Father Yang Jianwei went missing in Hebei Province, China on 15 April, the third Catholic priest to have disappeared and suspected to be detained by the authorities this month. Meanwhile, in neighbouring Henan Province, a pastor’s wife was reportedly buried alive on 14 April while protesting the demolition of her church. Father Yang is the …
In October 2014, the Chinese Communist Party announced that rule of law would be a top priority for the country. However, just one year later, over 150 lawyers and 150 more colleagues, family members and other activists had been questioned, detained, or disappeared in a crackdown which began on 9 July 2015. Journalists and legal …
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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 …
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 …
