Wives of Chinese human rights lawyers detained in a 2015 crackdown wearing the names of their husbands after filing complaints at the Supreme People’s Procuratorate in Beijing, July 4, 2016.
The relatives of several prominent human rights lawyers detained since July 2015 are once more petitioning the Chinese government over the continuing persecution of their families ahead of National Day celebrations on Saturday. Continue reading
Lawyers’ Wives Petition Beijing Over Persecution Ahead of National Day已关闭评论
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Chinese democracy activist Qin Yongmin and wife Zhao Suli are shown in a photo from October 2013. Photo courtesy of rosechina.net
Authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan once more prolonged the pretrial detention of a veteran democracy activist for subversion on Thursday amid growing concerns over the safety of his ‘disappeared’ wife. Continue reading
China Postpones Activist’s Subversion Trial, Wife Still Missing已关闭评论
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Tagged disappearance, Harry Wu, QIN YONGMIN, Subversion, trail, wife, Zhao Suli
Human rights defender Xia Lin, in undated file photo. Public domain.
A court in the Chinese capital on Thursday handed down a 12-year prison sentence to a prominent rights lawyer after finding him guilty of “fraud,” in a move slammed by rights groups as political persecution. Continue reading
Li Wenzu, 31, wife of imprisoned lawyer Wang Quanzhang poses for a portrait with their son Wang Guangwei, 3. Photograph: Adam Dean for the Guardian
Last July, the Chinese government launched its most widespread crackdown on rule of law advocates in decades, detaining some 300 rights defenders. Some have been held incommunicado since, with lawyers and family members trying to visit them in detention being told to look elsewhere. Continue reading
Michael Caster and Peter Dahlin：China should be proud of Wang Quanzhang – instead it persecutes him已关闭评论
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Tagged China Action, Lawyer, Li Wenzu, Michael Caster, Peter Dahlin, Wang Quanzhang, wife
Pen name Jiandao (Dagger)
Sex Male
Birth date 1983-10-03
Birth place Lanshan County, Hunan Province
Resident place Haizhun District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province
Education Middel school Continue reading
195. LIANG QINHUI (released)已关闭评论
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Tagged Inciting Subversion, LIANG QINHUI
Zhu Xiaoyan, sister of imprisoned democracy activist Zhu Yufu, calls on supporters overseas to pay attention to his case. RFA
Zhu Xiaoyan is the U.S.-based sister of veteran jailed democracy activist Zhu Yufu, who was handed a seven-year jail term for subversion by a court in the eastern city of Hangzhou after he penned a poem calling on people to vote with their feet. She spoke at a recent event in San Francisco about her brother, who wrote the poem titled “It is Time” during online calls for ‘Jasmine’ rallies inspired by protests in the Middle East in early 2011. Continue reading
‘My Brother’s Spirit Seemed Broken’已关闭评论
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Wives of Chinese human rights lawyers detained in a 2015 crackdown wearing the names of their husbands after filing complaints at the Supreme People’s Procuratorate in Beijing, July 4, 2016. AFP
Rights lawyers have dismissed recent claims by the ruling Chinese Communist Party that it has improved treatment of prisoners and detainees in its judicial system, saying the country’s human rights situation continues to worsen. Continue reading
China’s Rights Lawyers Say Judicial White Paper ‘Full of Lies’已关闭评论
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Guangdong rights activist Su Changlan in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of HRCChina.org
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have refused a request for medical parole made by the husband of a prominent women’s rights activist who voiced public support for the 2014 pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong, amid growing fears for her health. Continue reading
Chinese Court Refuses Medical Parole For Women’s Rights Activist Held For Two Years已关闭评论
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Tagged court, Guangdong, inciting sunversion, medical parole, Su Changlan
