A group of Chinese human rights lawyers were beaten and arbitrarily detained overnight while attempting to visit a notorious illegal, extra-judicial detention center in the city of Ziyang. The ordeal began on the morning of May 13, when seven prominent lawyers – Lin Qilei (蔺其磊),  Guo Haiyue (郭海跃),  Jiang Tianyong (江天勇),  Tang Jitian (唐吉田),  Liang Xiaojun (梁小君) , Tang Tianhao (唐天昊),  and Zhang Keke (张科科) – attempted to visit the Ziyang Legal Education Center, reported to be the largest “black jail” in Sichuan province.