Monthly Archives: 6 月 2016

Families of Detained Rights Lawyers Speak Out

More than 200 rights lawyers, law firm staff, and activists were detained or questioned last year in a nationwide crackdown known as the “Black Friday” round-up. While the majority of those in custody have now been released, a number of individuals were formally charged with several paraded on state television making alleged confessions. Little information is available on those who remain in detention, many of whom are prohibited from contacting family members. Continue reading

Lawyers Hit Out At Chinese Police Amid Rumors of Detainee Abuse

Zhao Wei

Detained legal assistant Zhao Wei, shown in an undated photo from the rights website Weiquanwang. Weiquanwang

Amid unconfirmed reports that she has been sexually abused in detention, authorities are preventing a defense attorney from seeing a legal assistant jailed during last year’s nationwide police operation targeting human rights lawyers, RFA has learned. Continue reading