January 2016

At least fifteen Chinese human rights lawyers and activists have been formally arrested on suspicion of subversion of state power or inciting subversion of state power. They include the prominent human rights lawyers Wang Yu and Li Heping, and the Christian activists Liu Yongping and Gou Hongguo. Wang Yu, the first rights lawyer to be detained in what …

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At least six Chinese human rights lawyers and their colleagues have been formally arrested on suspicion of charges relating to “subversion of state power”,  six months after a crackdown on over 300 lawyers, activists and associates and family members.  The six include several employees of Fengrui law firm in Beijing. Employees of the firm were …

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