By Editorial Board September 14
THEY KEPT him in a cell so small he could walk barely two steps in any direction. There was no sunlight, no ventilation; just one five-watt bulb, burning dimly 24 hours a day. Continue reading
By Editorial Board September 14
THEY KEPT him in a cell so small he could walk barely two steps in any direction. There was no sunlight, no ventilation; just one five-watt bulb, burning dimly 24 hours a day. Continue reading
China’s human rights abuses demand a tougher U.S. approach已关闭评论
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Tagged Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer
By Albertine Ren, published: September 14, 2014
It’s been three months since Pu Zhiqiang’s formal arrest on June 13. An extension of investigation period expired on September 13 without indictment or change of detention status, a blatant disregard for Continue reading
Tackling a Wall of Lies – Profile of Pu Zhiqiang, a Chinese Human Rights Lawyer已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
By David Bandurski | Posted on 2014-09-12
Criminal proceedings are scheduled to begin in Guangzhou today against human rights activist and lawyer Yang Maodong (杨茂东), most often known by his nom de plume, Guo Feixiong (郭飞雄). Continue reading
Defense denied access to case files, says Guo Feixiong已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged Guo Feixiong
Campaign for human rights and rule of law on mainland will not be defeated by crackdowns or defence of one-party rule, activist insists
PUBLISHED : Sunday, 31 August, 2014, 4:49am UPDATED : Sunday, 31 August, 2014, 4:49am
Activist lawyer vows to keep fighting for human rights已关闭评论
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Tagged China, Human Rights Lawyer, Teng Biao
August 20, 2014
An account of Gao Zhisheng’s decade-long government persecution.
Photo via Youtube user: TranscendingFearFilm Continue reading
Tienchi Martin-Liao:Lost in a Jungle of Injustice已关闭评论
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Tagged Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer, Tienchi Martin-Liao
BY SUI-LEE WEE
BEIJING Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:31pm BST
Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang talks to media in Beijing in this July 20, 2012 picture.
CREDIT: REUTERS/PETAR KUJUNDZIC
(Reuters) – Chinese police have Continue reading
Chinese police question rights lawyer about meeting with former U.S. envoy已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration, Writers in Prison
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
By Yaxue Cao, published: August 15, 2014
GAO ZHISHENG DURING HIS BRIEF REAPPEARANCE IN APRIL 2010.
Few Americans know Gao Zhisheng. Continue reading
Yaxue Cao: Save Gao Zhisheng已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer
2014-08-14
Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his office in Beijing, in a file photo.
AFP
A week after Continue reading
Chinese Dissident Gao ‘Utterly Destroyed’ Following Torture in Prison已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer, Torture