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Imprisoned Chinese Lawyer Yu Wensheng Honored with International Human Rights Award

Imprisoned Chinese rights lawyer Yu Wensheng has won an international human rights award in recognition of his fight for justice. Yu Wensheng, 54, was named Martin Ennals Award Laureate 2021 during an online ceremony livestreamed from Geneva on February 11. “In 2020, Chinese authorities harassed human rights defenders raising concerns about COVID, defending ethnic minorities, ...

Rory Karsten

Xu Yan, wife of human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng.

Jailed Chinese Rights Lawyer Yu Wensheng Allowed Contact With Wife

Xu Yan, the wife of jailed Chinese rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, was finally allowed a 20-minute video call with him from a detention center in Xuzhou City, an eastern province of Jiangsu, China. Yu had been incommunicado for almost three years, serving his sentence for “incitement to subvert state power” by the ruling Chinese Communist ...

Max Lu

Xu Yan, the wife of lawyer Yu Wensheng, stands in front of the Jiangsu High Court holding a picture of her husband and a sign describing his mistreatment.

China Imposes Travel Ban on Lawyer for Defending Colleague

The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has blocked Chen Jiangang, a human rights lawyer, from leaving the country. His crime — defending his colleague, Xei Yang, who was detained by authorities in a crackdown in 2015. Chen was supposed to visit America to accept the Humphrey Fellowship funded by the U.S. State Department. Banning lawyer’s travel ...

Max Lu

A Chinese airport.

Li Wenzu Awarded Edelstam Prize for Promoting Human Rights in China

Li Wenzu from Beijing has been awarded the prestigious Edelstam Prize for her fight in promoting human rights in China, a country that is governed by one of the most oppressive regimes in the world. The prize is instituted in memory of Swedish diplomat Harald Edelstam. This is the first time that the award has ...

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