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 — …
