Chinese Human Rights Lawyer
- All
- News
-
China Jails 2 Prominent Human Rights Lawyers For Over 10 Years
- Monday April 10, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Detained For "Inciting State Subversion": Police
- Wednesday January 19, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Wife Of Activist Barred From Leaving China Dies After 15 Years Apart
- Tuesday January 11, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
EU Demands Release Of Chinese Citizen Journalist Arrested For Reporting On Covid
- Tuesday December 29, 2020
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The European Union on Tuesday demanded that China release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan and several other jailed reporters, lawyers and human rights champions.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Chinese Rights Lawyer Gets Over 4 Years In Jail For "Subversion"
- Monday January 28, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced on Monday to four and a half years in prison for state subversion, a northern Chinese court said.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Police Video Of Chinese Lawyer Yu Wensheng's Arrest Raises Questions
- Wednesday January 24, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Vatican Row As China Invited To Organ Transplant Meet
- Wednesday February 8, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Chinese Rights Lawyer Jailed For 12 Years
- Thursday September 22, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Chinese court has sentenced defence lawyer Xia Lin to 12 years in prison, his attorney said Thursday, the latest blow in a broad crackdown on human rights defenders and activists.
- www.ndtv.com
-
China Jails Rights Lawyer For 7 Years: Report
- Thursday August 4, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Fearing Secret Trial, Activists' Friends Protest China Court
- Monday August 1, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Anguish For Families Of Missing China Lawyers
- Friday January 8, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Every day Li Wenzu's son asks her why his daddy has not come home, she says. Her husband went missing six months ago in a sweeping crackdown on Chinese human rights lawyers, but she tells the three-year-old he is on a "business trip".
- www.ndtv.com
-
Chinese Rights Activist Jailed for 6 Years
- Friday November 27, 2015
- World News | Reuters
A prominent Chinese rights activist, Guo Feixiong, was sentenced to six years imprisonment today by a court in southern China, amid a continuing crackdown on human rights advocates across the country, his lawyer said today.
- www.ndtv.com
-
UN Human Rights Experts Say China Must End Crackdown on Lawyers
- Thursday July 23, 2015
- World News | Reuters
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Detained China Human Rights Lawyer 'Confesses': Report
- Sunday July 19, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
China Targets Rights Lawyers as Crackdown on Activists Widens
- Sunday July 12, 2015
- World News | Reuters
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
China Jails 2 Prominent Human Rights Lawyers For Over 10 Years
- Monday April 10, 2023
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Detained For "Inciting State Subversion": Police
- Wednesday January 19, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Wife Of Activist Barred From Leaving China Dies After 15 Years Apart
- Tuesday January 11, 2022
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
EU Demands Release Of Chinese Citizen Journalist Arrested For Reporting On Covid
- Tuesday December 29, 2020
- World News | Agence France-Presse
The European Union on Tuesday demanded that China release citizen journalist Zhang Zhan and several other jailed reporters, lawyers and human rights champions.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Chinese Rights Lawyer Gets Over 4 Years In Jail For "Subversion"
- Monday January 28, 2019
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Prominent Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang was sentenced on Monday to four and a half years in prison for state subversion, a northern Chinese court said.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Police Video Of Chinese Lawyer Yu Wensheng's Arrest Raises Questions
- Wednesday January 24, 2018
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Vatican Row As China Invited To Organ Transplant Meet
- Wednesday February 8, 2017
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Chinese Rights Lawyer Jailed For 12 Years
- Thursday September 22, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
A Chinese court has sentenced defence lawyer Xia Lin to 12 years in prison, his attorney said Thursday, the latest blow in a broad crackdown on human rights defenders and activists.
- www.ndtv.com
-
China Jails Rights Lawyer For 7 Years: Report
- Thursday August 4, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Fearing Secret Trial, Activists' Friends Protest China Court
- Monday August 1, 2016
- World News | Associated Press
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Anguish For Families Of Missing China Lawyers
- Friday January 8, 2016
- World News | Agence France-Presse
Every day Li Wenzu's son asks her why his daddy has not come home, she says. Her husband went missing six months ago in a sweeping crackdown on Chinese human rights lawyers, but she tells the three-year-old he is on a "business trip".
- www.ndtv.com
-
Chinese Rights Activist Jailed for 6 Years
- Friday November 27, 2015
- World News | Reuters
A prominent Chinese rights activist, Guo Feixiong, was sentenced to six years imprisonment today by a court in southern China, amid a continuing crackdown on human rights advocates across the country, his lawyer said today.
- www.ndtv.com
-
UN Human Rights Experts Say China Must End Crackdown on Lawyers
- Thursday July 23, 2015
- World News | Reuters
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
Detained China Human Rights Lawyer 'Confesses': Report
- Sunday July 19, 2015
- World News | Agence France-Presse
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.
- www.ndtv.com
-
China Targets Rights Lawyers as Crackdown on Activists Widens
- Sunday July 12, 2015
- World News | Reuters
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.
- www.ndtv.com