2 China Lawyers Who Defended Falun Gong Face Ban

From AP:

Two Chinese lawyers who represented a Falun Gong practitioner face the permanent loss of their legal licenses – a new government tactic to tighten its grip on human rights defenders.

Dozens of lawyers are expected to attend Thursday’s hearing in support of Tang Jitian and Liu Wei, who are accused of “disrupting the order of the court” during an April 2009 trial in which they defended a follower of the banned spiritual group.

The two lawyers say they were illegally videotaped during the trial, interrupted repeatedly by the judge and ordered out of the courtroom by unidentified men.

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