Tang Jingling, a top human rights lawyer in Guangzhou, and his wife Wang Yanfang in an undated photo. (Photo courtesy of Wang Yanfang.)
A rights activist recently released from prison in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong has described being shackled to a single spot and denied food and water during his incarceration. Continue reading
‘I Was Tortured in Detention’: Released Guangzhou Three Activist已关闭评论
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Tagged Guangzhou, prison, Released, Tang Jingling, Torture, Wang Qingying, Yuan Xinting
Chinese blogger Lu Yuyu (R) and his girlfriend, Li Tingyu, in undated photo. Not the News.
A Chinese citizen journalist who meticulously recorded details of public protests and other ‘mass incidents’ has begun a hunger strike in protest at his mistreatment while in police detention, a rights lawyer said on Friday. Continue reading
Chinese Citizen Journalist on Hunger Strike Over Beatings in Detention已关闭评论
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Tagged detention, hunger strike, Li Tingyu, Lu Yuyu, Not the News, Torture
Detained rights lawyer Xie Yang is shown in an undated file photo. New Citizens Movement
The family of a Chinese attorney detained during a recent nationwide crackdown on human rights lawyers has accused the authorities of allowing his torture in detention. Continue reading
Chinese Rights Lawyer ‘Tortured’ in Detention on Subversion Charges已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
2015-11-18
Guo Feixiong in a file photo.
Photo courtesy of Guo Feixiong
The wife of a Chinese rights lawyer who has been in movement-restricted solitary confinement with no fresh air or exercise for more than two years has hit out at his inhumane treatment as Beijing’s torture record is reviewed by the United Nations.
U.S.-based Zhang Qing, wife of jailed Chinese rights lawyer Continue reading
Chinese Lawyer’s Solitary Confinement Amounts to ‘Slow Torture’: Wife已关闭评论
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Tagged Guo Feixiong, Torture
By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ NOV. 12, 2015
BEIJING — Legal activists and those suspected of crimes in China are routinely abused and mistreated at the hands of law enforcement officials, a report released on Thursday by Amnesty International found, despite recent efforts by the government to crack down on inhumane judicial practices.
The report found that much of the abuse is directed at lawyers, who have come under increasing pressure amid a vigorous campaign by President Xi Jinping to rein in dissent Continue reading
Rights Lawyers in China Routinely Face Abuse, Report Says已关闭评论
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Tagged China, Human Rights Lawyer, Torture, UN
China Change, published: July 5, 2015
A NEW REPORT DOCUMENTS THE TORTURE OF LAWYERS IN CHINA 2006 – 2015.
Violent beatings to the head, electric shocks, forced feeding, injection with drugs, sexual violence, suffocation, denial of toilet, solitary confinement, forced smoke inhalation, and burning.
These are some of the forms of torture that Chinese security forces Continue reading
Cataloging the Torture of Lawyers in China已关闭评论
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Tagged China, Human Rights Lawyer, Torture
2015-05-13
Geng He, wife of China’s leading human rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, speaks at a press conference in Washington, Sept. 9, 2014.
RFA
Measures introduced by China over the past six years to curb torture and mistreatment of criminal detainees have not done enough to reduce abuses, Continue reading
China Reforms to Curb Torture Don’t Go Far Enough-Human Rights Watch已关闭评论
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Tagged China, Human Rights Watch, Torture
2014-08-14
Gao Zhisheng during an interview at his office in Beijing, in a file photo.
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A week after Continue reading
Chinese Dissident Gao ‘Utterly Destroyed’ Following Torture in Prison已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Writers in Prison
Tagged Gao Zhisheng, Human Rights Lawyer, Torture
