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Three Lawyers Detained for Defending Falun Gong Practitioners

July 16, 2009 Comments Off

Three Lawyers Detained for Defending Falun Gong Practitioners (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- July 15, 2009) CHRD learned today that three lawyers in different locations in Northeastern China have been detained in recent weeks by local authorities. The three, Liu Ruiping (刘如平), Wang Yonghang (王永航), and Wang Ping (王平), who have (read more…)

Beijing Lawyer Cheng Hai Assaulted by Officials for Representing Falun Going Practitioner

April 14, 2009 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 14, 2009) – In the early morning hours of April 13, Beijing lawyer Cheng Hai (程海) was attacked and beaten while on his way to meet with a client in Chengdu. According to Cheng, those responsible for the attack were officials from the Jinyang General (read more…)