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10 Jul 2016

Author:
狄雨霏, 纽约时报,
Author:
狄雨霏, 纽约时报,
Author:
狄雨霏, 紐約時報

中国人权律师被捕1周年,家属等待亲人消息

…去年的7月9日,中国对人权律师和活动人士进行了大规模抓捕,引起全世界的批评…这场行动在处境艰难的中国法律权利社区制造了恐怖和愤懑的气氛。警方在一年前开始拘捕约250名律师、法律活动人士和人权活动人士。

其中多数人受到审讯后已经获释,但据国际特赦组织(Amnesty International)称,有17人已被公安局正式批捕,其中许多面临颠覆国家政权或煽动颠覆国家政权等重罪指控。中国当局去年称,人权律师正在通过诉讼制造“社会动荡”…中国人权律师团(China Human Rights Lawyers Group)…称有23人仍在押,其中一些无法与外界联系。

中国和海外法律组织以及联合国人权事务高级专员公署(Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)对拘捕行动进行了严厉指责…周六,世界各地的律师协会、律师和法学教授发表了一封致中国国家主席习近平的公开信,抗议对律师的打压,并呼吁释放他们…总部位于伦敦的国际律师协会人权研究所 (International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute)在一封公开信中说,由于政府“对维权行动进行的空前打压”,在中国担任律师成为一项“非常危险的职业”。另一封由14家律师协会、专 业团体和律师个人联署的公开信称,称拘捕律师的依据是“缺失、不足或专断的” …

Part of the following timelines

China: More than 300 rights lawyers detained in nationwide crackdown, including lawyers who handled cases on corporate abuses; at least 6 face formal charges

China: A year after 709 crackdown, nearly two dozen human rights lawyers & activists still under detention