2014-06-20
Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his office in Beijing, in a file photo.
AFP
Jailed human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, one of China’s highest-profile dissidents, is scheduled to complete his three-year prison term at a remote jail in China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang in early August, Continue reading
Jail Term of China’s Human Rights Lawyer to End in August已关闭评论
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Tagged Falun Gong, Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer
BY EDITORIAL BOARD June 18 at 7:46 PM
A SINGLE thread seems to run through recent detentions and arrests in China: The authorities are cracking down on lawyers and other people who have demanded that China follow its own laws. Continue reading
China arrests a lawyer for urging it to uphold its laws已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
2014-06-17
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (L) stands with his lawyer Pu Zhiqiang as he leaves for court in Beijing, July 20, 2012.
AFP
Chinese lawyers have launched a signature campaign against moves Continue reading
Chinese Lawyers Lodge Formal Complaint Over New Rules已关闭评论
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Detentions of artist Ai Weiwei’s lawyer and numerous others reveal Beijing’s fear about growth in rights activism, says
Tania Branigan in Beijing
theguardian.com, Tuesday 17 June 2014 10.09 EDT
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th Commemoration
Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
JUNE 14, 2014
“Pu’s ‘crime’ appears to be nothing more than peacefully pushing the legal system to follow its own laws. By arresting Pu, President Xi has gutted his own commitments to the rule of law, and halted the work of someone critical to legal reform efforts.” Continue reading
China: Free Lawyer, Drop Charges-Pu Zhiqiang’s Formal Arrest a Step Backward for Rule of Law已关闭评论
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Tagged June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
08.10.06
The weekend of June 3, 2006, was the seventeenth anniversary of the Beijing massacre and also the first time I ever received a summons. It happened, as the police put it, Continue reading
PU ZHIQIANG：‘June Fourth’ Seventeen Years Later: How I Kept a Promise已关闭评论
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THE EDITORS 06.13.14
Early this morning, the Beijing Public Security Bureau formally arrested rights-defense lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on charges of picking quarrels and illegally Continue reading
Arrested Chinese Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang Speaks from Prison已关闭评论
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BEIJING June 13, 2014 (AP)
By GILLIAN WONG Associated Press
Just half a year ago, civil rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang was earning accolades in the Chinese media for his work pushing for the abolition of labor camps. On Friday, Pu made headlines again — Continue reading
China Arrests Rights Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang Who Fought Labor Camps已关闭评论
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Tagged Human Rights Lawyer, June 4th, Pu Zhiqiang, Tiananmen
