Meer dan 130 advocaten opgepakt of geïntimideerd in China
20 juli 2015

Meer dan 130 advocaten opgepakt of geïntimideerd in China

China

Het aantal mensenrechtenadvocaten dat is gedetineerd, gearresteerd, incommunicado wordt gehouden, opgeroepen zich te melden of is beperkt in hun vrijheid in China sinds 9 juli is momenteel 132, volgens de China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group.

Behalve deze 132 advocaten zijn nog een 104 anderen, voornamelijk personeel van advocatenkantoren en mensenrechtenactivisten, onderwerp geworden van de massale overheidscampagne tegen mensenrechtenadvocaten. De golf van arrestaties, detenties en andere intimidaties begon nadat sommige van de personen die het betreft in protest waren gekomen tegen de arrestatie van advocaat Wang Yu uit Beijing, die donderdagochtend in alle vroegte verdween. Later die dag werd ook advocaat Zhou Shifeng, met wie Wang Yu het in mensenrechten gespecialiseerde kantoor Fengrui leidt, gearresteerd.

Meer nieuws uit China

15 juli 2024

Joint oral statement on China to the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council

China

Lawyers for Lawyers and several other organisations cosigned an oral statement on the adoption of China’s 4th UPR report at the 56th session of the UN Human Rights Council. The statement was delivered during the Interactive Dialogue on the adoption

Lees verder
9 juli 2024

Joint statement on the ninth anniversary of the 709 Crackdown

China

Today, 9 July 2024, marks the ninth anniversary of the ‘709 Crackdown’ on 9 July 2015, when over twenty lawyers, staffers, human rights defenders were arrested and nearly 300 lawyers and human rights defenders were summoned and questioned during the

Lees verder
24 april 2024

UN Special Rapporteur condemns China’s targeting of human rights lawyers in letter to the government

China

The UN Special Rapporteur on the independence of judges and lawyers, Margaret Satterthwaite, issued a detailed letter on February 14, 2024, addressing the People’s Republic of China about severe restrictions on human rights lawyers. Recently made public, this letter exposes

Lees verder
17 april 2024

Joint statement on the detention of Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife, activist Xu Yan

China

Lawyers for Lawyers and 29 other civil society organisations have issued a joint statement expressing their grave concern regarding the detention of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife, activist Xu Yan. 13 April marks the first anniversary of

Lees verder