Detained Lawyers' Families Send Open Letter to China's Xi Jinping

As China hosts high-level political meetings in Beijing, the families of five jailed human rights lawyers have written President Xi Jinping an open letter, urging the top leader to stop a controversial nationwide crackdown of lawyers. But so far, they say that all they’ve gotten in return is a cold shoulder from authorities. While the government’s indifference to their call for justice comes as no surprise, they have been unrelenting in voicing...

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