2015-05-04
Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
Photo courtesy of CHRD
Authorities in the Chinese capital have once more extended the detention of prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, who has now spent a year behind bars without trial, after he marked Continue reading
China Extends Detention of Rights Lawyer Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary已关闭评论
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Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
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Pu Zhiqiang, speaking to the press under close watch by plainclothes policemen, not pictured, at his office in Beijing, June 1, 2009
In late January, Chinese authorities announced that they are considering Continue reading
Perry Link:China: Inventing a Crime已关闭评论
Posted in Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged June 4th, Perry Link, Pu Zhiqiang
Even the renowned rights lawyer Pu Zhiquiang has been caught up in the arrests since 2012. But the democratic push won’t stop
Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang
Pu Zhiqiang speaking to reporters at the Chongqing higher people’s court in southwest China’s Chongqing municipality, 28 December 2012. Photograph: Yongping Xu/EPA Continue reading
Teng Biao: What will this crackdown on activists do to China’s nascent civil society?已关闭评论
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Michael D. Goldhaber, The Litigation Daily
October 31, 2014
Gao Zhisheng in The American Lawyer, November 2005.
In November 2005, The American Lawyer ran a full-page photo of the Continue reading
The Global Lawyer: The Rule of Law with Chinese Characteristics已关闭评论
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BY SUI-LEE WEE AND MEGHA RAJAGOPALAN
BEIJING Thu Nov 20, 2014 6:00am EST
Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang talks to media in Beijing in this July 20, 2012 picture.
CREDIT: REUTERS/PETAR KUJUNDZIC
(Reuters) – Chinese prosecutors could upgrade the charges against a Continue reading
Prominent China rights lawyer could face harsher charges: attorney已关闭评论
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Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
Activist attorney Pu Zhiqiang is accused of a total of four offences as investigators hand his case to prosecutors in next step towards trial
PUBLISHED : Friday, 21 November, 2014, 3:08am UPDATED : Friday, 21 November, 2014, 9:34am
Verna Yu
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Beijing police had handed over the case of human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang to Continue reading
Rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang faces more charges as police hand case to prosecutors已关闭评论
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Ian Johnson
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Human Rights lawyer Teng Biao
Teng Biao is one of China’s best-known civil-rights lawyers, and a prominent member of the weiquan, or “rights defenders,” movement, a loosely knit coalition of Chinese lawyers and activists who tackle cases related to the environment, religious freedom, and freedom of speech and the press. Continue reading
China’s Unstoppable Lawyers: An Interview With Teng Biao已关闭评论
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POSTED: 18 Sep 2014 08:32
Daughters of detained Chinese activists on Wednesday (Sep 17) demanded a meeting with President Barack Obama, saying he must double down on efforts to win their release when he meets Chinese leaders.
WASHINGTON: Daughters of detained Chinese activists Continue reading
Daughters of Chinese activists demand meeting with Obama已关闭评论
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Tagged Chinese activists, Daughters, Gao Zhisheng, Wang Bingzhang
