China: 10 Years Since ‘709 Crackdown,’ Lawyers Still Under Fire

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Protesters hold posters of imprisoned lawyer Wang Quanzhang during a demonstration at the China Liaison Office in Hong Kong against the crackdown on human rights lawyers in China, December 26, 2018. © 2018 S.C. Leung/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The Chinese government is persecuting and silencing lawyers who challenge official abuses a decade after a major crackdown on lawyers defending people’s rights.The Xi Jinping government has sought to eradicate the influence of lawyers who defend people’s rights while compelling the rest of the legal profession…

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