China Human Rights Lawyer
- All
- News
-
China Jails 2 Prominent Human Rights Lawyers For Over 10 Years
Two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers, including one who had called for leader Xi Jinping to resign, have been jailed for over a decade, an advocacy group and one of the men's wives said Monday.
-
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Detained For "Inciting State Subversion": Police
A human rights lawyer has been detained in China on suspicion of "inciting state subversion", according to an official notice obtained by his wife weeks after he spoke out for a hospitalised teacher.
-
Wife Of Activist Barred From Leaving China Dies After 15 Years Apart
The wife of a repeatedly detained Chinese human rights lawyer died of cancer on Monday in the United States after her husband's pleas to be allowed to leave China and reunite with her went ignored, rights activists said.
-
EU Demands Release Of Chinese Citizen Journalist Arrested For Reporting On Covid
The European Union on Tuesday demanded that China release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan and several other jailed reporters, lawyers and human rights champions.
-
Police Video Of Chinese Lawyer Yu Wensheng's Arrest Raises Questions
Chinese authorities appear to be mounting a smear campaign against a detained human rights lawyer by releasing a seemingly edited police video which shows him resisting arrest and then swinging at an officer, campaigners say.
-
China's Probes Of Rights Lawyers 'Alarming': Human Rights Watch
China has launched more rigorous investigations into the activities and finances of rights lawyers and law firms that take on politically sensitive issues, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, in its multi-year campaign to stiffle dissent.
-
China Lawyer's Wife's Dramatic Escape, With Help From US Officials
Chen Guiqiu fled China on foot with her two daughters, only to end up in a Thai prison until US officials helped them sneak out dramatically through a back door.
-
Vatican Row As China Invited To Organ Transplant Meet
Ethics experts and human rights lawyers slammed the Vatican Tuesday for inviting a top Chinese health official to an organ trafficking summit despite concerns the Asian giant still uses tissue from executed prisoners.
-
China Jails Rights Lawyer For 7 Years: Report
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer was convicted of subversion and sentenced to seven years in prison today, state media reported -- the third such trial this week as authorities crack down on dissent.
-
Fearing Secret Trial, Activists' Friends Protest China Court
Around two dozen supporters of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer and three activists charged with subversion protested outside a northern city court amid widespread concerns that authorities were holding their trials in secret.
-
China Jails 2 Prominent Human Rights Lawyers For Over 10 Years
Two prominent Chinese human rights lawyers, including one who had called for leader Xi Jinping to resign, have been jailed for over a decade, an advocacy group and one of the men's wives said Monday.
-
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Detained For "Inciting State Subversion": Police
A human rights lawyer has been detained in China on suspicion of "inciting state subversion", according to an official notice obtained by his wife weeks after he spoke out for a hospitalised teacher.
-
Wife Of Activist Barred From Leaving China Dies After 15 Years Apart
The wife of a repeatedly detained Chinese human rights lawyer died of cancer on Monday in the United States after her husband's pleas to be allowed to leave China and reunite with her went ignored, rights activists said.
-
EU Demands Release Of Chinese Citizen Journalist Arrested For Reporting On Covid
The European Union on Tuesday demanded that China release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan and several other jailed reporters, lawyers and human rights champions.
-
Police Video Of Chinese Lawyer Yu Wensheng's Arrest Raises Questions
Chinese authorities appear to be mounting a smear campaign against a detained human rights lawyer by releasing a seemingly edited police video which shows him resisting arrest and then swinging at an officer, campaigners say.
-
China's Probes Of Rights Lawyers 'Alarming': Human Rights Watch
China has launched more rigorous investigations into the activities and finances of rights lawyers and law firms that take on politically sensitive issues, Human Rights Watch said on Tuesday, in its multi-year campaign to stiffle dissent.
-
China Lawyer's Wife's Dramatic Escape, With Help From US Officials
Chen Guiqiu fled China on foot with her two daughters, only to end up in a Thai prison until US officials helped them sneak out dramatically through a back door.
-
Vatican Row As China Invited To Organ Transplant Meet
Ethics experts and human rights lawyers slammed the Vatican Tuesday for inviting a top Chinese health official to an organ trafficking summit despite concerns the Asian giant still uses tissue from executed prisoners.
-
China Jails Rights Lawyer For 7 Years: Report
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer was convicted of subversion and sentenced to seven years in prison today, state media reported -- the third such trial this week as authorities crack down on dissent.
-
Fearing Secret Trial, Activists' Friends Protest China Court
Around two dozen supporters of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer and three activists charged with subversion protested outside a northern city court amid widespread concerns that authorities were holding their trials in secret.
