo
On March 20, authorities prevented lawyers Guo Lianhui and Liu Wenhua from meeting with their client, Ming Jingguo, who is being held at the Nankang District Detention Center in Ganzhou, Jiangxi Province. Ming, age 60+, was taken into custody on March 18, a day after he attacked a Zhangfang Village...
March 20, 2017
Citizens' Square
My Solemn Statement Regarding Wuhou Court’s Confiscation of My Computer During Chen Yunfei’s Trial
Sichuan rights defender Chen Yunfei was accused of "picking quarrels and provoking troubles," and was tried at Wuhou Court in Chengdu, Sichuan, on December 26, 2016. During the trial, the court forcibly confiscated the computer belonging to Chen’s defense lawyer Liu Zhengqing, claiming that Liu was...
December 26, 2016
Citizens' Square
Statement Regarding Criminal Coercive Measures Imposed by the Public Security Department against Jiang Tianyong
Jin Bianling, wife of detained human rights defense lawyer Jiang Tianyong, has released a statement in response to the December 16 report published by “The Paper,” a state run media outlet, on Jiang’s situation. The report describes the imposition of criminal coercive measures against Jiang, as...
December 16, 2016
Citizens' Square
Jiang Tianyong
Su Changlan Commences Weekly Hunger Strikes to Protest Abuse in Detention Center (see attached “Hunger Strike Diary”)—Lawyer Wu Kuiming Describes Meeting with Su Changlan
Human rights defender Su Changlan, of Foshan, Guangdong, has been in detention since 2014 and is still waiting for a verdict on her April 2016 trial for “inciting subversion of state power.” She recently told her lawyer that she had been disciplined in detention because she had used pure water with...
December 8, 2016
Citizens' Square
Indictment of Lawyer Xie Yang for “Inciting Subversion” and “Disrupting Court Order”
Human rights lawyer Xie Yang, from Changsha city, Hunan, was originally arrested during the "709” crackdown in 2015 and was not allowed to meet with his lawyers until December 2016. In addition, his lawyer Liu Zhengqing did not receive Xie’s indictment until January 4, 2017. The indictment claims...
December 16, 2016
Citizens' Square
Lawyer Li Heping Indicted for "Subversion of State Power"
Wang Qiaoling went to the No. 2 branch of the Tianjin Municipal Procuratorate to inquire about the criminal charge against her husband, human rights attorney Li Heping who was arrested in the "709 crackdown.” In the below account of her experience that day, Wang explains that, after referring to...
December 8, 2016
Citizens' Square
A Chief Justice Like Zhou Qiang Must Leave: An Open Letter Urging Zhou Qiang to Resign
Seventy-six well-known Chinese individuals, including legal scholars, practicing lawyers, economists, publishers, documentary filmmakers, writers, and poets, have joined in an open letter to ask for the resignation of Zhou Qiang, President and Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court. In a...
January 19, 2017
Citizens' Square
Lawyers in the “709 Case” Go to Hexi District Procuratorate in Tianjin to Submit a Legal Supervision Application
On January 4, four lawyers and families of Li Heping, Wang Yu, Bao Longjun, and Xie Yuandong—suspected of “inciting subversion of state power” in the “709 case”—went together to Hexi District Procuratorate in Tianjin to submit a “Legal Supervision Application,” and to Hexi Public Security Bureau in...
January 4, 2016
Citizens' Square
Bao Longjun
Gao Shifu Refuses to Accept Beihai Municipal Intermediate People’s Court’s Decision on His Appeal, Files Complaint with Inspection Team from Central Government to Guangxi
In April 2011, the Yinhai District People's Court in Behai, Guangxi Province, sentenced activist Gao Shifu to two years in prison for “illegal business activity.” Later, the Beihai Municipal Intermediate People’s Court upheld the first-instance verdict. Upon his release from prison, Gao appealed...
November 14, 2014
Citizens' Square
Gao Shifu

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