China Formally Arrests Outspoken Human Rights Attorney, Denies Lawyer Visit
Authorities in the southwestern Chinese region of Guangxi have formally arrested an outspoken human ...Read More
2019-12-08
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Wife of Detained Chinese Rights Lawyer Meets With French Officials
The wife of a prominent human rights lawyer has met with French officials during a recent state visi...Read More
2019-11-08
Court in China’s Guangdong Jails Human Rights Lawyer For Five Years
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have jailed a human rights lawyer for five...Read More
2019-01-20
‘Tang Jingling Would Have Fought For Vaccine Victims, But He’s in Jail’
Angry parents in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu clashed with officials and police last week...Read More
2019-01-20
Wife of Detained Human Rights Lawyers Wins Human Rights Prize
Li Wenzu, wife of disappeared human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, has been awarded Sweden’s Ed...Read More
2018-11-30
Police in China’s Guangzhou Threaten Beaten Lawyer With Punishment
Authorities in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong have issued an “administrative punis...Read More
2018-11-21
Detention, Beating of Guangdong Rights Attorney Shows ‘Lack of Restraint’ by Police
Police in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong illegally detained and beat a human rights lawy...Read More
2018-10-15
“Disappeared” lawyer receives award for dedication to China’s religious freedom
A Chinese human rights lawyer persecuted by authorities for his support of oppressed communities, in...Read More
2018-09-03
China Moves Ahead With Subversion Trial of Rights Lawyer in Jiangsu
Authorities in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu have indicted human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng...Read More
2018-08-17
China Orders German Student Who Filmed Work of Rights Lawyers to Leave
Authorities in the Chinese capital have revoked the student visa of a German national after he filme...Read More
2018-08-10
China Moves Ahead With Trial of Detained, Ailing Defense Lawyer
Concerns are growing over the health of detained Chinese rights lawyer Li Yuhan, who is suffering fr...Read More
2018-08-09
‘International Media Attention Has Been a Force for Good’
The wives of prominent Chinese human rights lawyers have called for continuing international media a...Read More
2018-08-02
Chinese Rights Lawyer ‘Nervous, Forced to Take Medication’ in Detention
Chinese rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who has been held in police detention without trial for three ...Read More
2018-07-19
Detained Chinese Rights Lawyer Wang Quanzhang ‘Appears Well,’ Wife Told
Three years after his 'disappearance' during a nationwide police operation targeting human rights at...Read More
2018-07-14
China Slaps Prominent Human Rights Lawyer With Effective Travel Ban
Chinese authorities in the northern region of Inner Mongolia have refused to issue a passport to a p...Read More
2018-06-09
In China, Angela Merkel Meets Wife of Detained Human Rights Lawyer
German chancellor Angela Merkel has met with the wife of a Chinese rights lawyer detained incommunic...Read More
2018-05-25
Top Chinese Rights Lawyer Banned From Traveling to United States
Authorities in the Chinese capital have prevented a top human rights attorney from boarding a plane ...Read More
2018-05-04
Tianjin Police ‘Investigate’ Colleagues of Detained Human Rights Lawyer
Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin have launched an "investigation" into associates...Read More
2018-04-30
Guards Beat Friends Who Brought Food to Disappeared Chinese Rights Lawyer’s Wife
The wife of "disappeared" human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang has been released from house arrest aft...Read More
2018-04-13
Rights Groups Slam China’s Televised ‘Confessions,’ Call for Sanctions on State Media
The group identified China Central Television (CCTV), including CCTV1, CCTV4, CGTN and CCTV13 as the...Read More
2018-04-12
Chinese Lawyers Speak Out Against Plans to end Presidential Term Limits
The ruling Chinese Communist Party is continuing to detain and otherwise persecute members of the co...Read More
2018-03-06