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NewChinese lawyer held in nationwide rights advocates crackdown released and reunited with family in US

Chen Taihe, 45, a Chinese lawyer and law professor who has been released after being detained in a crackdown on rights advocates last year. Photo: SCMP Pictures

Dai Huang, labelled a ‘rightist’ for doubting Mao, dies at age 88

Dai Huang was a veteran Xinhua journalist who was labelled a ‘rightist’ for opposing the ‘deification’ Mao. Photo: SCMP

Leading woman’s rights group to shut down as China tightens squeeze on civil society

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Charity workers in China say NGOs being ‘pulled out by the roots’

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UpdateDetained Swedish NGO worker Peter Dahlin’s colleague refutes accusation that his group endangered China’s security

In this image made from undated video released by China Central Television (CCTV), Peter Dahlin, a Swedish co-founder of a human rights group, speaks on camera in an unknown location. Chinese state television has on late Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, and early Wednesday, Jan. 20, aired a confession made by Dahlin, who said he had trained and funded unlicensed lawyers in China to take on cases against the government "in clear violation of the law." (CCTV via AP Video) CHINA OUT, TV OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES, EDITORIAL USE ONLY
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Swedish NGO worker detained on ‘criminal coercive measures’ set up group to ‘endanger China’s security’, Beijing says

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NewTop law experts issue global call for China’s President Xi Jinping to release detained rights lawyers

Family members and lawyers of detained lawyers and their colleagues gather after another attempt to seek answers at the Hexi District Detention Centre in Tianjin on January 8, 2016. Six months ago, China's biggest-ever crackdown on human rights lawyers saw state agents question more than 130 attorneys and their colleagues. AFP PHOTO / FRED DUFOUR

Chinese rights advocates Wang Yu, Bao Longjun formally arrested on subversion charges

FILE - In this April 18, 2015, file photo, Chinese lawyer Wang Yu speaks during an interview in Beijing. Several Chinese rights lawyers have been formally arrested, about six months after they were taken away. Li Yuhan, a lawyer for Wang, said Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, that Wang's mother had received formal arrest notices for both Wang and her husband, Bao Longjun, although the charges were not immediately clear. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)

Beijing ‘silencing’ outspoken rights lawyer with restrictions on suspended jail term

China's rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (L) speaks at a court session in Beijing in this still image from a December 14, 2015 video. The court convicted Pu, one of China's most prominent rights lawyers, on December 22, 2015 of "inciting ethnic hatred" and trouble-making with posts criticising the government, handing down a suspended sentence that means he avoids jail but will not practise law again. REUTERS/CCTV via Reuters TV ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

NewConvicted Chinese human rights lawyer to be released soon, but he remains far from free

China's rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (L) speaks at a court session in Beijing in this still image from a December 14, 2015 video. The court convicted Pu, one of China's most prominent rights lawyers, on December 22, 2015 of "inciting ethnic hatred" and trouble-making with posts criticising the government, handing down a suspended sentence that means he avoids jail but will not practise law again. REUTERS/CCTV via Reuters TV ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS. CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Price of conviction: Chinese rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang pays with suspended jail term over social media posts slamming the authorities

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UpdateChinese rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang convicted, but to be released soon after receiving three-year suspended jail sentence

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One person killed after explosion at Tsinghua University laboratory in Beijing

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NewChinese rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang rejects charges in heated trial over social media posts critical of Communist Party

epa05068375 (FILE) A file picture dated 28 December 2012 shows Chinese lawyer Pu Zhiqiang speaking to reporters outside the Chongqing Higher People's Court in Chongqing Municipality, China. According to media reports, Pu Zhiqiang, 50, is set to go on trial in Beijing on 14 December 2015, on charges of 'inciting ethnic hatred' and 'picking quarrels and provoking trouble.' Pu has been in detention since 06 May 2014 following his presence at a Beijing seminar calling for an investigation into the Tiananmen crackdown in 1989. EPA/YONGPING XU CHINA OUT
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UpdateChinese rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang goes on trial over social media posts criticising Communist Party

Chinese lawyer Pu Zhiqiang (inset), who once said his life mission was to fight for civil rights, went on trial on Monday at Beijing No 2 Intermediate People’s Court. Photos: Simon Song, Reuters

Pu Zhiqiang charged with ‘inciting ethnic hatred’ and ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ in Beijing court on Monday and faces up to eight years’ jail in what supporters call a witch-hunt

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Chinese courts will reject ‘Western pressure’ in rights lawyer’s trial, says state-run tabloid

Pu Zhiqiang has been charged with “inciting ethnic hatred” and “picking quarrels and provoking trouble”. His lawyers say the case again the rights attorney is politically motivated. Photo: EPA

Detained Chinese lawyer Pu Zhiqiang insists charges are trumped up as lawyers prepare for pre-trial meeting

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Detained Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang gets