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Confirmed arrests of human rights lawyers and dissidents who gathered in Xiamen, China in December 2019
A number of human rights lawyers and dissidents had a gathering in Xiamen last month. These people, including Ding Jia Xi, a member of the “New Citizens Movement” and a previously imprisoned human rights lawyer, and Zhang Zhong Shun, a former teacher at the Yantai University, were confirmed to be arrested on the charge of inciting subversion of state power. Pang Jiang, Ding’s lawyer, said he has submitted a request to Yantai East Municipal Public Security Bureau to meet with Ding.
Another arrestee, Zhang, was arrested at home in Shangdong, and was charged inciting subversion of state power. He is under surveillance at residence now. He has been arrested before for using video footage of Tiananmen Square Protest in his class.
On 13 Dec 2019, a group of human right lawyers and dissidents attended a gathering to discuss current issues, politics, and the future of China, and shared the experiences of civil society infrastructure promotion. Afterwards, Shangdong police established a special investigation team. The cross-province arrests started on 12 Dec 2019. At least 4 of them were arrested on the charge of inciting subversion of state power. All of them are under surveillance at residence now. After the “709 Incident,” authority targeted civil movements for massive arrests again. Xu Zhiyong, the initiator of the “New Citizens Movement,” said he worried about the massive arrest and started to flee.
#Xinjiang #Uyghurs #whiteterror
Source: RTHK (9-Jan-2020)
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1501921-20200109.htm
A number of human rights lawyers and dissidents had a gathering in Xiamen last month. These people, including Ding Jia Xi, a member of the “New Citizens Movement” and a previously imprisoned human rights lawyer, and Zhang Zhong Shun, a former teacher at the Yantai University, were confirmed to be arrested on the charge of inciting subversion of state power. Pang Jiang, Ding’s lawyer, said he has submitted a request to Yantai East Municipal Public Security Bureau to meet with Ding.
Another arrestee, Zhang, was arrested at home in Shangdong, and was charged inciting subversion of state power. He is under surveillance at residence now. He has been arrested before for using video footage of Tiananmen Square Protest in his class.
On 13 Dec 2019, a group of human right lawyers and dissidents attended a gathering to discuss current issues, politics, and the future of China, and shared the experiences of civil society infrastructure promotion. Afterwards, Shangdong police established a special investigation team. The cross-province arrests started on 12 Dec 2019. At least 4 of them were arrested on the charge of inciting subversion of state power. All of them are under surveillance at residence now. After the “709 Incident,” authority targeted civil movements for massive arrests again. Xu Zhiyong, the initiator of the “New Citizens Movement,” said he worried about the massive arrest and started to flee.
#Xinjiang #Uyghurs #whiteterror
Source: RTHK (9-Jan-2020)
https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/ch/component/k2/1501921-20200109.htm
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