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Chinese human rights lawyer sentenced to 11 months in prison after closed-
Updated : 11 months ago IST
Chinese human rights lawyer Lu Siwei has been sentenced to 11 months in prison after a closed-door trial in Chengdu on charges of "illegally crossing the border." His wife and rights groups have condemned the case as part of China's transnational repression campaign.
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JSFM denounces abduction of rights lawyer over protest against illegal I
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The Jeay Sindh Freedom Movement (JSFM) has strongly condemned the recent abduction and torture of human rights lawyer Aamir Warraich, labeling the incident as state-backed terrorism carried out by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and military forces.
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Chinese rights lawyer marks three years in detention, vows not to "bow" to
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
According to RFA, Xie was arrested in December 2021 on charges of "subversion" after supporting a teacher who was detained in a psychiatric hospital for criticizing the government. The teacher, Li Tiantian, had spoken out about the expulsion of a Shanghai journalism professor who encouraged
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Calls for justice intensify over imprisonment of Uyghur-language website f
Updated : 1 year, 2 months ago IST
On the birthday of Ekpar Asat, the founder of the Uyghur-language website Baghdax, his sister Rayhan E Asat, a human rights lawyer, renewed calls for his release, highlighting the continued injustice he faces in Chinese detention camps.
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UN calls for "unconditional release" of detained Chinese human rights lawy
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The United Nations Human Rights Office expressed regret over the conviction and sentencing of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and his wife, Xu Yan and called for their "immediate and unconditional release."
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Chinese human rights lawyer Qin Yongpei released after five-year sentence
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
His release on October 31 marked the end of a conviction that human rights advocates view as a targeted response to his legal advocacy in defense of human rights in China.
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Chinese Human rights lawyer hospitalized after nine-day hunger strike prot
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Chinese Human Rights lawyer Wang Yu has been hospitalized after her condition significantly worsened following a nine-day hunger strike. She began the strike while in detention, protesting an incident on October 23 outside a courthouse in Hebei province, where she had a confrontation with th
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China imprisons human rights lawyer couple for trying to meet EU officials
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Chinese authorities on Tuesday sentenced prominent human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng to three years in prison, while his wife, Xu Yan, received a one-year and nine-month sentence. The couple was detained while attempting to meet with European Union officials in Beijing.
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HRCP condemns arrest of Pak activist Mazari and her husband Hadi Ali in te
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) publicly condemned the arrest of Pakistani human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir and her husband, Hadi Ali, who have been put on a three-day physical remand by Islamabad's anti-terrorism court (ATC).
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Pak: Mahrang Baloch condemns arrest of human rights lawyer Imaan Hazir and
Updated : 1 year, 4 months ago IST
Mahrang Baloch, a prominent Baloch human rights activist, expressed her deep concern and outrage after her advocate, and human rights lawyer Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir, and her husband Abdul Hadi were arrested on Monday while on their way to work.
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Amnesty International awards 'Prisoners of Conscience' to three human righ
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
The title was given to human rights lawyers Chow Hang-tung and Ding Jiaxi. The third recipient of this title is Jimmy Lai, an individual involved in free media advocacy.
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Human rights activist raises concerns about Pakistan's atrocities in Baloc
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Human rights lawyer Peter Tatchell has raised serious concerns about Pakistan's atrocities in Balochistan during the fifth Balochistan International Conference (BIC), organised by Baloch National Movement (BNM)
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