Xu Zhiyong: The Last Ten Years
The new website China Change has translated a lengthy essay by rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong, in which he reflects on his work – and changes in Chinese society – over the past decade. Xu Zhiyong founded the Open...
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Pu Zhiqiang Is “Key Person,” Barred Hotel Entrance
The story below is translated from a Yanzhao Metropolis Daily report. It is currently unavailable on the newspaper’s website. Lawyer Pu Zhiqiang Says He Is a “Key Person,” Refused Admittance to Hotel Last...
Sensitive: Wrongly Convicted Released in Fujian
As of May 19, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Intertwined Injustices in Fujian: On June 24, 2001, a bomb exploded at the Fuqing City Discipline Inspection...
Sensitive Words: Black Jails, Red Bandits
As of May 14, the following search terms are blocked on Sina Weibo (not including the “search for user” function). Lawyers “Surround and Watch” Black Jails: On May 13, 11 rights defense lawyers were detained and...
Xu Zhiyong: On the New Citizens’ Movement
Rights defense lawyer Xu Zhiyong has continued his advocacy despite years of setbacks. The Open Constitution Initiative, a legal assistance NGO he and several other lawyers founded in 2003, was shut down in 2009 by Beijing...
Yu Jianrong: Reassessing China’s ‘Rigid Stability’
In an essay translated by Jason Todd, professor Yu Jianrong argues that China’s fixation on “stability at all costs” is misguided and unsustainable. He advocates the cultivation of a resilient and dynamic...
Ministry of Truth: High Schooler Fights for Rights
The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies...
Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (10)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (9)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (6)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (3)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet Instructions” series to the Censorship Vault. These directives were originally published on Canyu.org (Participate) and date from 2005...
Censorship Vault: Beijing Internet Instructions Series (2)
In partnership with the China Copyright and Media blog, CDT is adding the “Beijing Internet...
Pu Zhiqiang: How to Handle the Police
At Slate, William J. Dobson profiles renowned rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, a veteran of June 4th, Charter 08 signatory and friend of Liu Xiaobo, and defender of figures such as Ai Weiwei and Tan Zuoren. The profile is taken from...
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 Communist Party for the first time. In recent years, activist lawyers have become among the most outspoken...
The Silent Majority: China's Other Lawyers
At The Huffington Post, John Wagner Givens argues for greater recognition of the work of Chinese lawyers aside from “the handful of well-known activists”: The number of lawyers that are involved in criminal justice...
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 rights lawyers: It’s open season on lawyers in China today. To be sure, not on most of the almost...
China Silences its Critics at Home
Beijing-based journalist Paul Mooney talks with Australia’s ABC News about the recent crackdown targeting rights lawyers and activists, which he calls the worst crackdown on dissent since 1989. Listen to the interview...
One Human Rights Lawyer Released; Another Detained
Human rights lawyer Li Fangping has returned home after disappearing Friday, while activists on Twitter are reporting that fellow rights lawyer Li Xiongping has since disappeared. From AP: Li Fangping vanished Friday after...
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