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Margaret Lewis

Unjust case of lawyer Pu Zhiqiang will in the end undermine China’s judicial reform

In a photo taken on July 20, 2012 human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (C) talks to the media at the compound of dissident artist Ai Weiwei in the Caochangdi district of Beijing. One of China's most celebrated human rights lawyers went on trial December 14, 2015 over online comments critical of the ruling Communist Party, as police scuffled with supporters and journalists gathered outside the courthouse. Pu Zhiqiang, who has represented labour camp victims and dissident artist Ai Weiwei, was detained a year and a half ago in a nationwide crackdown on dissent. He faces a maximum of eight years in jail on charges of "inciting ethnic hatred" and "picking quarrels and provoking trouble", according to his lawyer Mo Shaoping. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones
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