8 Years After ‘709,’ Persecution of Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Continues

8 Years After ‘709,’ Persecution of Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Continues

Advertisement Starting on July 9, 2015, the Chinese government launched an unprecedented nationwide crackdown on human rights lawyers. In the following few months, police interrogated and detained over 300 lawyers and paralegal assistants and raided three law firms. Dozens of lawyers and legal assistants and activists were detained, and 15 were eventually convicted. These lawyers … Read more