Annotated Excerpts from Hu Shigen and Zhou Shifeng's Trial Transcripts
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709 Lawyer Released on Bail in Psychological Distress
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A Chief Justice Like Zhou Qiang Must Leave: An Open Letter Urging Zhou Qiang...
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Indictment of Lawyer Xie Yang for “Inciting Subversion” and “Disrupting Court...
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Lawyer Li JinxingDecember 25, 2016Access to JusticeLawyer's rightsLawyersLegal WorldIn 2014, lawyer Li Jinxing, of Chengsi Law Firm in Shandong, defended Yang Maodong (aka Guo Feixiong) in his joint...
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Liu ZhengqingDecember 26, 2016Posted in: Citizens' SquareAccess to JusticeIllegal Search And DetentionLawyersLegal WorldRights DefenseRule Of LawSichuan rights defender Chen Yunfei was accused of...
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