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Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Human Rights Defenders ( 人权卫士)

程海律师会丁家喜遭警殴打 习近平到临沂访民遭殃 (Lawyer Cheng Hai beaten by police as he visits client Ding Jiaxi)
Radio Free Asia, November 27, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/ql2-11262013101235.html

Related Tencent weibo post:
律师刘卫国, November 27, 2013
【恶警如匪】2013-11-26--11:00,程海律师去北京第三看守所会见丁加喜,被警察强制扣留,态度极为粗暴,推搡。请转发。(中午11点消息)
http://t.qq.com/p/t/274136077981843

赵永林律师, November 27, 2013
据悉,程海律师已经出来,事情经过:北京规定律师会见时经被会见人同意可以录音录像,程律师前几次会见丁家喜时均经丁同意录音,今天会见亦录音,警察以没有经过丁同意为由中断会见,没收录音笔,程当即问丁是否同意,丁说同意,程要求恢复会见,归还录音笔,起冲突,程被拖打,非法拘禁。
http://http://t.qq.com/p/t/319273061120923

中国活动人士杜导斌被南都网终止约稿 编辑受到高层压力 (Newspaper drops activist contributor, cites pressure from top)
Radio Free Asia, November 26, 2013
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/meiti/sy-11262013100557.html