US, EU Put Pressure on CCP to Release Chinese Human Rights Lawyers

Published on April 15, 2024

Three Chinese human rights lawyers are drawing international attention over their wrongful incarceration at the hands of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which has a history of subjecting prisoners to torture and other inhumane treatments. Yu Wensheng, 56, an award-winning lawyer, and his wife Xu Yan, an activist, were on their way to meet European Union (EU) diplomats in Beijing on April 14 last year. Before they got to their destination, they were detained by Chinese public security officers. Six months later, the couple was indicted on two charges: “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” and “inciting subversion of state power”—common catch-all charges the CCP often uses against dissidents....

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