residential surveillance at a designated location

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…

A night’s stay at Baotai Hotel, the place where my husband Chang Weiping was tortured Chen Zijuan, April 14, 2021 Today is Chang Weiping’s 37th birthday. He practiced law in Shaanxi province from 2013 to late 2018, when his license was…

‘He Committed Ideological Crimes’: Wife Recounts How Chinese Police Suppress the Family, Preventing Them From Speaking Out and Threatening Her Job After Human Rights Lawyer Chang Weiping’s Detention Chen Zijuan, February 15, 2021 Dr. Chen…

Prominent Dissident Xu Zhiyong Met With Lawyer After One Year in Detention China Change, February 8, 2021 Linyi high speed train station, and Linshu Detention Center. Prisoners live in the building behind the two office buildings. The…

Prominent Human Rights Activist Ding Jiaxi Tells Lawyer Details of Torture Throughout His Year in Custody China Change, February 5, 2021 Ding Jiaxi (right) and Xu Zhiyong. On February 3, 2021, Beijing lawyer Peng Jian (彭剑) met for the…

120 Days in Secret Detention Li Qiaochu, January 11, 2021 A little past midnight on February 16, 2020, two men wearing PPE gowns to protect them from COVID-19 entered prominent civil rights activist Xu Zhiyong (许志永) apartment in Beijing,…

Mowing Down Yaxue Cao, December 22, 2020 I saw this cartoon and can’t get out of my head. It’s the work of Polish illustrator Pawel Kuczynski but it struck me as a succinct portrait of China. In the coming days and weeks, I will…