human rights lawyers
August 31, 2017 | Holly Kellum
Chinese Lawyer Wang Quanzhang Nominated for Dutch Human Rights Award
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang is one of 10 nominees for the Dutch government’s Human Rights Tulip award this year. Wang has defended spiritual groups persecuted by the Chinese Communist Party, such as Christians and Falun Gong practitioners, and has worked with self-taught paralegals, or “barefoot lawyers,” and human rights activists to defend the […]
May 8, 2017 | Colin Fredericson
Chinese lawyer Xie Yang tortured into guilty plea in subversion trial
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese human rights lawyer Xie Yang was forced to plead guilty Monday to charges of incitement to subversion and disturbing legal proceedings. He was also forced to read a sketchy statement in court: “Everyone should take me as a lesson: You must behave within the boundaries of the law, avoid being used […]
March 30, 2017 | Feng Xue
China bars Australian academic from boarding flight home to “safeguard national security”
Chinese authorities said on Thursday (March 30) that Australian university academic, Feng Chongyi, was blocked from leaving China to “safeguard national security.” Feng entered China three weeks ago to work on his research involving human rights issues. The China studies specialist was held for questioning in Kunming, the provincial capital of southwestern Yunnan last Monday […]