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Wife of Detained Lawyer Accuses Beijing Police of Harassment

The wife of a detained human rights lawyer in China has accused Beijing police of harassing her landlord and forcing him not to renew her lease. Wang Qiaoling recently went to Tianjin, east of Beijing, to find out about the trial of her husband, Li Heping. He is one of several rights lawyers detained since July 2015. When she got home Tuesday, the owner of her building told her to move out. The property owner was under the orders of local police, Wang Qiaoling told VOA on...

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