Tag Archives: Tang Jingling

China Clamps Down on Activists Ahead of Lawyers’ Subversion Trial

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Guangzhou rights lawyer Tang Jingling in an undated photo.
(Photo courtesy of a family member.)
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have placed dozens of activists under surveillance after they planned to attend the subversion trial of three Continue reading

Subversion, Public Order Cases of Tiananmen Anniversary Activists Move Closer to Trial

2015-04-23

image (20)Tang Jingling, a top human rights lawyer in Guangzhou, and his wife Wang Yanfang in an undated photo.
(Photo courtesy of Wang Yanfang.)

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong look set to move ahead with the subversion trial of the “Guangzhou Three” rights lawyers next month, Continue reading

Moon Festival Shines Spotlight on China’s Prisoners of Conscience

2014-09-08 

f03f0ab8-4133-4c0c-abfb-5561fea8c194An undated file photo of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo.
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Most political prisoners in China, Continue reading

Families ‘Shocked’ Over Subversion Charge For Chinese Rights Lawyers

 


An undated photo of Tang Jingling.

Photo courtesy of Tang’s wife Wang Yanfang

Authorities in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou have formally arrested prominent human rights lawyer Tang Jingling 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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Alert: More Lawyers & Activists Criminally Detained or Disappeared in Run-up to Tiananmen Anniversary

May 19, 2014 • 6:11 pm
Six Arbitrary Detentions in Guangzhou, Shanghai & Beijing

(The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders – May 19, 2014) – The Network of Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a coalition of Chinese and international human rights NGOs, has been informed by Rights Defense Network (Weiquanwang) that more lawyers and activists—six individuals in Continue reading

Campaign to Smother Tiananmen Anniversary Continues

Rights lawyers Tang Jingling and Liu Shihui are among the latest to be detained as the government seeks to suppress commemoration of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown’s 25th anniversary next month. From AP’s Didi Tang:

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Two More Rights Lawyers Criminally Detained, Another’s Home Searched

By China Change, published: May 18, 2014

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TANG JINGLING (唐荆陵)
In Guangzhou, renowned rights lawyer Tang Jingling (唐荆陵) was criminally detained on May 16, for “provoking disturbance,” according to weiquanwang, a primary website reporting on China’s rights defense events.

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