Rule of Law

Briefing on the Eleventh Day of Dawu Trial — 10 Questions and 10 Answers July 25, 2021 The Communist Party Committee of Xushui District held its third meeting of some 260 Party delegates on July 21 and 22, 2021, at Dawu Auditorium. But…

Lawyer’s Account of Meeting With Detained Civil Rights Activist Ding Jiaxi Li Xiongbing, July 15, 2021 July 13, 2021, a summer day in Beijing. The sun was emerging after a rain shower. I waded through puddles on the road heading for…

Statement of the Dawu Legal Team on the Verdict and Sentences in the Dawu Case Dawu Legal Team, July 28, 2021 Dawu Legal Team in front of the Gaobeidian courthouse on July 28, 2021. On the afternoon of July 28, 2021, after 14 consecutive…

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…