Tag Archives: Teng Biao

Eleven Rights Lawyers Seized and Beaten While Visiting a Black Jail in Sichuan

Posted on May 14, 2013 by China Change

On the morning of May 13, while visiting a black jail in Ziyang, Sichuan province (四川资阳), seven rights lawyers from Beijing and Chengdu were intercepted, beaten and kidnapped by unidentified men. After that their cellphones ceased to answer. Upon learning … Continue reading →

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Teng Biao: Defense in the Second Trial of Xia Junfeng Case

Posted on February 18, 2013 by China Change

Xia Junfeng (夏俊峰) was a street vendor from Tieling county, Liaoning province (辽宁铁岭县). On May 16, 2009, while selling chicken strips, roasted sausages and other snacks with his wife Zhang Jing near a crossroads in Chenhe District, in the city … Continue reading →

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To Remember Is to Resist – by Teng Biao

Posted on February 12, 2013 by T

Simply put, Teng Biao (滕彪) is one of the best known human rights lawyers and legal scholars in China. This is his preface to a memoir entitled “A Worthwhile Trip—A Documentation of Beijing Reeducation-through-Labor Dispatch Center”, in which he looks … Continue reading →

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