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Excerpts from Record of Meeting with Huang Qi, November 3, 2017
[Translation by Human Rights in China] I haven’t seen Huang Qi for three months. Originally, I had planned to see him after reviewing the case files. But after all this waiting, the permission to review the files never came. Although I haven’t been able to read the files, I still have to inform...
November 4, 2017
Citizens' Square
Huang Qi
Can Humanitarian Principles Surpass Political Considerations? A Case Update on Huang Qi
In the morning on November 6, 2017, lawyer Sui Muqing went to the Mianyang Municipal Detention Center to meet with Huang Qi, accompanied by Huang’s mother and three volunteers from 64tianwang.com. When they arrived, Huang Qi was being questioned in connection with the complaint he filed regarding...
November 9, 2017
Citizens' Square
Huang Qi
Letter Calling for Help from Wife of Lawyer Yu Wensheng (His “Personal Notice” Attached)
Yu Wensheng, rights defense lawyer from Beijing, had his practicing license first confiscated in July 2017 for representing lawyer Wang Quanzhang, who has been in custody since July 2015 in the 709 Crackdown. Subsequently, his license, invalidated, was returned to him, which did not allow him to...
October 12, 2017
Citizens' Square
Yu Wensheng
Lawyer Sui Muqing’s Statement on Lawyer Huang Qi’s Case
Sichuan human rights activist Huang Qi’s defense lawyer, Sui Muqing, had agreed on a time to examine the procuratorate’s case files, but the day before, the procuratorate gave notice that they had canceled the review due to a business trip. Given that the previous time they had illegally refused to...
October 17, 2017
Citizens' Square
Huang Qi
59 Lawyers, Doctors of Juridical Science, and Others Jointly Issue Open Letter to NPC, Including Four Recommendations Regarding the “National Supervision Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft)”
As the National Supervision Law of the People’s Republic of China (Draft) officially entered the legislative review process, a group of mainland lawyers, law PhDs, and scholars jointly issued a letter to the National People’s Congress as well as its Standing Committee, presenting their concern that...
August 11, 2017
Citizens' Square
Open Letter to the All China Lawyers Association Regarding Lawyers’ Rights to Practice: If the Person Sitting in the Defendant’s Chair Is Nie Shubin, What Should We Do?
In 2014, lawyer Li Jinxing, of Chengsi Law Firm in Shandong, defended Yang Maodong (aka Guo Feixiong) in his joint trial with Sun Desheng for “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place.” The trial took place at the Guangzhou Municipal Tianhe District People’s Court [Translator’s note: Li...
December 25, 2016
The Hellish Scene Behind Guo Feixiong’s Wishes
[Translation by Human Rights in China] Guo Feixiong will soon be transferred to a prison again. His sister, after visiting him, conveyed his wishes: “I demand that in prison, [I] will have books to read, won’t have to kneel down, won’t be forced to perform labor, and won’t be beaten.” He also said...
February 4, 2016
China Rights Forum
Gao Zhisheng
Zhao Wei’s Husband: Zhao’s Defense Lawyer Arrested for “False Rumors”
You Minglei is the husband of Zhao Wei. The content of this message is from Weiquan Wang. Statement from You Minglei: I received news tonight that Mr. Ren Quanniu, the lawyer I appointed to represent Zhao Wei, was criminally detained on July 8 by public security authorities in Zhengzhou for “...
July 8, 2016
Citizens' Square
Provisions On Ensuring The Practice Rights Of Lawyers In Accordance With Law
Simplified Chinese (303.03 KB)
Traditional Chinese (429.64 KB)
Promulgating Authority: 
Ministry of Public Security
Supreme People's Procuratorate
Supreme People’s Court
Joint Letter of Complaint by 64 Defense Lawyers and Family Members of Those Affected in “709” Incident
Defense lawyers and family members of the lawyers and civil society members taken into custody, unlawfully they maintain, during the “709 Incident,” sent the following joint letter of complaint to the highest levels of relevant departments and Chinese leaders. They accuse the public security...
September 12, 2015
Citizens' Square

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