Monday, April 24, 2017

Access to Justice (司法公正)

维权律师夏霖二审判10年 (Rights defense lawyer Xia Lin sentenced to 10 years imprisonment after second instance trial)
Deutsche Welle, April 21, 2017
http://www.dw.com/zh/维权律师夏霖二审判10年/a-38535142

李明哲未獲釋 有台灣組織籲人權事務者不要到大陸 (Taiwanese group advises rights defense workers not to visit the mainland in light of Li Ming-che incident)
Radio Television Hong Kong, April 24, 2017
http://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1326762-20170424.htm

Lawyer Xie Yang will be tried on April 25, wife says in a statement
China Change, April 21, 2017
https://chinachange.org/2017/04/21/lawyer-xie-yang-will-be-tried-on-april-25-wife-says-in-a-statement/

Related:
China rights lawyer Xie Yang denied own defense for trial
Agence France-Presse, April 22, 2017
https://www.hongkongfp.com/2017/04/22/china-rights-lawyer-xie-yang-denied-defence-trial/

709 大抓捕:谢阳案下周开庭 官派律师噤声 (709 Crackdown: Xie Yang’s case opens next week, defense lawyer appointed by authorities stays silent)
Radio Free Asia, April 21, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-04212017102330.html

陈桂秋赴美后首露面 与美议员谈709案 (Wife of detained lawyer Xie Yang, Chen Guiqiu, shows up for the first time in the U.S., talks about “709 Crackdown” with congressman)
Radio France Asia, April 23, 2017
http://www.rfa.org/mandarin/yataibaodao/renquanfazhi/xl1-04232017131534.html

709家属致川普总统(第四封信)(709 Families’ Fourth Letter to President Trump)
Human Rights in China, March 26, 2017
http://www.hrichina.org/chs/gong-min-yan-chang/709jia-shu-zhi-chuan-pu-zong-tong-di-si-feng-xin