A file photo of supporters of rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang gather near a Beijing court where his trial was heard in December 2015 following the authorities’ massive crackdown against rights lawyers and dissidents. Photo: AP
A file photo of supporters of rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang gather near a Beijing court where his trial was heard in December 2015 following the authorities’ massive crackdown against rights lawyers and dissidents. Photo: AP
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Scores of Chinese lawyers rally around colleague who claims he was tortured during crackdown

Pledges of support roll in to help rights lawyer Xie Yang sue nine secret police over the abuse he received following arrest in massive crackdown

Mimi Lau
Mimi Lau

Updated: 8:46pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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A file photo of supporters of rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang gather near a Beijing court where his trial was heard in December 2015 following the authorities’ massive crackdown against rights lawyers and dissidents. Photo: AP
A file photo of supporters of rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang gather near a Beijing court where his trial was heard in December 2015 following the authorities’ massive crackdown against rights lawyers and dissidents. Photo: AP
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