Lawyers’ Wives Open “New Front” of Resistance
On Thursday, the wives of five Chinese and one Taiwanese current or recent political detainees...
May 19, 2017
On Thursday, the wives of five Chinese and one Taiwanese current or recent political detainees...
May 17, 2017
In recent years, Chinese authorities have made increasing use of televised or printed, and likely...
Jun 1, 2016
More than 200 rights lawyers, law firm staff, and activists were detained or questioned last year...
Jan 29, 2016
A Guangzhou court has sentenced three activists—a former rights lawyer, editor, and university...
Jul 28, 2015
At least 228 people have now been detained or questioned in the “Black Friday” crackdown on...
Jun 19, 2015
The trial of a lawyer and two activists for inciting subversion was aborted on Friday after the...
Jun 18, 2015
South China Morning Post’s Mimi Lau reports allegations of violence outside a prominent...
May 19, 2014
Rights lawyers Tang Jingling and Liu Shihui are among the latest to be detained as the government...
Apr 12, 2006
ESWN has translated brief excerpts from letters by two lawyers involved with the Taishi recall campaign (link): The account by lawyer Tang Jingling appeared in the Taiwan weekly magazine The Journalist (April 6-12, 2006, issue #996, p. 64-68). The account ends as follows: “On October 31, I was on vacation and the judiciary department requested […]
Feb 4, 2006
From the South China Morning Post, via Asia Media: A lawyer helping residents of Guangdong’s Taishi village in their struggle to oust their headman was attacked by strangers yesterday after visiting rights activist Yang Maodong, who is believed to be under government surveillance. Tang Jingling said he suffered no physical injury. But Mr Yang, who […]