Rule of Law

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…

In China, 24 Members of a Subculture Website Sentenced, the Main ‘Culprit’ Gets 14 Years in Prison China Change, February 3, 2020 Niu Tengyu (牛腾宇). Photo: RFA The arrests started a year and half ago during the summer break. From July to…

‘Criminal Judgment’ of Citizen Journalist Zhang Zhan by Court in Shanghai January 15, 2021 Zhang Zhan (张展), a resident of Shanghai and a former lawyer, went to Wuhan, the epicenter of the coronavirus outbreak in February, video recorded…

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,…

‘The Legal Apparatus Can Bring Anyone to Court for the Sake of Censoring the People:’ Some Statements by the Defense During the Trial Argument Phase of Zhang Zhan’s Case Attorney Zhang Keke, January 1, 2021 A website run by China’s…

Better to Die for One’s Words Than Survive on Silence: A New Year Statement by The China Human Rights Lawyers Group The China Human Rights Lawyers Group, January 1, 2021 The year of 2020 has seen a coronavirus pandemic rage across the…

Zhang Zhan: A Six-Minute Documentary December 28, 2020 Per request of the filmmaker, who wishes to remain anonymous, China Change posts this short film about Zhang Zhan. Zhang Zhan (张展), a lawyer who practiced in Shanghai, went to Wuhan…

‘A Madman’s Diary’ in the Age of the Pandemic: The Case of Zhang Zhan Ai Xiaoming, December 27, 2020 Zhang Zhan (张展), a lawyer who practiced in Shanghai, went to Wuhan in early February, determined to document the coronavirus outbreak in…

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…