Category: rights lawyer

Chinese Rights Lawyer Yu Wensheng Bestowed Swedish Human Rights Award

September 17, 2022
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Chinese rights lawyer Yu Wensheng was awarded a human rights prize by the Stockholm-based Foundation of Anna Dahlbäck Memorial Fund on Sept. 9. Yu, who’s based in Beijing, was unable to attend the Stockholm awards ceremony and he had someone else receive the award on his behalf. For his work as a human rights lawyer,…

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Family Intercepted as Rights Lawyer Tried Behind Closed Door in China’s Northwest

July 28, 2022
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“I am witnessing a crime scene,” said Chen Zijuan, wife of detained human rights lawyer Chang Weiping, in a video posted on Twitter. Chen made her video plea after she and other family members were blocked by police from attending her husband’s closed trial in northwestern Shaanxi Province on Tuesday. “I’m so sorry that I…

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Chinese Regime Uses COVID-19 QR Code to Restrain Rights Lawyers’ Mobility

November 23, 2021
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The Chinese regime is using the COVID-19 “health code” for pandemic control and as a means for social control. Recently, several rights lawyers and legal experts have revealed that their health codes suddenly changed from green to red without any reason. They could not travel freely and were put in forced quarantine. The Chinese communist…

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Chinese Attorney Had License Revoked for Defending Falun Gong Practitioner

January 8, 2021
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Chinese human rights lawyer Ren Quanniu revealed more details about local authorities’ decision to revoke his license. Via a Twitter post on Jan. 5, he explained that the justice department of Henan Province served him a notice, in which it claimed that he violated a courtroom regulation during the trial of Falun Gong practitioner Zhang…

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