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Exiled Chinese Lawyers Grieve Loss of Civil Society Decade After Crackdown
CHINA, JUL 6 – Over 300 lawyers and activists were detained or disappeared during the crackdown, which intensified under Xi Jinping's government, Amnesty International reports.
- On July 9, 2015, Chinese authorities launched the nationwide 709 crackdown targeting human rights lawyers and activists across China.
- This crackdown followed new laws enacted to tighten national security and intensified under President Xi Jinping's leadership to suppress dissent.
- More than 300 legal professionals were arrested or interrogated, many subjected to torture and license revocations, while prominent lawyers received long prison sentences.
- Sarah Brooks, Amnesty's China Director, emphasized that these people faced penalties because they advocated for their clients and sought to maintain fairness, underscoring increasing legal measures that enable such restrictions.
- The crackdown's effects persist, with ongoing repression underscoring calls for international monitoring and accountability to support Chinese human rights advocates.
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ANALYSIS. On July 9, 2015, the Chinese government launched a vast operation against the lawmen daring to defend the regime's critics. Ten years later, the margin of manoeuvre of the profession has never been so narrow.
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