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59 Lawyers, Doctors of Juridical Science, and Others Jointly Issue Open Letter to NPC, Including Four Recommendations Regarding the “National Supervision Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft)”
As the National Supervision Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft) officially entered the legislative review process, a group of mainland lawyers, law PhDs, and scholars jointly issued a letter to the National People’s Congress as well as its Standing Committee, presenting their concern that...
August 11, 2017
Citizens' Square
Lawyer Yu Wensheng Accuses Municipal Bureau of Justice of Illegally Depriving Him of the Right to Practice Law
Lawyer Yu Wensheng filed a criminal complaint with the Beijing Municipal Procuratorate requesting that Miao Lin, the Director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice, and others involved be held legally accountable for abusing their power in using the annual renewal of law licenses to suppress...
July 18, 2017
Citizens' Square
Yu Wensheng
Wu Gan’s Secret Trial: More Than 20 Supporters Detained, Foreign Journalists Taken Away
Fujian rights defender Wu Gan (screenname “the Butcher”) was tried at the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court for “inciting subversion of state power” in a closed hearing on the morning of August 14. The areas around the court were heavily guarded, more than 20 supporters were picked up in...
August 15, 2017
Citizens' Square
Tufu (Wu Gan)
Jiang Tianyong’s Lawyers Have Been Denied Meeting Requests; Zhang Lei Writes to Jiang
Chen Jinxue and Zhang Lei, lawyers retained by Jiang Tianyong’s family to represent Jiang, went to the detention center to request a meeting with the detained human rights attorney. The detention center claimed that Jiang had already retained two lawyers, hence the authorities said they could not...
June 15, 2017
Citizens' Square
Letter from Jiang Tianyong’s Lawyers Demanding Meeting with Client
Jiang Tianyong's defense lawyer Chen Jinxue sent a letter to the sub-bureau of the Changsha Municipal Public Security Bureau requesting for the fifth time to meet with Jiang. Previously, Chen and Jiang’s other defense lawyer, Qin Chenshou, had asked eight times to see their client. The Public...
June 6, 2017
Citizens' Square
Second Instance Trial of Case of “Bandit Mao” and “Steamed Bun” Opens on March 30 in Zhaoyuan, Shandong
On March 30, the second instance trial of Wang Jiangfeng, arrested on suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” for referring to Mao Zedong as “Bandit Mao” and Xi Jinping as “Steamed Bun” in online posts, opened at the Zhaoyuan City Detention Center, Yantai, Shandong Province. Wang’s...
March 31, 2017
Citizens' Square
Lawyer Yu Wensheng Accuses Municipal Bureau of Justice of Illegally Depriving Him of the Right to Practice Law
Lawyer Yu Wensheng filed a criminal complaint with the Beijing Municipal Procuratorate requesting that Miao Lin, the Director of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice, and others involved be held legally accountable for abusing their power in using the annual renewal of law licenses to suppress...
July 23, 2017
Citizens' Square
Yu Wensheng
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

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