Sex Male
Birth date 1971-05-19
Birth place Luoshan County, Henan Province Continue reading
Authorities in the central Chinese province of Henan have allowed prominent human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong to return to his parents’ home, three days after his release at the end of a two-year jail term. Continue reading
Chinese Rights Lawyer Jiang Tianyong Allowed Home Visit, Still ‘Not Free’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged Inciting Subversion, Jiang Tianyong
Screenshot of detained lawyer Jiang Tianyong in interview with Beijing-backed satellite broadcaster Phoenix TV in which Jiang inaccurately stated he made up claims his client Xie Yang, another detained lawyer, was tortured, March 2, 2017. Public domain
Claims by official Chinese media that allegations of torture meted out to jailed human rights lawyer Xie Yang were “fake news” cooked up to appeal to “Western media tastes” were rejected by his defense lawyer on Thursday. Continue reading
Chinese Attorney Defends Torture Report Amid Accusations of ‘Fake News’已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged 709, Chen Jiangang, confession, fake news, Jiang Tianyong, Torture, Xie Yang
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BEIJING Chinese state media said on Thursday that a prominent Chinese rights activist had made up “fake news” of torture to grab international headlines, but his defenders said the accusations were a coordinated attempt to smear his name. Continue reading
China accuses rights activist of ‘fake news’ fabricating torture已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Writers in Prison
Tagged fake news, Jiang Tianyong, Torture, Xie Yang
709 Crackdown: Latest data and development of cases as of 1800 16th December 2016已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged 709, Jiang Tianyong, Li Heping, Wang Quanzhang, Xie Yang, Xie Yanyi
CHN 001 / 0117 / OBS 002
Enforced disappearance /
Arbitrary and incommunicado detention /
Judicial harassment
China
January 9, 2017
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a partnership of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and FIDH, requests your urgent intervention in the following situation in China. Continue reading
China: Incommunicado detention of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer
Tagged detention, FIDH, incommunicado, Jiang Tianyong, OMCT
Rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, who went missing on Nov. 21, 2016, after meeting relatives of jailed lawyers, in an undated photo.
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer held in an unknown location on suspicion of subversion is at risk of torture or other ill-treatment, an international rights group has warned. Continue reading
Detained Chinese Rights Lawyer ‘At Risk of Torture’: Amnesty International已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged Jiang Tianyong, Torture
Pro-democracy demonstrators hold up portraits of Chinese disbarred lawyer Jiang Tianyong, demanding his release, during a demonstration outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong, China December 23, 2016. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
Chinese authorities have confirmed prominent legal activist Jiang Tianyong has been detained on suspicion of inciting subversion of state power, his lawyer said on Friday, setting the stage for possible formal charges. Continue reading
China detains legal activist on suspicion of subversion已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged inciting sunversion, Jiang Tianyong, Lawyer, residential surveillance