709 crackdown

The Unwinnable Position of Lawyers, Especially Criminal Defense Lawyers, in China’s Judicial System – A Brief Review Yaxue Cao, September 30, 2024 Note: These are the remarks I made at the Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of…

Speech on the 8th China Human Rights Lawyers Day Yaxue Cao, July 3, 2024, London [youtube…

709: Nine Years on China Change, July 8, 2024 [youtube…

The 9th Anniversary of 709 Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers and Defenders: Ten Notable Events Over the Past Year 29 Principles and China Change, July 1, 2024 This year, 2024, marks the 9th anniversary of the “709” crackdown on China’s…

Eight Years as a Mother (2) Wang Qiaoling, October 6, 2023 At the Lotus Flower Pond Market in Beijing on October 1, 2016. Friends invited Wenzu (the wife of 709 lawyer Wang Quanzhang) and I to take our children for a boating excursion.…

Eight Years as a Mother Wang Qiaoling, October 3, 2023 Wang Qiaoling and son in 2018. (Audio on browser) Since the 709 crackdown on human rights lawyers in 2015, I often introduced myself to others as Wang Qiaoling (王峭岭), wife of 709…

The 8th Anniversary of 709 Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers: Ten Notable Events Over the Past Year The 29 Principles and China Change, September 6, 2023 Preface: With the escalating crackdown on China’s human rights…

Human Rights Lawyers Under Renewed Crackdown and Nasty Harassment China Change, June 17, 2023 On April 13, lawyer Yu Wensheng (余文生) and his wife Xu Yan (许艳) were on their way to the German Embassy in Beijing when they were…

The 6th China Human Rights Lawyers Day: Recording and Full Text July 25, 2022 [youtube…

Chinese Lawyers’ ‘Original Sin’ — Speech by Lawyer Li Fangping on the 6th China Human Rights Lawyers Day Li Fangping, July 9, 2022 Li Fangping in 2014. Li Fangping started practicing law in China in the mid-1990s, first in Jiangxi and…