AFP, April 9, 2016, 12:01 am TWN
BEIJING — Mainland China on Friday sentenced an activist who supported pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong to four and a half years in jail, his lawyer told AFP as mainland leader Xi Jinping oversees a wide-ranging crackdown on civil society and free expression. Continue reading
China jails activist who supported HK protests已关闭评论
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Tagged Guangzhou, Huang Jingyi, inciting subversion of the state power, LIANG QINHUI, Master Shengguan, Wang Mo, Wuhan, XU ZHIQIANG
The defense attorney for jailed rights lawyer Li Heping discovered he was relieved of duty when he visited his client in detention, Feb. 18, 2016. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener.
The relatives and defense lawyers of 19 human rights lawyers currently facing subversion charges have written to China’s parliament, the National People’s Congress (NPC), calling for an independent inquiry into breaches of legal process in the handling of their cases. Continue reading
Chinese Attorneys, Relatives Demand Public Inquiry Into Lawyers’ Detentions已关闭评论
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Wu Gan stages protest outside Jiangxi High Court, May 19, 2015. Boxun
Authorities in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian have transferred the subversion case of a prominent free speech activist known as “the Butcher” to the northern port city of Tianjin, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Continue reading
Case of Chinese Free Speech Activist ‘The Butcher’ Moved to Tianjian已关闭评论
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Guangzhou rights lawyer Tang Jingling in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy of a family member.)
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Friday handed down jail terms of up to five years to the “Guangzhou Three” rights activists for subversion, after they sought to launch a civil disobedience campaign to protect human rights. Continue reading
‘China’s Gandhi’ Jailed For Five Years in Guangzhou Three Verdict已关闭评论
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Tagged Guangzhou, sentence, Tang Jingling, trail
Among the Chinese lawyers arrested recently was Wang Yu, a prominent human rights lawyer in China. AP photo / Mark Schiefelbein.
Prominent lawyers and former judges joined with presidents of international bar associations in condemning in a Monday letter the recent arrests of Chinese lawyers and associates. Continue reading
Letter from international legal community condemns arrests of Chinese lawyers已关闭评论
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Tagged arrest, bar association, Lawyer, Paulette Brown, WANG YOUCAI
By Afp
China has jailed an activist in its volatile northwestern Xinjiang region for 19 years over online posts criticising the ruling Communist Party and for giving interviews to foreign media, his lawyer said Friday. Continue reading
China jails Xinjiang democracy activist for 19 years: lawyer已关闭评论
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Tagged sentence, Xinjiang, Zhang Haitao
China Aid
By Rachel Ritchie
(Tianjin, China—Jan. 14, 2016) China Aid learned today that authorities in China’s northern Tianjin Municipality formally arrested a Beijing church elder and democracy activist for “subversion of state power” on Jan. 8, according to an arrest notice received by the man’s family members. Continue reading
Beijing church elder formally arrested after six months in detention已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Religious Freedom, Subversion
BEIJING | By Sui-Lee Wee
Human rights lawyer Wang Yu talks during an interview with Reuters in Beijing in this March 1, 2014 photo. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon/Files
Chinese authorities have formally arrested China’s most prominent woman human rights lawyer, accusing her of subverting the state, her lawyer said on Wednesday, as part of a crackdown on activists who have helped people fight for their legal rights. Continue reading
China arrests most prominent woman rights lawyer for subversion已关闭评论
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