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Lawyers’ Wives Open “New Front” of Resistance

On Thursday, the wives of five Chinese and one Taiwanese current or recent political detainees testified to a U.S. congressional committee on their husbands’ cases and, in several cases, alleged torture. The six included Chen Guiqiu, wife of recently prosecuted lawyer Xie Yang; Jin Bianling, wife of lawyer Jiang Tianyong; Wang Yanfeng, wife of imprisoned lawyer and activist Tang Jingling; and Lee Ching-yu, wife of detained Taiwanese activist Lee Ming-che. In addition