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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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After US Presses Charges, Huawei Lawyer Says Detained Executive "Hostage"
Huawei's CFO "should not be a hostage" in Sino-US relations, her lawyer said on Tuesday, after the United States announced criminal charges against herself and the Chinese firm just days before crunch trade talks with Beijing.
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Wife Of Detained Chinese Lawyer Wang Quanzhang Begins 100-Km March To Press For Answers
Li Wenzu, the wife of a detained Chinese lawyer set off on Wednesday on a march of more than 100 km, from Beijing to Tianjin city, where she believes her husband is being held incommunicado, in a bid to force authorities to explain his arrest.
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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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Uighur Migrants Held in Thailand for 11 Months Take Case to Court
A Thai court will decide this month whether to release 17 Uighurs from the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, including 13 children, who have been detained for the past 11 months in Bangkok, a lawyer for the group said today.
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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 detains activist for subversion after pressuring leaders on wealth
Chinese police have detained an activist agitating for officials to disclose their assets on subversion charges, her lawyer said on Wednesday, underscoring the limits of an anti-corruption push by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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China holds man in secret under new law despite reform talk
A Chinese man who agitated for an investigation into the suspicious death of an activist has been detained at an unknown location, his lawyer said on Monday, describing him as possibly the first to be held under a controversial new law that allows secret detention.
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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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After US Presses Charges, Huawei Lawyer Says Detained Executive "Hostage"
Huawei's CFO "should not be a hostage" in Sino-US relations, her lawyer said on Tuesday, after the United States announced criminal charges against herself and the Chinese firm just days before crunch trade talks with Beijing.
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Wife Of Detained Chinese Lawyer Wang Quanzhang Begins 100-Km March To Press For Answers
Li Wenzu, the wife of a detained Chinese lawyer set off on Wednesday on a march of more than 100 km, from Beijing to Tianjin city, where she believes her husband is being held incommunicado, in a bid to force authorities to explain his arrest.
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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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Uighur Migrants Held in Thailand for 11 Months Take Case to Court
A Thai court will decide this month whether to release 17 Uighurs from the western Chinese region of Xinjiang, including 13 children, who have been detained for the past 11 months in Bangkok, a lawyer for the group said today.
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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 detains activist for subversion after pressuring leaders on wealth
Chinese police have detained an activist agitating for officials to disclose their assets on subversion charges, her lawyer said on Wednesday, underscoring the limits of an anti-corruption push by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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China holds man in secret under new law despite reform talk
A Chinese man who agitated for an investigation into the suspicious death of an activist has been detained at an unknown location, his lawyer said on Monday, describing him as possibly the first to be held under a controversial new law that allows secret detention.
