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Joyce Huang: Detained Lawyers’ Families Send Open Letter to China’s Xi Jinping

Posted on 10/29/2016 by | Joyce Huang: Detained Lawyers’ Families Send Open Letter to China’s Xi Jinping已关闭评论
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China Lawyers Crackdown: In this Wednesday, July 6, 2016 photo, Yuan Shanshan, the wife of detained Chinese lawyer Xie Yanyi, holds an official notice of Xie’s detention from the Tianjin Public Security Bureau in their apartment in Miyun, on the outskirts of Beijing.

As China hosts high-level political meetings in Beijing, the families of five jailed human rights lawyers have written President Xi Jinping an open letter, urging the top leader to stop a controversial nationwide crackdown of lawyers. Continue reading →

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Lawyers’ Wives Petition Beijing Over Persecution Ahead of National Day

Posted on 09/29/2016 by | Lawyers’ Wives Petition Beijing Over Persecution Ahead of National Day已关闭评论
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Wives of Chinese human rights lawyers detained in a 2015 crackdown wearing the names of their husbands after filing complaints at the Supreme People’s Procuratorate in Beijing, July 4, 2016.

The relatives of several prominent human rights lawyers detained since July 2015 are once more petitioning the Chinese government over the continuing persecution of their families ahead of National Day celebrations on Saturday. Continue reading →

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China Postpones Activist’s Subversion Trial, Wife Still Missing

Posted on 09/25/2016 by | China Postpones Activist’s Subversion Trial, Wife Still Missing已关闭评论
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Chinese democracy activist Qin Yongmin and wife Zhao Suli are shown in a photo from October 2013. Photo courtesy of rosechina.net

Authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan once more prolonged the pretrial detention of a veteran democracy activist for subversion on Thursday amid growing concerns over the safety of his ‘disappeared’ wife. Continue reading →

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Michael Caster and Peter Dahlin：China should be proud of Wang Quanzhang – instead it persecutes him

Posted on 09/23/2016 by | Michael Caster and Peter Dahlin：China should be proud of Wang Quanzhang – instead it persecutes him已关闭评论
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Li Wenzu, 31, wife of imprisoned lawyer Wang Quanzhang poses for a portrait with their son Wang Guangwei, 3. Photograph: Adam Dean for the Guardian

Last July, the Chinese government launched its most widespread crackdown on rule of law advocates in decades, detaining some 300 rights defenders. Some have been held incommunicado since, with lawyers and family members trying to visit them in detention being told to look elsewhere. Continue reading →

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