Charges against human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang have enraged Chinese whose lives he saved

BEIJING — Chinese authorities tried one of the country’s most prominent human rights lawyers behind closed doors on Monday morning, as police roughed up protesters, journalists and diplomats who gathered outside of a Beijing courthouse hoping to observe the proceedings. Prosecutors have charged Pu Zhiqiang, 50, with “picking quarrels and provoking trouble” and “inciting ethnic hatred”…

Friends and supporters of a prominent Chinese human rights lawyer have scuffled with police outside the courthouse where his trial is taking place in Beijing. International media at the scene say several people were dragged away. The moment police prevent EU diplomat from reading statement outside Pu Zhiqiang trial pic.twitter.com/uvScH3llJ4— Tom Phillips (@tomphillipsin) 14 Décembre 2015…

China – Human Rights – Chinese lawyer case criticised by activists

Police and men in plainclothes in Beijing scuffled with supporters of human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang on Monday as he was tried over online comments critical of the ruling Communist Party. Pu Zhiqiang is currently one of China’s most celebrated human rights lawyers and his comments on the internet have added to his fame. Some of…