Birth date 1976-02-15
Birth place Wulian County, Shandong Province
Resident place Shijingshan District, Beijing Continue reading
Birth date 1976-02-15
Birth place Wulian County, Shandong Province
Resident place Shijingshan District, Beijing Continue reading
China has sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang to four and a half years in prison for state subversion.
Wang, 42, had defended political campaigners and victims of land seizures, as well as followers of the banned spiritual Falun Gong movement. Continue reading
Wang Quanzhang: China jails leading human rights lawyer已关闭评论
Posted in crackdown, Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged sentence, subverting state power, Tianjin, Wang Quanzhang
A new report released this week by Chinese Human Rights Defenders highlights the widespread use of systematic torture by Chinese security agencies as a key tactic aimed at extracting forced confessions from detained human rights activists. The report notes that this phenomenon is part of a broader move by the Chinese state to legalize repressive measures and criminalize human rights advocacy. Benjamin Haas at The Guardian reports: Continue reading
Torture & the Criminalization of Human Rights Advocacy已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged 709, Li Heping, Tianjin, Torture, Wang Quanzhang
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
709 Lawyer Released on Bail in Psychological Distress已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines
Tagged 709, Lawyer, Li Chunfu, Li Heping, Li Wenzu, on bail, Torture, Wang Qiaoling, Wang Quanzhang
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Every year on 10 December the international community celebrates the anniversary of the proclamation of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This anniversary is an opportunity for both the EU and China to examine their progress in protecting the human rights of all persons. Continue reading
The European Union Delegation in China issues the following statement in agreement with the EU Heads of Mission in China已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Support Liu Xiaobo
Tagged EU, Ilham Tohti, Li Heping, Liu Xiaobo, statement, Tashi Wangchuk, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Wang Quanzhang, Xie Yang, Zhang Haitao
Last July, the Chinese government launched its most widespread crackdown on rule of law advocates in decades, detaining some 300 rights defenders. Some have been held incommunicado since, with lawyers and family members trying to visit them in detention being told to look elsewhere. Continue reading
Michael Caster and Peter Dahlin:China should be proud of Wang Quanzhang – instead it persecutes him已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged China Action, Lawyer, Li Wenzu, Michael Caster, Peter Dahlin, Wang Quanzhang, wife
Chinese authorities are continuing to mete out punishment by association to the families of detained human rights lawyers and activists, preventing them from leaving the county on “national security” grounds, activists said. Continue reading
Chinese Activists’ Families Face House Arrest, Travel Bans: Lawyers已关闭评论
Posted in Headlines, honorary Members, Human Rights Lawyer, Subversion
Tagged Lawyer, Li Wenzu, travel bans, Wang Quanzhang