From AFP: A human rights group has condemned Chinese police for allegedly stripping and beating a prominent Shanghai lawyer during a nine-hour detention last week. Police summoned Zheng Enchong, who has advised residents...
From AP: He wanted to go to church — the only chance for a brief escape from house arrest. But Zheng Enchong knew the police by the elevator might stop him, so he decided to try something new. He dialed China’s equivalent...
The New York Times reports that rights defense lawyer Zheng Enchong has been repeatedly beaten outside his Shanghai home in recent days: The lawyer, Zheng Enchong, who has lived under house arrest for several months, has...
From Reuters: Authorities have released a Chinese lawyer jailed for helping evicted Shanghai residents seek compensation, but an official crackdown on petitioners has become worse, a human rights group said. Zheng Enchong was set free on Monday after serving a three-year sentence at Shanghai’s Tilanqiao prison on charges of “illegally obtaining state secrets”, the New […]
From BBC News: A prominent Chinese lawyer who helped Shanghai residents protest about the demolition of their homes has been released from prison. Zheng Enchong was freed from Tilanqiao prison after completing a three-year term for passing state secrets to foreigners. Before his arrest he helped hundreds of residents take action after they were left […]
From The Lawyer (link): While China’s economy is rocketing towards G8 status, evidence shows that its attitude to human rights remains firmly in the developing world. Although an amendment to the constitution last year stated that “the state respects and protects human rights”, Chinese lawyers who challenge the authorities continue to risk being threatened, attacked […]
From Reuters, via The Washington Post (link): Two unidentified men have broken into the house of a Chinese lawyer jailed for helping Shanghai residents seek compensation for evictions, a human rights group said. Soon after lawyer Zheng Enchong’s wife had left the house to visit him in jail, two men forced their way in, Human […]
From AFP, via The Standard: A lawyer jailed for helping residents in Shanghai fight a forced eviction case may have been beaten and has been denied family visits, Amnesty International said. A lawyer jailed for helping residents in Shanghai fight a forced eviction case may have been beaten and has been denied family visits, Amnesty […]
From UPI: A Chinese lawyer jailed in Shanghai after helping residents fight forced evictions has been denied family visits, sparking concerns for his welfare. Zheng Enchong, 55, may also have been beaten in prison, Amnesty International said Thursday. He is serving a three-year sentence for leaking state secrets to foreign entities, after he faxed information […]
From baltimoresun.com: Vague, catchall term is used to punish activists Languishing in a prison cell in Beijing, unable to see his lawyer or his family since his detention in September, is Zhao Yan, a journalist who infuriated Chinese authorities with his strident and persistent advocacy for peasants’ rights. But that’s supposedly not why he is […]
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