Tag Archives: Pu Zhiqiang

The Website of Pu Zhiqiang:http://lawyerpu.com/

Pu Zhiqiang is a prominent civil rights lawyer in Beijing, well known internationally and in the mainstream Chinese media for his work in protecting free speech and abolishing labour camps in China, among other issues. Continue reading

China Expands Crackdown on Free Expression

 

Protester holds mask of Chinese President Xi Jinping during demonstration for Chinese journalist Gao Yu, Hong Kong publisher Yao Wentian, Continue reading

China arrests a lawyer for urging it to uphold its laws

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

Chinese Lawyers Lodge Formal Complaint Over New Rules

2014-06-17


Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (L) stands with his lawyer Pu Zhiqiang as he leaves for court in Beijing, July 20, 2012.
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Chinese lawyers have launched a signature campaign against moves Continue reading

Chinese rights lawyers warn of crackdown after arrest of Pu Zhiqiang

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

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Tienchi Martin-Liao: A Spectre is Haunting China—the Spectre of June 4

by Tienchi Martin-Liao / June 11, 2014

How the Chinese government’s hidden past is torturing its present.

In Memory of Tiananmen Square Protest
The Hong Kong Federation of Social Work students carry a tombstone with the names of June 4th victims in memory of the Tiananmen Square protests. Photo: Bandari Lei via Flickr. Continue reading

Tienchi Martin-Liao:“Creating a Disturbance in a Public Place, Causing Serious Disorder”

by Tienchi Martin-Liao / May 28, 2014

A new period of persecution in China.


Tiananmen May 1989

Student protest in Tiananmen Square, May 1989 Photo: Robert Croma via Flickr Continue reading

China: Free Lawyer, Drop Charges-Pu Zhiqiang’s Formal Arrest a Step Backward for Rule of Law

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