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Urgent Appeal Concerning Jiaozuo Police's Coercive Summons of a Lawyer
In this urgent appeal, lawyer Liu Jinbin ( 刘金滨 ) calls on the All China Lawyers' Association, prosecutorial organs, and other stakeholders to end the police's unlawful coercive summons of lawyer Chang Weiping in Jiaozuo, Henan. The couple, Xu Youchen ( 许有臣 ) and Zhang Xiaoyu ( 张小玉 ) , who are...
July 22, 2014
Citizens' Square
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
Citizens' Square
Lü Gengsong’s lawyer denied access to client
On July 7, 2014, Lü Gengsong, member of the China Democracy Party’s Zhejiang Committee, was criminally detained on suspicion of “subversion of state power.” Ding Xikui, a lawyer with the Mo Shaoping Law Firm in Beijing, was retained by Lü’s family as defense counsel. On July 17, Ding traveled to...
July 18, 2014
Citizens' Square
Chen Shuqing
Letter from the Lawyers of Zhang Xiaoyu and Xu Youchen to Henan Provincial, Municipal, and District Public Security Organs
The Henan case of Zhang Xiaoyu ( 张小玉) and Xu Youchen ( 许有臣) , suspected of intentional homicide, is under investigation. Their defense lawyer Chang Weiping ( 常玮平) applied to the Zhongzhan District Public Security Bureau of Jiaozuo, Henan, for a meeting with his clients but was denied. Moreover,...
July 24, 2014
Citizens' Square
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
Appeal Argument for the Second-Instance Trial of Ding Jiaxi
In this appeal argument submitted to the Beijing Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People's Court for the second-instance trial of human rights lawyer Ding Jiaxi ( 丁家喜) , lawyer Tang Tianhao ( 唐天昊) highlighted numerous procedural irregularities, rebutted the conclusions of the original guilty verdict,...
July 2, 2014
Citizens' Square
Ding Jiaxi
Complaint and Appeal Argument for Ding Jiaxi's Second-Instance Trial
Ding Jiaxi's ( 丁家喜) second-instance trial lawyer Cheng Hai (程海) argues in this statement that under the Constitution, Ding has the right to demand officials to disclose their assets and call for educational equality. The statement was also submitted as a complaint against 125 judges, prosecutors,...
July 6, 2014
Citizens' Square
Cheng Hai
Complaint against Zhengzhou Public Security Bureau to Protest Criminal Detention of Ji Laisong
Zhang Zanning ( 张赞宁) , who represents lawyer Ji Laisong ( 姬来松) , has filed a complaint before the Zhengzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate against the Zhengzhou Public Security Bureau's Erligang Sub-branch for allegedly fabricating facts and criminal charges against Ji, and illegally criminally...
June 22, 2014
Citizens' Square
Lawyers' Statement Concerning the Charge of "Illegal Business Operations" Against Lawyer Chang Boyang
In this statement, lawyers Pang Kun (庞琨) and Wen Yu (闻宇), who represent detained lawyer Chang Boyang (常伯阳), describe how the Zhengzhou authorities have continuously obstructed them from meeting with their client, on the basis that Chang's alleged actions are "national security crimes" and that...
July 10, 2014
Citizens' Square
Can Lawyers Build a Legal Complex for the Rule of Law in China?
Weiquan— rights defense—lawyering had two defining characteristics prior to the 2010-2011 crackdown on lawyers and civil society activists. First, weiquan lawyers were high-profile in their style of lawyering and did not shy away from political issues. They courageously accepted cases that other...
July 25, 2014
China Rights Forum

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