{"id":2682,"date":"2014-08-19T19:58:31","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T19:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/?p=2682"},"modified":"2014-08-19T19:58:31","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T19:58:31","slug":"chinese-police-question-rights-lawyer-about-meeting-with-former-u-s-envoy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/chinese-police-question-rights-lawyer-about-meeting-with-former-u-s-envoy","title":{"rendered":"Chinese police question rights lawyer about meeting with former U.S. envoy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;color: #444444;line-height: 1.7\">BY SUI-LEE WEE<\/span><\/p>\n<p>BEIJING Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:31pm BST<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/08\/download1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2683\" alt=\"Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang talks to media in Beijing\" src=\"http:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/08\/download1-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/08\/download1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/files\/2014\/08\/download1.jpg 580w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang talks to media in Beijing in this July 20, 2012 picture.<br \/>\nCREDIT: REUTERS\/PETAR KUJUNDZIC<\/p>\n<p>(Reuters) &#8211; Chinese police have <!--more-->questioned a prominent human rights lawyer about meetings with the former U.S. ambassador to China, his alleged &#8220;insults&#8221; against senior officials and his frequent trips to Japan, his lawyer said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Pu Zhiqiang, one of China&#8217;s most outspoken dissidents, was arrested in June on charges of causing a disturbance and illegal access to personal information in a case that sparked an outcry among rights workers in China and the West.<\/p>\n<p>Pu, 49, a free-speech lawyer, has represented many well-known dissidents, including artist Ai Weiwei and activists of the &#8220;New Citizens&#8217; Movement&#8221;, a group that has urged Chinese leaders to disclose their assets.<\/p>\n<p>He also opposed forced labour camps, which the government has abolished, and he was featured prominently in state media for that campaign &#8211; unusual for a government critic.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/uk.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/08\/19\/uk-china-rights-idUKKBN0GJ10Q20140819\">For detail please visit here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY SUI-LEE WEE BEIJING Tue Aug 19, 2014  &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/chinese-police-question-rights-lawyer-about-meeting-with-former-u-s-envoy\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35,136,95,45],"tags":[1350,94,114,101],"views":2777,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2682"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2685,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2682\/revisions\/2685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chinesepen.org\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}