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AP Exclusive: China lawyer\'s family says US helped them flee

GERRY SHIH | 2017-05-09 13:43:00 | Activities And Activists

Within minutes, Chen feared, she and her two daughters would be escorted back to China, where her husband, the prominent rights lawyer Xie Yang, was held on a charge of inciting subversion — and where punishment for attempting to flee surely awaited her.

Chinese Rights Lawyer \'Released\' After Guilty Plea During Subversion Trial

Ding Wenqi and Ng Yik-tung | 2017-05-08 15:07:00 | Activities And Activists

"Xie told the court ... that he had not been coerced into a confession nor had he been subjected to torture," state news agency Xinhua reported, reflecting the ruling Chinese Communist Party's official version of events.

China Holds Rights Lawyer Who Exposed Details of Xie Yang Torture

Xin Lin and by Ng Yik-tung and Wen Yuqing | 2017-05-05 16:55:00 | Activities And Activists

Chen went 'missing' with his wife Zou Shaomei and the couple's two sons during a family trip to the southwestern province of Yunnan after making a video saying he was concerned that he might be detained.

State Security Police Keep Close Watch on Chinese Dissident in Hospital

Xin Lin | 2017-05-06 16:48:00 | Activities And Activists

Hu Jia, 43, a former winner of the European Union's Sakharov human rights prize was taken to Beijing's You'an Hospital on Saturday with acute pancreatitis, and is being evaluated for surgery, Hu's supporters said.

China\'s State Security Police Target Activists Who Showed Up to Xie Yang Trial

Ding Wenqi and Wong Lok-to | 2017-05-06 16:16:00 | Activities And Activists

Xie, who has made a long and detailed report of torture in detention, was due to stand trial at the Changsha Intermediate People’s Court on April 25, facing charges of "incitement to subvert state power" and "disrupting court order.

A Long Journey to Visit My Husband Zhang Haitao in Shaya Prison, Part Two

Li Aijie | 2017-05-05 15:33:00 | Activities And Activists

After we arranged accommodation, on the morning of April 24 we set off for Shaya Prison. Because we weren’t familiar with the road, we went the wrong way and had to turn back midway. At about 10:30 a.m. we finally arrived at the prison gates. My uneasiness and insomnia due to worrying whether the meeting would take place made me even more exhausted and nervous.

Breaking: Lawyer Chen Jiangang, With Family and Two Friends, Seized by Armed Police in Yunnan

| 2017-05-04 15:30:00 | Activities And Activists

Around 5:00 p.m., all six were taken away in vehicles by a dozen or so armed police, according to a handwritten note by Chen Jiangang, circulating on WeChat. The note said:1. Before I signed [a list of confiscated belongings], no one showed me any proper warrant.2. Many more of our personal belongings have been stolen from us.

‘Screw Your Suspended Sentence’: ‘The 709 Cases Are Far From Over,’ Says Li Heping’s Wife

| 2017-05-05 15:27:00 | Activities And Activists

I thought it was a standard attempt to threaten us and asked them to present their ID badges. They refused. As we were arguing and haggling over this point, they told me that Li Heping had already been given a suspended sentence. I was extremely shocked. This meant that Li Heping had already been tried in secret.

China Detains Outspoken Party Ideologue Who Called For Removal of President Xi

Wong Lok-to and Xin Lin | 2017-05-03 15:56:00 | Activities And Activists

Zi Su was taken away from his home in Sichuan's provincial capital Chengdu on April 28 after he posted an open letter online calling on Xi to step down as head of the party in favor of Hu Deping, son of late ousted premier Hu Yaobang, whose death in 1989 sparked the Tiananmen Square democracy movement.

International Lawyers, Judges Call on Beijing to Release Detained Rights Lawyer Xie Yang

Ng Yik-tung and Ho Shan and Yang Fan | 2017-05-03 15:42:00 | Activities And Activists

"Xie Yang’s arrest and prosecution seem to be in connection with his performing legitimate professional functions as a human rights lawyer," ICJ secretary general Sam Zarifi said in a statement on the group's website.

China’s Environmental Woes, in Films That Go Viral, Then Vanish

KIKI ZHAO | 2017-05-02 15:36:00 | Activities And Activists

The latest, in January, was a video showing him standing before a large screen displaying appalling photos of indiscriminate quarrying and other environmental woes and delivering a talk about them. In one, mountaintops have been obliterated. In another, an aerial shot, a rocky landscape has been pockmarked with gaping holes where the stone was extracted.

Chinese Rights Lawyer, Li Heping, Gets Suspended Prison Sentence

ALAN WONG | 2017-05-02 15:33:00 | Activities And Activists

The lawyer, Li Heping, who has been in detention since 2015, received a four-year reprieve, a court in the port city of Tianjin said in a statement. That means he will not have to serve the sentence if he stays out of legal trouble during that time.

Chinese Court Orders Retrial of Man Jailed For President Xi \'Steamed Bun\' Posts

Wong Siu-san and Sing Man | 2017-04-29 15:36:00 | Activities And Activists

Wang Jiangfeng, who reportedly referred to the head of the ruling Chinese Communist Party as "Steamed Bun Xi" in a group message to the smartphone apps WeChat and QQ, was sentenced by the Zhaoyuan People's Court on April 12 after being found guilty of "picking quarrels and stirring up trouble."

China human rights lawyer Li Heping given suspended jail term

| 2017-04-28 15:27:00 | Activities And Activists

He has defended other prominent lawyers, including Chen Guangcheng and Gao Zhisheng, as well as practitioners of the banned Falun Gong movement. A representative of campaign group Amnesty International questioned the validity of the allegations against Li.

China Delays Trial of Rights Lawyer as Supporters Flock to Court

Yang Fan and Wen Yuqing and Lam Kwok-lap | 2017-04-25 14:11:00 | Activities And Activists

Xie, who has made a long and detailed report of torture in detention, was due to stand trial at the Changsha Intermediate People’s Court on charges of "incitement to subvert state power" and "disrupting court order."

AP Exclusive: China lawyer\'s family says US helped them flee

Chinese Rights Lawyer \'Released\' After Guilty Plea During Subversion Trial

China Holds Rights Lawyer Who Exposed Details of Xie Yang Torture

State Security Police Keep Close Watch on Chinese Dissident in Hospital

China\'s State Security Police Target Activists Who Showed Up to Xie Yang Trial

A Long Journey to Visit My Husband Zhang Haitao in Shaya Prison, Part Two

Breaking: Lawyer Chen Jiangang, With Family and Two Friends, Seized by Armed Police in Yunnan

‘Screw Your Suspended Sentence’: ‘The 709 Cases Are Far From Over,’ Says Li Heping’s Wife

China Detains Outspoken Party Ideologue Who Called For Removal of President Xi

International Lawyers, Judges Call on Beijing to Release Detained Rights Lawyer Xie Yang

China’s Environmental Woes, in Films That Go Viral, Then Vanish

Chinese Rights Lawyer, Li Heping, Gets Suspended Prison Sentence

Chinese Court Orders Retrial of Man Jailed For President Xi \'Steamed Bun\' Posts

China human rights lawyer Li Heping given suspended jail term

China Delays Trial of Rights Lawyer as Supporters Flock to Court

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