Translated from Chinese by Andréa Worden for China Change (7/09/2019) The world was shocked by the mass detention of Chinese human right lawyers on July 9, 2015 –– in what became known as the “709 Incident.” Following the secret sentencing of “709” lawyer Wang Quanzhang (王全璋), who was tried for the crime of “subversion of … Continue reading Statement by the China Human Rights Lawyers Group on the Fourth Anniversary of the ‘709 Incident’
Arbitrary Detention
Political and Judicial Persecution Must be Based on Law, and it Must Be Professional and Reasonable — My Self Defense (in part)
Wang Quanzhang, Citizen of the People’s Republic of China This translation originally appeared on the website of China Change (7/27/2020): https://chinachange.org/2020/07/27/political-and-judicial-persecution-must-be-based-on-law-and-it-must-be-professional-and-reasonable-my-self-defense-in-part/ Photo: Kyodo News On January 24, 2019, after more than 1,300 days of incommunicado detention, the Tianjin Second Intermediate People’s Court finally convicted me of the crime of subversion of state power; on April 24, 2019, … Continue reading Political and Judicial Persecution Must be Based on Law, and it Must Be Professional and Reasonable — My Self Defense (in part)
Detainees in China: At the mercy of a flawed system
Andrea Worden, South China Morning Post (Insight), November 5, 2003. Read pdf
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