Home Events 709 crackdown The EU issued a statement saying that China arrest and conviction of human rights lawyers violated Chinese and international laws
The EU issued a statement saying that China arrest and conviction of human rights lawyers violated Chinese and international laws
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The EU issued a statement saying that China arrest and conviction of human rights lawyers violated Chinese and international laws

On August 5th, the EU Delegation to China published an article “The Spokesperson’s Statement on Chinese Lawyers and Human Rights Defenders Being Charged with Subversion of State Power”, stating that the CCP 709 began to arrest nearly 300 lawyers and human rights defenders, and sentenced them recently Several people “incited subversion of the country”, and the arrest process and the trial process violated the International Convention on Human Rights, the Chinese Constitution, the Chinese Criminal Procedure Law and other laws

Source: Statement of the spokesperson on Chinese lawyers and human rights defenders accused of subverting state power (05/08/2016)