Tag Archives: Human Rights Lawyer

Prominent Rights Lawyer Is Freed From Chinese Prison, His Relatives Say

By CHRIS BUCKLEYAUG. 7, 2014

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Gao Zhisheng in 2010. Credit Gemunu Amarasinghe/Associated Press

HONG KONG — One of China’s most famous dissident lawyers, Continue reading

Gao Zhisheng Begins Sentence of Deprivation of Political Rights

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Gao Zhisheng was released from Xijiang’s Shaya Prison on August 7, 2014. Image credit: rfa.org
Gao Zhisheng (高智晟), a defense lawyer known for taking on politically sensitive Continue reading

MP Early Day Motions : Release Of Chinese Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng

Posted on June 30, 2014 in Parliament Early Day Motions

That this House expresses concern about the imprisonment of Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng and the lack of information about his physical and psychological wellbeing; notes that as a result of his work advocating for victims of human rights violations, including religious minorities, Continue reading

Update to UN on Gao Zhisheng – July 23, 2012

Jul 23, 2012 • 12:37 pm
To: UN Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

Chinese Human Rights Defenders (CHRD) hereby respectfully submits an update concerning the enforced disappearance of Mr. GAO Zhisheng (高智晟), following the urgent appeal on behalf of Mr. Gao that we submitted on April 15, 2009. (See: “Communication on a Victim of an Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance,” http://chrdnet.com/2009/04/15/un-work-on-cases-gao-zhisheng-april-15-2009/.) Continue reading

Submission to UN on Gao Zhisheng – April 15, 2009

Apr 15, 2009 • 9:27 pm

Communication on a Victim of an Enforced or Involuntary Disappearance

To: Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances

1. Identity of the disappeared person: Continue reading

Submission to UN on Gao Zhisheng – November 15, 2006

Nov 15, 2006 • 1:09 am

Communique to UN Special Procedures on Behalf of Gao Zhisheng, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Interference in Independency of Lawyers, Retaliation against a Human Rights Defender, Violation of Freedom of Expression, and Torture or Cruel, Inhumane, Degrading Treatment

To: Working Group on Arbitrary Detention 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