Tag: Defending rights

2 China Rights Lawyers Slapped with Lifetime Ban

Two lawyers who defended a member of Falun Gong have had their licenses revoked permanently. From AP: Tang Jitian and Liu Wei said during separate telephone interviews that Beijing judicial authorities informed them Friday that they had lost their credentials. The ruling is permanent, but both plan to appeal. …The Beijing Municipal Bureau of Justice posted separate notices Friday on its websi

May 8, 2010 9:46 AM

Lawyers to Pledge Loyalty to CCP

The Justice Ministry will ask all new lawyers, and lawyers renewing their licenses, to sign an oath of loyalty to the Com

March 21, 2012 2:01 PM

Jerome A. Cohen: First, They Came for the Lawyers

In Foreign Policy, Chinese legal expert Jerome Cohen writes about the recent crackdown that is primarily targeting human

July 15, 2011 12:43 PM

China Silences its Critics at Home

Beijing-based journalist Paul Mooney talks with Australia’s ABC News about the recent crackdown targeting rights la

July 12, 2011 7:08 AM

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