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Chinese Secret Police Menace Lawyers Aiding Lawsuit Against Former Party Chief
“We demand that the judge’s violations be investigated, as well as the illegal existence of the Qinglongshan brainwashing center.”
Chinese Lawyers Receive Kafkaesque Treatment in Falun Gong Case
Local police chief Sui Tingfu, was sued for illegally detaining adherents of Falun Gong, a spiritual practice persecuted by the Communist Party.
Eight Lawyers Brave Possible Beatings to Defend Falun Gong Practitioners in China
Nine months after four Chinese rights lawyers were detained and brutally beaten by police for attempting to defend Falun Gong practitioners detained in Jiansanjiang of northern China’s Heilongjiang Province, another eight lawyers on Wednesday challenged a police blockade around the courthouse in order to defend Falun Gong practitioners.
A Black Jail in China Is Shut Down After Protests
Activists hailed the shutting down of an extralegal detention facility in northeast China on April 28, though some still remain locked up.
Lawyers Expose Torture After Attempt to Rescue Falun Gong
Three human rights lawyers were released after 15 days of detention by police in northeastern China, exposing the torture they suffered while in custody.
Courage Challenges Regime of Illegality in China
Seeking justice in China requires being willing to pit weak flesh and blood against the steel of oppression. Four human rights lawyers who took that risk at a remote spot in the far north of China have focused the nation’s attention on the secret, extra-legal hellholes used to terrorize the faithful, the dissident, and the unlucky in China.
