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To China's Human Rights Lawyers: The Elite of the Elite, Conscience of Lawyers
If it was said that previously I did my utmost to avoid the circle of human rights lawyers, it would be because of lawyer Li Heping. I really couldn’t stand the police watching the front door of my own home every day; I couldn’t stand my husband being thrown into various police substations when he...
December 10, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Wang Yu and Bao Longjun in my eyes
I met the beautiful and poised Wang Yu and the simple and honest Bao Longjun in June 2013. I hired lawyers Wang and Bao after receiving a call from Suzhou Huqiu People’s Court concerning the suit against Suzhou Jianxin Construction Group’s project manager, Ding Jianxin, who had destroyed Ge Jueping...
December 6, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Winter has come, is spring far behind?
In the Four Months Since My Uncle Went Missing Winter has arrived, it’s much colder now. November 10: it will have been four months since my uncle was forcibly disappeared. During this time, his lawyer went to Tianjin three times to apply to meet him but the public security departments twice made...
November 9, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
"To Advance Rule of Law, and Never Again Be Violated by the Powerful—Please Support Human Rights Lawyers!"
He Fengzhu from Wuxi, six months pregnant, set off firecrackers at Tiananmen Square. She was later taken away by authorities from the Binhu District branch of the Wuxi Municipal Public Security Bureau, and finally released on bail. In the account below, which consists of information she provided...
October 27, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
China, what have we done actually?
China, what have we done actually? I don’t know lawyer Wang Yu’s son Bao Zhuoxuan personally, but my son has met him once. They went swimming together. When I heard from a lawyer friend on October 8 that Zhouxuan was taken away by police in Myanmar, I couldn't believe it. I tried to comfort this...
October 13, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Lawyer Li Heping's wife: You have to have a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!—To the families of the "709 Incident"
A stranger called me yesterday and asked how my Mid-Autumn Festival was. She repeatedly said that she once received help from lawyer Li Heping, and asked what she could do for us. At last she said, although Li Heping wasn't home, she still wanted to wish us a happy Mid-Autumn Festival. I was very...
September 27, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Chen Taihe: Please treat the detained lawyers well, for the sake of the society's peace and stability
“Alone a stranger in a strange land, I miss my family especially ever more at times of festivity.” In Chinese tradition, the Mid-Autumn Festival is second only to Spring Festival as the most important time for joyous gatherings of the whole family. Every Chinese is bound to feel the blessings of...
August 27, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
My husband Li Heping Part 7
Last night, I received a text message from my son: “Mom, when do I come back?” I had promised to pick him up, but because of what happened to lawyer Chunfu [Li Heping’s younger brother], I was delayed again. I couldn’t stop my tears from falling. At that moment, I didn’t know how to reply to this...
August 11, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
My husband Li Heping, Part 6—Account of my first criminal summons
In the course of my search for my husband and Chunfu [Li Heping’s younger brother] being taken away, I’ve come to a spot I’ve never imagined before. After calls from the Beijing Public Security Bureau for two consecutive days asking me to have a talk about my writings online, and I refused to...
August 6, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters
Quanzhang, We're Waiting for You to Come Home—Excerpts
“If I don't do this, and if nobody does it, then what would happen to the people who need help?”—Wang Quangzhang . . . As the wife of a human rights lawyer, I worry about your safety constantly. Every time I see you drag your tired body home after rushing around day and night—everything my eyes...
August 6, 2015
Citizens' Square
709 Families and Supporters

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