Category Archives: Human Rights Lawyer

Lawyer Charged After Trying to Defend June 4 Commemorators

By DIDI KIRSTEN TATLOW JULY 7, 2014 4:23 AMJuly 7, 2014 11:45 pm

A meeting on May 3 in Beijing to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen democracy movement led to the detentions of several participants and criminal charges against a prominent lawyer, Continue reading

‘Picking Quarrels’ Casts Shadow Over Chinese Law

9:10 am HKT Jun 30, 2014 LAW & POLITICS

Protesters in Hong Kong hold pictures of Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang as they march to the Chinese liaison office on May 14. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

By Stanley Lubman

In a Beijing apartment in May, about 20 people met to discuss the Tiananmen protests in June 1989 Continue reading

Independence of Lawyers: The Role of Justice Bureaus and Lawyers’ Associations

China’s more than 250,000 lawyers do not yet benefit from many of the fundamental protections outlined in the UN Basic Principles for Lawyers. Moreover, the growing body of rights defense lawyers Continue reading

Teng Biao:Beyond Stability Maintenance – From Surveillance to Elimination

By Teng Biao, published: June 22, 2014

 

June 4th has passed, but the arrests continue, and every day brings bad news from China. While scholar Xu Youyu, artist Chen Guang and others have been released “on probation,” Continue reading

China Activist to Stand Trial, Lawyer Says

By CHRIS BUCKLEY JUNE 24, 2014
HONG KONG — Prosecutors in southern China have decided to put on trial a well-known human rights campaigner, Yang Maodong, on charges of disrupting public order, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Continue reading

Families ‘Shocked’ Over Subversion Charge For Chinese Rights Lawyers

 


An undated photo of Tang Jingling.

Photo courtesy of Tang’s wife Wang Yanfang

Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have formally arrested prominent human rights lawyer Tang Jingling Continue reading

Civil rights lawyers have vital role to play in China – South China Morning Post

June 22, 2014 – An editorial published in the South China Morning Post on Sunday believed that Chinese authorities should highly value its civil rights lawyers, Continue reading

The Website of Pu Zhiqiang:http://lawyerpu.com/

Pu Zhiqiang is a prominent civil rights lawyer in Beijing, well known internationally and in the mainstream Chinese media for his work in protecting free speech and abolishing labour camps in China, among other issues. Continue reading