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LIVE NOW: New York Student Group Holds Movie Screening and Panel Discussion on Chinese Human Rights Lawyers

January 26, 2023
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Yaxue, the founder of China Change, and Chen Guangcheng, the “Barefoot lawyer” to mark the 20 years of fight the Chinese human rights lawyer experienced. Students also call on Chinese authorities to free all the lawyers detained in the 709 Crackdown on Chinese human rights lawyers. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …

New York Student Group Holds Movie Screening and Panel Discussion on Chinese Human Rights Lawyers

January 26, 2023
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Columbia University student group Zeta-Beta-Tau holds a screening and panel discussion at 5:00 p.m. ET on Jan. 26 featuring Yaxue, the founder of China Change, and Chen Guangcheng, the “Barefoot lawyer,” to mark the 20 years of struggle the Chinese human rights lawyer experienced. Students also call on Chinese authorities to free all the lawyers…

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Blinken Honors Chinese Human Rights Lawyers on 6th Anniversary of ‘709 Crackdown’

July 10, 2021
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July 9 marked the start of Beijing’s mass persecution directed at China’s human rights lawyers in 2015, called the “709 crackdown.” On its sixth anniversary, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken vowed that the United States will always buttress them to build a more just, stable, and prosperous Chinese society. The persecution targeted hundreds…

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CCP Threatens Elderly Parents of Lawyer Who Defends Rights of People of Faith

May 11, 2021
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A Chinese lawyer says his family has been threatened and intimidated by Chinese Communist Party (CCP) officials because he provides legal representation to persecuted Falun Gong adherents in China. Lawyer Lu Tingge made known the intimidation tactics via Twitter on May 6, after he visited his parents, both in their 70s, during the May (Labour Day) holidays….

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Missing Chinese Rights Lawyer’s Sister Commits Suicide

January 7, 2021
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Renowned human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s elder sister killed herself in May 2020, after facing years of pressure from the Chinese regime. Gao represented vulnerable groups in China, including disabled children, dismissed workers, victims of forced demolitions, Falun Gong adherents, house Christians, among others. He was detained multiple times by authorities as a result of…

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Former Chinese Rights Lawyer’s Sister Commits Suicide

January 6, 2021
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Renowned human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng’s elder sister killed herself in May 2020, after facing years of pressure from the Chinese regime. Gao represented vulnerable groups in China, including disabled children, dismissed workers, victims of forced demolitions, Falun Gong adherents, house Christians, among others. He was detained multiple times by authorities as a result of…

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