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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.
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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.
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Chinese Citizen Journalist To Face Trial For Reporting On Covid In Wuhan
A citizen journalist detained in China after reporting from the Covid-19 ground zero of Wuhan will face trial later this month, her lawyer said Friday, as fears grow for her health.
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Professor Who Criticised Xi Jinping To Fight Prostitution Charges: Lawyer
A prominent Chinese legal scholar who was detained and then fired after criticising President Xi Jinping hopes to clear his name by overturning a prostitution charge brought against him by police, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
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Canadian Held In China Questioned Daily, Denied Lawyer: Sources
A former Canadian diplomat detained in China is being denied legal representation and is not allowed to turn the lights off at night, people familiar with the situation said, offering new details on the closely watched case.
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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.
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UN Human Rights Experts Say China Must End Crackdown on Lawyers
U.N. human rights investigators demanded an end to a Chinese crackdown on lawyers on Thursday after more than 100 people were detained, intimidated or went missing over the past week.
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Detained China Human Rights Lawyer 'Confesses': Report
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer has "confessed guilt" a week after being detained in a massive crackdown on legal activists, China's state-run media said.
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China Targets Rights Lawyers as Crackdown on Activists Widens
Chinese authorities have widened a crackdown on human rights groups, detaining or questioning more than 50 lawyers and activists in a sweep over the past few days, rights groups say.
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Chinese Journalist Freed After 9 Month Detention
A Chinese journalist detained for nine months after helping a German magazine report on democracy protests in Hong Kong has been released, she told AFP today, though associates said her lawyer was being held.
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China Detains Feminist Activists Ahead of Women's Day
China has detained at least two feminist activists, a lawyer said, as the country escalates a crackdown on dissent ahead of planned rallies this weekend to mark International Women's Day.
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Detained China Human Rights Lawyer Facing 'Inhuman Torment', Wife Says
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer arrested this year has had to endure hours of interrogation and his health has suffered, his wife wrote in a letter released on Friday, calling for his immediate release.
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China Uighur Scholar Denied Food in Detention: Lawyer
Authorities in China's restive Xinjiang denied food for 10 days to a prominent Uighur academic detained on separatism charges, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday, as nine in the region were sentenced for terror offences.
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International Academic Outcry Over Detained China Scholars
Hundreds of international academics called Wednesday for the release of scholars and lawyers detained in China ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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US Urges China to Free Activists
Washington on Wednesday demanded the release of one of China's most celebrated human rights lawyers and other activists detained during a round-up ahead of the sensitive 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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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.
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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.
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Chinese Citizen Journalist To Face Trial For Reporting On Covid In Wuhan
A citizen journalist detained in China after reporting from the Covid-19 ground zero of Wuhan will face trial later this month, her lawyer said Friday, as fears grow for her health.
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Professor Who Criticised Xi Jinping To Fight Prostitution Charges: Lawyer
A prominent Chinese legal scholar who was detained and then fired after criticising President Xi Jinping hopes to clear his name by overturning a prostitution charge brought against him by police, his lawyer said on Wednesday.
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Canadian Held In China Questioned Daily, Denied Lawyer: Sources
A former Canadian diplomat detained in China is being denied legal representation and is not allowed to turn the lights off at night, people familiar with the situation said, offering new details on the closely watched case.
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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.
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UN Human Rights Experts Say China Must End Crackdown on Lawyers
U.N. human rights investigators demanded an end to a Chinese crackdown on lawyers on Thursday after more than 100 people were detained, intimidated or went missing over the past week.
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Detained China Human Rights Lawyer 'Confesses': Report
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer has "confessed guilt" a week after being detained in a massive crackdown on legal activists, China's state-run media said.
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China Targets Rights Lawyers as Crackdown on Activists Widens
Chinese authorities have widened a crackdown on human rights groups, detaining or questioning more than 50 lawyers and activists in a sweep over the past few days, rights groups say.
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Chinese Journalist Freed After 9 Month Detention
A Chinese journalist detained for nine months after helping a German magazine report on democracy protests in Hong Kong has been released, she told AFP today, though associates said her lawyer was being held.
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China Detains Feminist Activists Ahead of Women's Day
China has detained at least two feminist activists, a lawyer said, as the country escalates a crackdown on dissent ahead of planned rallies this weekend to mark International Women's Day.
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Detained China Human Rights Lawyer Facing 'Inhuman Torment', Wife Says
A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer arrested this year has had to endure hours of interrogation and his health has suffered, his wife wrote in a letter released on Friday, calling for his immediate release.
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China Uighur Scholar Denied Food in Detention: Lawyer
Authorities in China's restive Xinjiang denied food for 10 days to a prominent Uighur academic detained on separatism charges, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday, as nine in the region were sentenced for terror offences.
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International Academic Outcry Over Detained China Scholars
Hundreds of international academics called Wednesday for the release of scholars and lawyers detained in China ahead of the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown.
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US Urges China to Free Activists
Washington on Wednesday demanded the release of one of China's most celebrated human rights lawyers and other activists detained during a round-up ahead of the sensitive 25th anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
