A hearing has been scheduled for 29 January 2021 in Zhengzhou, Henan, concerning the proposed disbarment of Ren Quanniu, a human rights lawyer who represented Chinese Christian activist Zhang Zhan and offered legal advice to the family of one of 12 Hong Kong youths arrested at sea as they tried to flee to Taiwan. The […]
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CSW and 35 other civil society organisations (CSOs) have written to the European Institutions calling for the inclusion of enforceable human rights clauses in the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) ahead of the upcoming Plenary session of the European Parliament. The letter raises concerns regarding the omission of a human rights clause from the
On 4 January Ren Qiuanniu, the lawyer who defended Chinese human rights defender Zhang Zhan, received a letter from the Chinese authorities saying that his license to practice as a lawyer may be revoked. Zhang was sentenced to four years in prison on 28 December on charges of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”, a charge
As in previous years, the period between Christmas and New Year saw human rights violations against religious communities, activists and lawyers in China. There were also several developments outside China which could impact the human rights situation in the country. On Christmas Day, China Aid reported that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) had banned all
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