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Disbarment, Suspension and Harassment: Outcast Lawyers in China
JURIST Guest Columnist Patrick Poon, a China researcher at Amnesty International, discusses the tactics used by Chinese authorities to keep lawyers from changing the political and social environment... When Sui Muqing became a lawyer in 1993, he c (More) |
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UN experts concerned about health of jailed China rights lawyer
UN human rights experts expressed concern Friday over the diminishing health of Jiang Tianyong, a prominent human rights lawyer jailed in China for inciting subversion of state power. Jaing's health has dramatically deteriorated in recent months, a (More) |
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US and Germany urge China to release human rights activist from imprisonment
The US and Germany embassies released a statement on Wednesday urging China to release human rights activist Wu Gan, known as the "Super Vulgar Butcher," who was sentenced to imprisonment for eight years for undermining governmental authority. Acco (More) |
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World Legal News Round Up for Saturday, 28 October 2017
Here's the international legal news we covered this week: The US Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control imposed sanctions on seven individuals and three organizations for human rights abuses in connection with the US State Departm (More) |
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UN experts call on China to release prominent human rights lawyer
Four UN human rights experts on Tuesday called on China to release a prominent human rights lawyer who has been detained since November 2016. The lawyer, Jiang Tianyong, is being tried for inciting subversion of the state's power. The UN's call for (More) |
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HRW: China systemically oppressing critics of human rights abuse
Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Tuesday condemned both China's oppression of critics of the nation's human rights record and the UN's failure to stop such conduct. The report alleges that, "China has worked consistently and often aggressively to silen (More) |
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China rights lawyer 'confesses' to attempting to overthrow government
Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong confessed at a trial on Tuesday to attempting to overthrow the Chinese government. Jiang has been in custody since November of last year. At the trial, he stated that Western laws led him to attempt to over (More) |
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China human rights lawyer arrested
Family members of human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong said Friday that police have informed them of his formal arrest and his decision to dismiss all legal counsel. The legal activist disappeared [Guardian report] in November after publicizing the p (More) |
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China releases two prominent human rights lawyers from prison
Chinese human rights lawyers Xie Yang and Li Heping were released from prison Tuesday after being detained for nearly two years on charges of attempting to subvert the country's ruling Communist Party. The two activists were originally rounded up in (More) |
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China human rights lawyer pleads guilty to subversion charges
A Chinese human rights lawyer detained in the city of Changsha since 2015 pleaded guilty Monday to incitement to subversion and disturbing legal proceedings. Prosecutors accused Xie Yang of conspiring with people in and out of China to distort repor (More) |
Georgia became first US state to ban lynching
On December 20, 1893, Georgia became the first state in the Union to pass a law against lynching, making the act punishable by four years in prison.
The statute was not particularly effective - read the text of the 1899 pamphlet Lynch Law in Georgia by anti-lynching activist Ida Wells-Barnett.
