Category Archives: Rule of Law

One Step Further in China’s Persecution of Dissidents’ Family Members

Posted on March 30, 2013 by

Intimidating, sabotaging the life of, dissidents’ family members is nothing new in China. It has been a time-honored practice of the Chinese government to suppress dissent. After all, Liu Xia has been under house arrest in Beijing for two-and-a-half years … Continue reading →

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Teng Biao: Defense in the Second Trial of Xia Junfeng Case

Posted on February 18, 2013 by

Xia Junfeng (夏俊峰) was a street vendor from Tieling county, Liaoning province (辽宁铁岭县). On May 16, 2009, while selling chicken strips, roasted sausages and other snacks with his wife Zhang Jing near a crossroads in Chenhe District, in the city … Continue reading →

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To Remember Is to Resist - by Teng Biao

Posted on February 12, 2013 by

Simply put, Teng Biao (滕彪) is one of the best known human rights lawyers and legal scholars in China. This is his preface to a memoir entitled “A Worthwhile Trip—A Documentation of Beijing Reeducation-through-Labor Dispatch Center”, in which he looks … Continue reading →

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