Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan were detained by police on April 13 on their way to the embassy of the European Union (EU) in Beijing. Independent lawyers attempted to approach Yu’s family for power of attorney, only to find Yu’s 18-year-old son was under police control in the family’s home,…
Beijing Police Block Lawyers, Control Teenage Son of Recently Detained Lawyer Yu Wensheng, Source Says
April 19, 2023
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Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Detained in Beijing While Traveling to Meet EU Delegation
April 16, 2023
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Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife Xu Yan were detained Thursday in Beijing when they were en route to meet a delegation from the European Union. Yu is one of the most courageous rights lawyers in China active in defending the rights of dissidents and ethnic and religious groups. He won the Franco-German…
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,…
CCP’s Justice Head Is Responsible for Crimes Against Humanity: Rights Lawyers Group
The Beijing judiciary has selectively prosecuted former Justice Minister Fu Zhenghua but ignored his crimes against humanity, according to an open letter from China Human Rights Lawyers Group. The prosecution of Fu was recently initiated for alleged bribe-taking and bending the law for personal gain, according to the regime’s mouthpiece Xinhua News. Fu’s prosecution was…
Jailed Chinese Lawyer Yu Wensheng Wins Human Rights Award
GENEVA—A jailed Chinese lawyer who defended other human rights lawyers arrested in a sweeping crackdown against activism has won an international human rights award, the jury said on Thursday. Yu Wensheng was arrested in Jan. 2018, a day after publishing an open letter calling for reforms. He is serving a four-year sentence announced in June…
Chinese Regime Revokes Licenses for Two Lawyers in Detained Hongkongers Case
January 4, 2021
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Chinese authorities revoked two Chinese lawyers’ practicing licenses after they represented two of the 12 Hongkongers who tried to flee on a boat on Aug. 23 last year. While en route to Taiwan, all 12 were intercepted by China’s coast guard and detained in mainland China. Ten of them were placed on trial last week….
EU Urges China to Free Citizen Journalist Jailed for Reporting on COVID-19
December 29, 2020
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The European Union on Tuesday called on the Chinese regime to release a citizen journalist who was jailed for reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan. Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison on Dec. 28, becoming the first known reporter to be sentenced by Beijing for providing first-hand information…
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