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U.S. Must Voice Concerns over China’s Assault on Human Rights Lawyers During the Upcoming Legal Experts Dialogue with China

June 7, 2011 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, June 7, 2011) On June 8-9, officials and legal experts from the United States and China will meet in Washington, D.C. for the U.S.-China Legal Experts Dialogue (LED). The U.S. Department of State publicly announced the dates of the LED only yesterday in a terse media (read more…)

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly April 28-May 3, 2011

May 3, 2011 Comments Off

China Human Rights Briefing Weekly April 28-May 3, 2011 To download this week’s CHRB as a .pdf file, please click here Highlights Prominent Human Rights Lawyer Li Fangping Abducted in Beijing: Around 5 pm local time on April 29, human rights lawyer Li Fangping (李方平) was kidnapped by unidentified individuals (read more…)

Submission to UN on Li Fangping – May 2, 2011

May 2, 2011 Comments Off

Update on Human Rights Lawyer Li Fangping Abducted in Beijing, Whereabouts Unknown Around 5 pm local time on April 29, Beijing-based human rights lawyer Li Fangping (李方平) was kidnapped by unidentified men, whom family, colleagues and supporters strongly believe were plainclothes policemen, outside the offices of the health rights (read more…)

Human Rights Lawyer Li Fangping Abducted in Beijing, Whereabouts Unknown

April 29, 2011 Comments Off

(Chinese Human Rights Defenders, April 29, 2011) Around 5 pm local time on April 29, Beijing-based human rights lawyer Li Fangping (李方平) was kidnapped by unidentified individuals outside the offices of the health rights NGO Beijing Yirenping Center, of which he is a legal advisor. Li was able to speak (read more…)