Li Heping 李和平 (released on suspended sentence) Crime: Subversion of state power Length of Punishment: Three years, suspended for four years Court: Tianjin No. 2 Intermediate People’s Court Trial Date: April 25, 2017 Sentencing Date: April 28, 2017 Dates of Detention/Arrest: July 10, 2015 (disappeared); January 8, 2016 (arrested) Place (read more…)
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Questionnaire completed by Chinese Human Rights Defenders, Alleging Torture of Chinese human rights lawyer Li Heping To: Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Special Representative of the UN General Secretary on Human Rights Defenders Special Rapporteur on the Independence of (read more…)
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Beijing Police Suspected of Abduction and Torture of Human Rights Lawyer Li Heping Chinese government must investigate accusations, honoring its obligation to Torture Convention (Beijing, October 1, 2007) – On September 29, Beijing-based human rights lawyer, Li Heping (李和平), was assaulted by unidentified men, believed to be police from the (read more…)
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