The crackdown that began on July 9, 2015 is not just history; some of the targets are facing renewed pressure today. At the time of the EU visit, other lawyers were put under house arrest, including Wang Yu, the defiant lawyer whose harassment and detention kicked off the 709 Crackdown, and Zhou Shifeng, whose Fengrui law firm became the focal …
Beijing: The UN has denounced the decision by a Chinese court to hand out lengthy jail terms to two prominent human rights lawyers with the world body’s rights chief, saying he was “very concerned” with the sentencing of the two activists. “I am very concerned that two prominent human rights defenders in China — Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong — …
Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi are among the most prominent dissidents to be arrested by Chinese authorities. Both are well-known members of the New Citizens Movement, which pushed for more openness regarding the wealth of government officials New Delhi: Two prominent activists, Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi, were sentenced to prison for subversion after more than three years in prison …
Human rights lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi are sentenced to more than 10 years imprisonment after a closed-door trial. Two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers, including one who had called for leader Xi Jinping to resign, have been jailed for more than 10 years, an advocacy group and one of the men’s wives said. “I will not let them …
CNN — A prominent civil rights advocate in China who once called on leader Xi Jinping to resign because he is “just not smart enough” was put on trial behind closed doors Wednesday on charges of subverting state power. Xu Zhiyong, a veteran civil rights activist and legal scholar, pleaded not guilty in front of a local court in Linshu …
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