The Chaoyang district justice bureau in Beijing suspended Zhou Ze for breaking a government regulation on lawyers’ conduct. Photo: Handout
Chinese lawyer suspended after posting videos of alleged police torture
- Zhou Ze gets one-year suspension for disclosing evidence from a financial crime case in which he represented another lawyer
- He plans to appeal and says there was no restriction on releasing the material because it was from a first instance hearing that had concluded
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Human rights in China
The Chaoyang district justice bureau in Beijing suspended Zhou Ze for breaking a government regulation on lawyers’ conduct. Photo: Handout