Harsh punishment of rights lawyers is top 2016 achievement, China says
Agence France-Presse, March 12, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/03/12/harsh-punishment-rights-lawyers-top-2016-achievement-china-says/
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最高法院院长周强：对维权律师判刑是去年法院重大成就之一 (President of SPC: Sentences against rights lawyers one of the biggest achievements of Chinese courts last year)
Radio Free Asia, March 12, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/hc-03122017131354.html 最高人民法院工作报告 (Annual work report of SPC)
Xinhua, March 12, 2017
http://www.court.gov.cn/zixun-xiangqing-17712.html 「709事件」列維護國家安全案例 (“709” cases listed as precedent for implementation of national security law)
Mingpao, March 13, 2017
http://news.mingpao.com/pns/dailynews/web_tc/article/20170313/s00013/1489341971762
中国死刑数量仍居世界榜首 (China still ranks world’s first in number of death sentences)
Deutsche Welle, March 12, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/中国死刑数量仍居世界榜首/a-37910198