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Detained Chinese Lawyers’ Son Smuggled to Myanmar by Banned Opposition Party: State Media

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Wang Yu (L) and her son Bao Zhuoxuan (R) in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of a family friend.

As the United States expressed concern over the plight of the 16-year-old son of two detained Chinese rights lawyers, the country’s tightly controlled state media Continue reading

Chinese Police Worked With Myanmar Rebels to Arrest Son of Detained Rights Lawyers: Sources

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image (12)Wang Yu (L) and Bao Zhuoxuan (R) in an undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Bao Zhuoxuan

The teenage son of two detained Chinese rights lawyers was detained alongside two friends and fellow activists in a cross-border police operation in a rebel-controlled part of Continue reading

Bao Zhuoxuan, Son of Rights Lawyer Held in China, Is Said to Be Under House Arrest

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HONG KONG — The 16-year-old son of a detained Chinese human rights lawyer is now living under house arrest in northern China after being snatched at a Myanmar border town last week as he was trying to escape to the United States, a family friend said.

Bao Zhuoxuan, the son of the prominent human rights lawyer Wang Yu, Continue reading

Teen Son of Detained Rights Lawyer ‘Taken Away’ From Myanmar Guesthouse

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Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Yu poses during an interview in Hong Kong, March 20, 2014.
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Authorities in Myanmar have detained the teenage son of detained Chinese rights lawyer Wang Yu in a murky cross-border operation after he was denied permission Continue reading

Chinese Activists Who Made Lawyer T-Shirts Released on ‘Bail’

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Aimage (38)ctivist and businessman Huang Yongxiang in undated photo.
Photo courtesy of Chen Keyun.

Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have released on ‘bail’ four activists who launched a T-shirt campaign in support of detained human rights lawyers, amid an ongoing crackdown on the country’s embattled legal profession.

Police in Guangdong’s Zengcheng city had detained Liu Yajie Continue reading

Two Months On, Lawyers For China’s Detained Attorneys Still Don’t Know Where They Are

 

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image (68)Activists in Hong Kong demonstrate for the release of rights lawyers detained on the Chinese mainland, Aug. 25, 2015.
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Two months after Chinese police carried out a midnight raid on the home of prominent human rights lawyer Wang Yu and her husband, sparking a nationwide police operation targeting hundreds of attorneys, her lawyers marched to a police station near where she is believed to be held to demand a meeting with Wang.

Li Weida and Lu Zhoubin, Continue reading

Relatives of Recently Disappeared Lawyers and Activists Write a Letter to China’s Minister of Public Security

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Relatives of Recently Disappeared Lawyers and Activists Write a Letter to China’s Minister of Public Security

On the eve of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced

Disappearances (August 30)

Published: August 29, 2015

“Such fear and panic do not beset these lawyers and their families only; they beset the entire Chinese society.”

Honorable Mr. Guo Shengkun (郭声琨),

We don’t know if you will be able to read this letter, but we are writing it regardless in the hope that you may. We do not want to let slip the slightest hope. Continue reading

US Demands Release of 2 Detained Chinese Lawyers

B7E8753F-12AB-4532-84B3-ACF2FD605235_w640_r1_s (1)FILE – In this April 18, 2015 photo, Wang Yu, a lawyer for Chinese activist Li Tingting, speaks during an interview in Beijing.

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The United States has called for the release of Chinese lawyer Zhang Kai and a group of religious figures, including Christian pastors, accused of threatening public order Continue reading