Chinese lawyers

On August 11, Xie Yang, a lawyer who was arrested and tortured in the “709 crackdowns,” a nationwide crackdown on Chinese lawyers and human rights activists in 2015, had his ...

Twenty prominent lawyers and jurists from Europe, North America, Australia and Pakistan on Monday urged Chinese President Xi ...

Chinese protesters and foreign rights groups said Pu Zhiqiang's trial at the No. 2 Beijing Intermediate Court amounted ...

Legal experts have doubts as to whether the new legislation will have much relevance in a system where ...

Throughout China, the families of Communist Party officials trade on their relative's clout to gain advantageous business relationships.

A Chinese lawyer successfully defended his right to practice law by going on a hunger strike.

Forty Chinese lawyers have signed a letter of intent, pledging to help each other in case they are ...

China’s Supreme Court has proposed a new law that would allow it to detain and even temporarily disbar ...

Chinese state media accuses the United States of trying to influence five Chinese problem groups.

Chinese society thus is strictly divided into rural and urban by a system called hukou, or household registration, ...

Wei Liangyue has passionately defended many disadvantaged groups over many years, including victims of illegal detention and cases ...

Another tragic example of the injustices found in China's "Legal" system.

Two lawyers who defended Falun Gong practitioners in court have been notified that their licenses will be revoked.