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Arrested Dissident Writer Liu Xiaobo Meets with Lawyers for First Time

June 26, 2009 Comments Off

Arrested Dissident Writer Liu Xiaobo Meets with Lawyers for First Time Lawyer Mo Shaoping Barred from Handling Case for Having Signed Charter 08 (Chinese Human Rights Defenders- June 26, 2009) This afternoon, Shang Baojun (尚宝军) and Ding Xikui (丁锡奎), lawyers from Beijing’s Mo Shaoping Law Firm, met with detained dissident (read more…)

Liu Xiaobo Formally Arrested for “Inciting Subversion of State Power”

June 24, 2009 Comments Off

Liu Xiaobo Formally Arrested for “Inciting Subversion of State Power” (Chinese Human Rights Defenders—June 24, 2009) – CHRD learned today that Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波), signatory of Charter 08 and prominent intellectual, was formally arrested for “inciting subversion of state power” on June 23. He had been detained since December 8, (read more…)

Lawyer for Liu Xiaobo Submits Formal Request Demanding Details of Activist’s Detention

February 11, 2009 Comments Off

Lawyer for Liu Xiaobo Submits Formal Request Demanding Details of Activist’s Detention (Chinese Human Rights Defenders, February 11, 2009) – This morning, Shang Baojun (尚宝军), a lawyer for detained activist Liu Xiaobo (刘晓波) from Mo Shaoping (莫少平) law firm, submitted a formal request at the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau (read more…)

Submission to UN on Liu Xiaobo – December 15, 2008

December 15, 2008 Comments Off

Communique to Special Procedures on Behalf of PRC Citizen Liu Xiaobo, Alleging Arbitrary Detention, Violation of Free Expression, and Persecution of Human Rights Defenders To: The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention The Special Representative on Human Rights Defenders Special Rapporteur on the Promotion and Protection of the Right to (read more…)