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12 Jan, 7 tweets, 4 min read
One day before Chinese human rights lawyer Lu Siwei, the lawyer for the 12 #HongKong people detained in Shenzhen, is scheduled to attend a hearing regarding local authorities’ decision to revoke his license as an administrative punishment, Ren Quanniu,... Image
... the other human rights lawyer involved in the case of the 12 #HongKong people and the case of Chinese citizen journalist #Zhangzhan, received a notice from local authorities that the hearing regarding their decision to revoke his license will be held on January 19.
They are two of the human rights lawyers in #China targeted by the Chinese government’s widespread campaign against human rights lawyers and dissidents.
Yesterday, @xuyan709, the wife of jailed Chinese human rights lawyer Yu Wensheng, was harassed by three police in #Beijing as they tried to intimidate her and force her to drop the plan of attending Lu Siwei’s hearing in Chengdu. However, she arrived in Chengdu safely today.
Here's an extensive interview that I did with one of the prominent human rights lawyers in #China @lawyerxieyanyi last month, after both Lu and Ren were informed that their licenses could be revoked. williamyang-35700.medium.com/chinese-human-…
Xie realistically pointed out that he doesn't think there is any more space under the Chinese government's terms for human rights lawyers to operate in #China. However, he is hopeful that the community will continue to find other ways to safeguard human rights and rule of law.
Xie is now helping Lu in Chengdu with his case and he will be attending the hearing tomorrow, if it is open to the public. I will be providing detailed coverage on the issue tomorrow so stay tuned.

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