As close as many people would get to being inside a court – until the website was launched. AFP
Within China’s notoriously flawed legal system somebody is actually trying to usher in a bit of transparency. Now you can boot up your laptop or turn on your smartphone and take a peek inside proceedings. Continue reading
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Television screen shot of Chinese lawyer Zhou Shifeng being escorted by police officers to Tianjin No.2 Intermediate People’s Court in Tianjin, Aug. 4, 2016.
A court in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin sentenced a leading human rights lawyer to seven years in prison on Thursday, the third subversion trial this week of attorneys and activists who were rounded up in a sweeping crackdown on rights defenders a year ago. Continue reading
China Jails Human Rights Lawyer for 7 Years on Subversion Charges已关闭评论
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Democracy activist and house church leader Hu Shigen is shown in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of Boxun.com
Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin on Wednesday jailed a prominent pro-democracy activist and unofficial “house church” leader for seven years and six months on subversion charges as part of an ongoing crackdown on human rights lawyers and their associates. Continue reading
China Jails Activist For 7.5 Years For Subversion Amid Lawyer Crackdown已关闭评论
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Last updated on: August 01, 2016 7:23 AM
Li Wenzu, center, wife of imprisoned lawyer Wang Quanzhang, holds a paper that reads “Release Liu Ermin” as she and supporters of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer and activists stage a protest outside the Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court in Tianjin, China on Aug. 1, 2016.
TIANJIN—Around two dozen supporters of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer and three activists charged with subversion protested outside a northern city court Monday amid widespread concerns that authorities were holding their trials in secret.
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Activist Chen Yunfei leads a protest against alleged pollution at a petrochemical plant in Pengzhou, in Sichuan province, March 6, 2015. Photo courtesy of an RFA listener
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan have delayed the planned trial on public order charges of a veteran rights activist who visited the grave of a Tiananmen Square massacre victim, his lawyer said. Continue reading
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Chinese rights activist Huang Wenxun is shown in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of canyu.org
A court in the central Chinese province of Hubei on Friday tried a civil rights activist for “incitement to subvert state power” after holding him in pretrial detention for three years, his lawyers and relatives said. Continue reading
China Tries Civil Rights Activist For Subversion, Detains Supporters已关闭评论
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Chinese activist Qin Yongmin in an undated photo. Photo courtesy of Qin Yongmin
Authorities in the central Chinese city of Wuhan are believed to have tried veteran democracy activist Qin Yongmin in secret, a fellow activist said, citing police sources. Continue reading
Veteran Chinese Democracy Activist May Have Been Tried in Secret已关闭评论
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Guangdong rights activist Su Changlan in an undated file photo. Photo courtesy of HRCChina.org
A court in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong on Thursday began the subversion trial of another rights activist who supported the 2014 pro-democracy movement in neighboring Hong Kong. Continue reading
Pro-Democracy Activist Stands Trial For Subversion in China’s Guangdong已关闭评论
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