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8 Years Since Nationwide Suppression, Persecution Continues for China’s Rights Lawyers

July 18, 2023
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July 9 marks the eighth year of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) suppression of human rights lawyers in China. To this day, they continue to be persecuted, according to Chinese lawyers who recently spoke with The Epoch Times. In 2015, the CCP launched a nationwide campaign to persecute human rights lawyers, activists, and their families….

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Canadian Embassy in China Demands ‘Unconditional Release’ of 2 Human Rights Lawyers With Lengthy Sentences

April 13, 2023
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The Canadian embassy in Beijing expressed concerns about two Chinese human rights lawyers who were dealt heavy sentences of more than a decade by the communist authorities, demanding their immediate release. “We are deeply concerned by the sentencing of lawyers Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi to 14 and 12 years in prison. These human rights…

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US Condemns Heavy Sentence Handed to Chinese Human Rights Lawyers

April 11, 2023
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The United States has condemned the heavy and unjust sentencing of two prominent human rights lawyers in China in a statement issued by the U.S. Department of State on April 11. Rights lawyers Xu Zhiyong, 50, was sentenced to 14 years in prison, and Ding Jiaxi, 55, was sentenced to 12 years in prison and…

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‘They’re Risking Their Lives’: China Commentator

October 19, 2021
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Fourteen Beijing residents announced in a joint statement on Oct. 15 that they are running as independent candidates in the coming general election. They vow to stand up for and serve ordinary Chinese citizens once they are elected. Knowing that this act was a direct challenge to the regime’s dictatorship, while praising their courageous acts,…

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Chinese Regime Revokes Licenses for Two Lawyers in Detained Hongkongers Case

January 4, 2021
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Chinese authorities revoked two Chinese lawyers’ practicing licenses after they represented two of the 12 Hongkongers who tried to flee on a boat on Aug. 23 last year. While en route to Taiwan, all 12 were intercepted by China’s coast guard and detained in mainland China. Ten of them were placed on trial last week….

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