Category Archives: Human Rights Lawyer

China’s human rights abuses demand a tougher U.S. approach

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

Tackling a Wall of Lies – Profile of Pu Zhiqiang, a Chinese 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

Defense denied access to case files, says Guo Feixiong

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

Activist lawyer vows to keep fighting for human rights

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

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Tienchi Martin-Liao:Lost in a Jungle of Injustice

August 20, 2014

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An account of Gao Zhisheng’s decade-long government persecution.
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Chinese police question rights lawyer about meeting with former U.S. envoy

BY SUI-LEE WEE

BEIJING Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:31pm BST

Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang talks to media in BeijingChinese 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

Yaxue Cao: Save Gao Zhisheng

By Yaxue Cao, published: August 15, 2014

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GAO ZHISHENG DURING HIS BRIEF REAPPEARANCE IN APRIL 2010.

Few Americans know Gao Zhisheng. Continue reading

Chinese Dissident Gao ‘Utterly Destroyed’ Following Torture in Prison

2014-08-14

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Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his office in Beijing, in a file photo.
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A week after Continue reading