Tag Archives: Human Rights Lawyer

Arrested Chinese Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang Speaks from Prison

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

China Arrests Rights Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang Who Fought Labor Camps

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

Harsh Sentence Feared for Detained Rights Lawyer

By AUSTIN RAMZY JUNE 12, 2014 4:58 AM

Pu Zhiqiang speaking to reporters outside Chongqing Higher People’s Court in December 2012.
Yongping Xu/European Pressphoto Agency
A lawyer who met with Pu Zhiqiang, a crusading human rights lawyer Continue reading

Chinese Authorities Now Targeting Lawyers’ Lawyers

2014-06-09


Pu Zhiqiang (front right) attends a seminar about the Tiananmen crackdown in Beijing, May 3, 2014.
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Prominent rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang could face lengthy jail term, fellow lawyer fears

PUBLISHED : Thursday, 12 June, 2014, 4:12am
UPDATED : Thursday, 12 June, 2014, 4:12am
Verna Yu
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Pu Zhiqiang was placed in criminal detention on May 6 after he attended a private meeting commemorating the 25th anniversary of the crackdown on the Tiananmen pro-democracy movement. Continue reading

China lawyers demand access to activists detained ahead of Tiananmen anniversary

By AP News Jun 08, 2014 1:35PM UTC

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Drawing the News: So Many Lawyers-A roundup of online political cartoons from the past two weeks

As the 25th anniversary of the June 4th, 1989 crackdown on protest in Tiananmen square grows ever nearer, names are being added to the list of those detained, placed under house arrest, or questioned by authorities as the central government makes efforts to conceal commemoration of that unfortunate date 25 years ago (for up-to-date records of detentions, house-arrests, and other restrictions, see lists from Human Rights in China and Amnesty International).

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China’s rights lawyers willing to pay for progress

A few brave souls risk beatings and detention as they seek fairness for their clients … and country

PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 20 May, 2014, 4:04am
UPDATED : Tuesday, 20 May, 2014, 4:04am

By Karen Lee

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