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21 Oct 2019
opinion

China: Drop “Subversion” Charge & Release Woman Human Rights Defender Chen Jianfang

 

09 Jul 2019
opinion

Analysis of Sweden's decision to bar extradition to China

Court case number: Ö 2479-19.

This post provides details from the Swedish Supreme Court’s verdict today ruling that Chinese fugitive Qiao Jianjun should not be extradited to China. The full verdict is only available in Swedish (available here). Read the Supreme Court’s summary in English here.

17 May 2018
opinion

‘If I lose my freedom’: preemptive resistance to forced confessions in China

Last month, lawyer Yu Wensheng (余文生) and activist Zhen Jianghua (甄江华) , both essentially in incommunicado detention, reportedly “sacked” their legal counsel. These are lawyers they pre-appointed in case they were detained, or trusted family members had hired. Sound suspicious?

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