Human Rights Defenders (人权卫士)

北京宣判两起聚众扰乱公共场所秩序案 (Verdict reached in two “gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place” cases in Beijing)
Sina News, January 29, 2014
news.sina.com.cn/c/2014-01-29/094929374930.shtml

Chinese lawyers warn Communist Party will target legal teams
Telegraph, January 28, 2014
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10601346/Chinese-lawyers-warn-Communist-Party-will-target-legal-teams.html

Five Chinese law professors argue Xu Zhiyong’s innocence
NTD News, January 28, 2014
www.ntd.tv/en/China%20Forbidden%20News/20140128/86586-five-chinese-law-professors-argue-xu-zhiyongs-innocence.html#sthash.IZx5dN8e.dpuf

See the professors' opinion:
为什么我们认为他无罪：对许志永聚众扰乱公共场所罪一审判决的法律意见 (Why we believe he is innocent: legal opinions concerning the first-instance conviction of Xu Zhiyong for gathering a crowd to disrupt order in a public place)
Minzhuzhongguo, January 27, 2014
minzhuzhongguo.org/ArtShow.aspx?AID=38321

Prominent Chinese rights activist to appeal sentence
Reuters, January 28, 2014
uk.reuters.com/article/2014/01/28/uk-china-activist-idUKBREA0R0FB20140128

For more information on Xu Zhiyong, see:
Four years for New Citizens Movement advocate Xu Zhiyong
新公民运动倡导者许志永被判刑4年
Human Rights in China, January 26, 2014
EN:www.hrichina.org/en/press-work/case-update/four-years-new-citizens-movement-advocate-xu-zhiyong
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/xin-wen-gong-zuo/ge-gen-zong/xin-gong-min-yun-dong-chang-dao-zhe-xu-zhi-yong-bei-pan-xing-4nian

"For Freedom, Justice, and Love”—Xu Zhiyong’s Final Statement at Trial
许志永在法庭上的最后陈述
Human Rights in China, January 22, 2014
EN:http://www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/freedom-justice-and-love-xu-zhiyongs-final-statement-trial
CH: http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/xu-zhi-yong-zai-fa-ting-shang-de-zui-hou-chen-shu

Case document:
刑事判决书 (Xu Zhiyong's criminal verdict)
Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court, January 26, 2014
bj1zy.chinacourt.org/public/detail.php?id=951

Statement by lawyer Zhang Qingfang:
“Turning this Page, Let Life Start Anew”
翻过这一页，让生活重新开始--许志永的律师的声明
Human Rights in China, January 26, 2014
EN:www.hrichina.org/en/citizens-square/turning-page-let-life-start-anew-statement-xu-zhiyongs-lawyer
CH:http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/fan-guo-zhe-yi-ye-rang-sheng-huo-zhong-xin-kai-shi-xu-zhi-yong-de-lu-shi-de-sheng