A pro-democracy protester holds a portrait of Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, in Hong Kong, in December. Photo: Reuters
A pro-democracy protester holds a portrait of Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, in Hong Kong, in December. Photo: Reuters
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China formally disbars prominent Chinese rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang

Though given a suspended sentence for ‘inciting racial hatred’, Beijing legal authorities say he broke the law, and must be struck off

Reuters
Reuters

Updated: 4:02pm, 14 Apr, 2016

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A pro-democracy protester holds a portrait of Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, in Hong Kong, in December. Photo: Reuters
A pro-democracy protester holds a portrait of Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang, in Hong Kong, in December. Photo: Reuters
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