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Chinese Authorities Resort to Violence Against Human Rights Defenders
China Human Rights Defenders, 2013-05-14

Updated: Eight Activist Lawyers Detained in Sichuan Over 'Illegal Lail' Have Been Released
South China Morning Post, 2013-05-14

Lawyers Held, Beaten After Sichuan "Black Jail" Visit
Radio Free Asia, 2013-05-13

Lawyers Beaten During Attempt to Visit Black Jail
Human Rights in China, 2013-05-13

China Arrests Anti-Corruption Campaigners: Lawyers
Bangkok Post, 2013-05-09

China Detains Activist for Subversion After Pressuring Leaders on Wealth: Lawyer
Reuters, 2013-05-08

Falun Gong Lawyer Cheng Hai Says Assaulted by Dalian Police
South China Morning Post, 2013-04-13

Lawyers Protest Against the Detention of Human Rights Activist
South China Morning Post, 2013-04-05

China Court Detains Lawyer after Falun Gong Trial
Associated Press, 2013-04-05

Rights Defense Lawyer Detained After Court Appearance
Human Rights in China, 2013-04-04

Family's Visit Confirms Chinese Dissident Is Alive
New York Times, 2013-01-23

Family Permitted to Visit Rights Defense Lawyer Gao Zhisheng
Human Rights in China, 2013-01-22

Will 2013 See Progress in China's Rights Protection?
South China Morning Post, 2012-12-10

UN Expert Urges China to Release Nephew of Human Rights Activist Chen Guangcheng
UN News Centre, 2012-12-07

Chen Guangcheng: Nephew Chen Kegui Sentenced
BBC News, 2012-11-30

3-Year Prison Term for Nephew of Chinese Dissident Chen Guangcheng
TIME, 2012-11-30

Politics Before Justice for Bo Xilai, Chen Kegui
South China Morning Post, 2012-10-31

Silencing a Voice for Justice
New York Times, 2012-10-31

China to Revise Laws
Xinhua Net, 2012-10-23

China Cracks Down on Dissent as Handover of Power Nears
The Telegraph, 2012-10-19

Chen Kegui Must Have Access to His Lawyer
Human Rights First, 2012-10-12

Lawyer Released Into Bail Awaiting Trial After Being Held for 15 Months
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, 2012-09-27

Shandong Lawyer Under Pressure
Radio Free Asia, 2012-09-21

Lawyer Retained by Li Wangyang Family Unlawfully Held for Six Days
Human Rights in China, 2012-09-11

Supreme People's Court Proposes Judges Can Ban Lawyers; Gansu Man to Be Tried for "Incitement" Over Blog Posts
Chinese Human Rights Defenders, 2012-08-31

The Committee to Support Chinese Lawyers Seeks a Program Intern for Fall 2012
The Committee to Support Chinese Lawyers, 2012-08-16

China Activist Ni Yulan's Jail Term Reduced
BBC News, 2012-07-27

Chinese Court Dismisses Dissident's Fraud Conviction
New York Times, 2012-07-27

US, China Begin Annual Human Rights Dialogue
Associated Press, 2012-07-23

Xu Zhiyong on the Disappearance of His Volunteer Song Ze
China Law and Diplomacy, 2012-07-23

Chinese Court Upholds Ai Weiwei Tax Fine
Reuters, 2012-07-20

Video: What's Next for Chen Guangcheng?
Council on Foreign Relations, 2012-05-31

Chen Guangcheng?s Brother Likely Returned to Village, Despite Retaliation Danger
Paul Mooney, Daily Beast, 2012-05-25

Activist's Brother Escapes to Beijing
Wall Street Journal, 2012-05-24

Blind Chinese activist Chen rests in NYC
Reuters, 2012-05-20

Dissident From China Arrives in U.S., Ending an Ordeal
NY Times, 2012-05-19

Bound For America: After Seven Years of Abuse in China, Chen Guangcheng Arrives in the U.S.
Time (blog) , 2012-05-19

Chen Guangcheng Family Reportedly Denied Choice Of Lawyers
Huffington Post, 2012-05-18

Blind dissident's plight revives China rights movement
Reuters, 2012-05-16

Lawyers for China dissident's nephew say they face threats
Reuters, 2012-05-13

Chen Guangcheng's nephew charged with voluntary manslaughter
The Guardian, 2012-05-11

Chen Guangcheng says Chinese police taking revenge against family
The Guardian, 2012-05-10

In the Chen Case, Collateral Damage
IHT, 2012-05-07

From China, Activist Pleads for Help in Call to U.S. Hearing
NY Times, 2012-05-03

Chinese Dissident Is Released From Embassy, Causing Turmoil for U.S.
NY Times, 2012-05-03

What China's dissidents are saying about Chen
Associated Press, 2012-05-03

Activist's fate deepens US-China suspicions
Associated Press, 2012-05-03

Activist Chen Guangcheng says China not honoring deal with U.S. officials
Washington Post, 2012-05-03

Media Conference Call: Tensions in the U.S.-China Relationship
Council on Foreign Relations, 2012-05-02

State of Injustice: What the bizarre cases of Bo Xilai and Chen Guangcheng can tell us about China.
Foreign Policy, 2012-04-30

EU urges China 'restraint' over activist Chen Guangcheng
BBC, 2012-04-30

Who is Chen Guangcheng
NPR, 2012-04-30

Chinese activist flees house arrest
The Guardian, 2012-04-27

Chen Guangcheng, blind Chinese lawyer-activist, escapes house arrest
Washington Post, 2012-04-27

China rights lawyer jailed for 2 years, 8 months
Reuters, 2012-04-09

China Set to Punish Another Human Rights Activist
NY Times, 2012-01-03

Missing Chinese Lawyer Given New Prison Term
NY Times, 2011-12-16

Christian Bale Attacked by Chinese Guards
NY Times, 2011-12-16

Dreaming of a Normal Life in China
NY Times, 2011-11-11

Chinese Persist in Bids to Visit a Dissident
NY Times, 2011-10-24

Taking Big Risks to See a Chinese Dissident Under House Arrest
NY Times, 2011-10-18

Don't Overlook China's 'Ordinary' Lawyers
China Real Time, Wall Street Journal, 2011-08-31

First, They Came for the Lawyers: China's newest campaign of repression.
Foreign Policy, 2011-07-12

THE SUPPRESSION OF CHINA?S HUMAN RIGHTS LAWYERS: DO FOREIGN LAWYERS CARE?
US Asia Institute/South China Morning Post, 2011-06-07

'Big Stick 306' and China's Contempt for the Law
NY Times, 2011-05-05

China rights lawyer Li missing, wife pleas for information
Reuters Canada, 2011-05-02

China detains rights lawyer, sends man to labor camp
Reuters, 2011-04-15

Concern Over Rights Lawyer
Radio-Free Asia, 2011-04-13

Wave of enforced disappearances in China sparks concern from UN rights experts
UN News, 2011-04-08

The Widening Net: China's crackdown on human-rights lawyers, activists, and online dissidents goes from bad to worse
Foreign Policy, 2011-04-04

China must be held to account over 'disappeared' lawyers
guardian.co.uk, 2011-03-31

New Arrest as China Pushes Crackdown on Rights Advocates
The New York Times, 2011-03-30

U.N. Rights Group Calls on China to Release Detained Lawyer
The New York Times, 2011-03-28

The Dissident's Wife
Op-Ed, New York Times, 2011-03-28

Activists vanishing in China
Washington Times, 2011-03-25

China hits Gmail in censorship crackdown
The Australian, 2011-03-21

China takes hard line on activists, many missing
Associated Press, 2011-03-21

Human Rights Advocates Vanish as China Intensifies Crackdown
NY Times, 2011-03-11

Chinese Lawyer 'Woman of Courage'
Radio-Free Asia, 2011-03-10

Chinese activists disappear amid calls for protests
USA Today, 2011-03-03

Nervous China puts security apparatus into overdrive
Financial Times, 2011-02-23

China cracks down on lawyers and activists
Financial Times, 2011-02-22

The Rule of Law and China's Recent Assault on Lawyers
Huffington Post, 2011-02-21

China's Intimidation of Dissidents Said to Persist After Prison
NY Times, 2011-02-18

Fears grow after Chinese human rights lawyer detained
Guardian.co.uk, 2011-02-18

China Expands Extrajudicial Methods Against Dissidents
NY Times, 2011-02-17

US expresses concern over detained Chinese lawyer
Associated Press, Forbes, 2011-02-16

Lawyers Beaten, Detained after Meeting Regarding Chen Guangcheng
Human Rights in China, 2011-02-16

Activist lawyer beaten over leaked video
South China Morning Post, 2011-02-11

Video records activist's house-arrest struggles
South China Morning Post, 2011-02-11

Rights groups: prominent Chinese activist and wife beaten
CNN, 2011-02-11

Fears Chinese lawyer beaten over house arrest video
Guardian.co.uk, 2011-02-11

China activist Chen Guangcheng 'under house arrest'
BBC News, 2011-02-10

Missing Lawyer Told of Abuse
Washington Post, 2011-01-10

Teng Biao: "A Hole to Bury You"
Wall Street Journal, Opinion Asia, 2010-12-27

China's War on Dissent and Activism
Wall Street Journal, China Realtime Report, 2010-12-24

China's Voices of Dissent
BBC News, 2010-12-07

China's Straight Shooters
The Sydney Morning Herald, 2010-12-07

Empty Chairs in Oslo Speak Volumes
Wall Street Journal, 2010-11-11

China and human rights: jailed for speaking out
The Telegraph, 2010-11-10

Liu Xiaobo's lawyer blocked from visiting Britain
Telegraph.co.uk, 2010-11-09

Law Reformers Inheritors of Liu Xiabo Fight?
Wall Street Journal, China Realtime Report, 2010-11-09

NYC Bar Association President Statement on Mo Shaoping and He Weifang
New York City Bar Association, 2010-11-09

China Urges Europeans to Boycott Nobel Ceremony
New York Times, 2010-11-04

US concerned about blind Chinese activist
AFP, 2010-11-03

Lawyers: China Blocked US Visit, Citing 'Security'
NPR/The Associated Press, 2010-10-30

China crackdown on dissidents continues despite citizen's Nobel Peace Prize
Washington Post, 2010-10-28

Liu Xiaobo: The Official Portrait
The New Yorker, 2010-10-28

Chinese reform activists ramp up Communist Party pressure in open letter supporting Liu Xiaobo
The Australian, 2010-10-15

Lawyer Asks Head of Supreme People's Court to Resign Over Execution
Human Rights in China Press Release, 2010-10-07

Beijing Human Rights Lawyers Demand Apology from Bureau of Justice
The Epoch Times/Radio Free Asia, 2010-09-14

Blind activist freed from jail ? but China is still watching
The Independent, 2010-09-10

Chinese Advocate Released From Prison, but Confinement Continues
New York Times, 2010-09-09

Blind activist is freed in China
Wall Street Journal, 2010-09-09

Blind activist lawyer set to be released in China
Associated Press, 2010-09-08

ABA Awards Gao Zhisheng "International Human Rights Lawyer" Award
China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group press release, 2010-08-11

Courts Failing Chinese In Search of Justice
Sky News, 2010-08-02

Disappearance of Chinese Activist Gao Zhisheng Demands Action
The Washington Post, 2010-07-06

Beijing's Friend and Critic
South China Morning Post, 2010-07-01

China uses licence tests to keep lawyers in line
The Australian, 2010-06-25

China Changes Rule on Evidence Obtained by Torture
China Real Time Report, Wall Street Journal, 2010-06-15

The Silencing of Gao Zhisheng
Wall Street Journal, 2010-05-31

Human Rights lawyer disappears, again
South China Morning Post, 2010-04-30

Human Rights Lawyers on Defense in China
Time, Inc., 2010-04-22

China's Missing Human Rights Lawyer
The New York Times, 2010-03-18

The U.S. must speak out against China's offenses
The Washington Post, 2010-02-04

China's Defiance Stirs Fear for Missing Dissident
The New York Times, 2010-02-02

Comment by China Adds to Mystery of Missing Lawyer
The New York Times, 2010-01-22

Rights Defense Lawyer Detained for 13.5 Hours After Efforts to Meet With Obama in Beijing
Human Rights in China, 2009-11-19

Obama urged to raise rights in China
Agence France-Presse, 2009-11-13

An advocate for China's rural poor: Liu Yao
by Tom Mitchell, Financial Times, 2009-11-06

China's supreme court sets up special courts to manage public appeals
The Xinhua News, 2009-09-10

China's Assault on the Rule of Law
Far Eastern Economic Review, by Sophie Richardson, 2009-09-09

China: Crackdown on lawyers and legal activists
Amnesty International , 2009-09-07

Chinese sentences dissident to 13 years
The Associated Press, 2009-09-02

China to Train Judges on Social Unrest: State Media
Agence France-Presse (via YahooNews), 2009-09-02

Chinese sentences dissident to 13 years
The Associated Press, 2009-09-02

UN Expert Body Calls for Greater Protections for Ethnic Groups, Rural Inhabitants, and Rights Defenders in China
Human Rights in China, 2009-08-28

Without Explanation, China Releases 3 Activists
The New York Times, 2009-08-24

Beijing Frees Jailed Activist Xu Zhiyong
The Wall Street Journal, 2009-08-24

Xu Zhiyong-law professor under arrest
By George Conk, Blog: Otherwise, 2009-08-23

Campaigning lawyer Xu Zhiyong released after arrest for tax evasion
The Times, 2009-08-23

Assistant to pioneering Chinese rights lawyer 'disappears'
The Guardian, 2009-08-21

Can Words Set Xu Free?
Forbes, 2009-08-21

Chinese Public-Interest Lawyer Charged Amid Crackdown
The New York Times, August 18, 2009, 2009-08-18

Jailing Xu Zhiyong: A legal scholar's case tests China on the rule of law
The Washington Post, 2009-08-14

China quake activist put on trial
BBC News, 2009-08-12

Arrest in China Rattles Backers of Legal Rights
New York Times, 2009-08-10

Tibetan Dissident Disappears
New York Times, 2009-08-08

Nearly Half of High Court Judges Are Party Officials with No Judicial Training
Radio Free Asia, 2009-07-21

China Shuts Down Office of Volunteer Lawyers
The New York Times, 2009-07-17

Rights Defense Lawyer Secretly Arrested for Representing in Falun Gong Case
Radio Free Asia, 2009-07-13

Rights Defense Lawyer Secretly Arrested for Representing in Falun Gong Case
Radio Free Asia, 2009-07-13

US Calls for Release of China Dissident
AFP( via YahooNews), 2009-06-25

US House Speaker Slams China Arrest of Democracy Advocate
AFP (via YahooNews), 2009-06-24

HRIC Press Release: HRIC Strongly Condemns the Formal Arrest of Liu Xiaobo by Chinese Authorities
Human Rights in China , 2009-06-24

Lawyers at risk trying to apply the law
South China Morning Post, 2006-12-25

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