July 2015

United Nations human rights experts, the European Union, UK, US and other voices from the international community have expressed their concern regarding the detention of over 200 lawyers and activists in China since 10 July. On 16 July, five UN independent experts called on the Chinese authorities to stop harassing and intimidating lawyers and their …

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Over 100 human right lawyers and activists have been detained, interrogated and forcibly disappeared across China since 10 July. As of 13 July, the China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group estimates that 114 individuals have been targeted in the sweeping arrests. Those detained include human rights lawyers and activists, but also relatives of lawyers and …

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