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What Are the ‘Crimes’ of Journalist and MeToo Activist Huang Xueqin, According to Her Indictment? China Change, September 24, 2023 It took three whole years of secret detention for journalist Huang Xueqin (黄雪琴) and labor activist Wang…

Civil Rights Advocates Xu Zhiyong and Ding Jiaxi Indicted for Subversion on Scant, Slanderous ‘Evidence’ China Change, September 25, 2021 Xu Zhiyong (left) and Ding Jiaxi On December 7 and 8, 2019, twenty or so people – more than half of…

An Update on the Case of Human Rights Lawyer Chang Weiping Chen Zijuan, September 19, 2021 Born in 1984, Chang Weiping has been an outstanding member of the younger generation of human rights lawyers in China. Starting in 2014, he has…

An Open Letter to the People’s Republic of China Ministry of Public Security and Minister Zhao Kezhi Chen Zijuan, August 3, 2021 [youtube…

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 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…