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Response to a Journalist’s Query Regarding the Sun Dawu Verdict Yaxue Cao, July 28, 2021 There is no sun, moon and stars but dazzling lights that blind me day and night, With two armed soldiers guarding me, six shifts a day, through long…

Briefing on the Ninth Day of Dawu Trial Dawu Legal Team, July 23, 2021 Part of the Dawu Legal Team (from left to right): Zhou Haiyang (周海洋), Yang Xuelin (杨学林), Wang Shihua (王誓华), Hao Yachao (郝亚超), Tong Zongjin (仝宗锦), and Yin Zhihao…

Briefing on the Eighth Day of Dawu Trial Dawu Legal Team, July 22, 2021 Ambulance waiting outside the courthouse. Today’s court session mainly focused on three crimes — “disrupting market operations,” “coercing business transactions,”…

Briefing on the Seventh Day of Dawu Trial Dawu Legal Team, July 21, 2021 Riot police at the site of disputed land on August 4, 2020. The Dawu trial has been in session for seven days. After working overtime on weekends and with three…

Briefing on the Sixth Day of Dawu Trial Dawu Legal Team, July 20, 2021 The Dawu protest, led by Sun Dawu, in September 2015, following the detention of several Dawu employees but police inaction against those who had blocked the Dawu Road…

Briefing on the Fifth Day of Dawu Trial Dawu Legal Team, July 19, 2021 Sun Dawu on trial in 2003. As the trial continues and the arguments get into the nitty-gritty details of various incidents, the daily briefings, written in what short…

Briefing on the Fourth Day of Dawu Trial — ‘I Want to Dig a Window’ Dawu Legal Team, July 18, 2021 Gaobeidian Municipal People’s Court. Three of the defense lawyers leaving the court (from left to right): Zhang Peng (张鹏), Wang Shihua…

Briefing on the Third Day of Dawu Trial Dawu Legal Team, July 17, 2021 The Dawu Legal Team after the third day of trial. At 9 a.m., on July 17, 2021, the Dawu trial continued. In the morning, the defense lawyers continued to question the…

Briefing on the Second Day of Dawu Trial Dawu Legal Team, July 16, 2021 Dawu lawyers during court recess. At 9 a.m. on July 16, 2021, the Dawu trial resumed for the second day. ​​In the morning, the defendants mainly expressed their…

Briefing on the First Day of Dawu Trial Dawu Legal Team, July 15, 2021 Dawu Legal Team from right to left: Zhang Weiyu (张维玉), Liu Jinbin (刘金滨), Zhang Lei (张磊), Yin Zhihao (殷志浩), Zhao Jun (赵军), Zhu Xiaoding (朱孝顶), Wang Weihua (王卫华), Wang…