Chinese media slam rights lawyers as rabble-rousers
Source: Taipeitimes.com
Chinese state media yesterday accused more than two dozen human rights attorneys rounded up in recent days of being troublemakers intent on illegal activism, as foreign governments and rights groups expressed growing concern over the crackdown.
In its latest tally yesterday, the Hong Kong-based China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group said 21 human rights lawyers and civil activists had been detained or have disappeared since Thursday last week.
Another 125 people — mostly lawyers and activists — have been warned not to speak up or act on behalf of those detained. Many of those who were warned had been detained briefly themselves.
The crackdown targets Chinese lawyers who have joined with civil activists in publicizing alleged unlawful practices by police and courts, drawing public attention to wrongful cases, disputing official narrations of controversial events and challenging authorities to follow the letter of the law.
Read more: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2015/07/15/2003623057
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"Engagement" and all. 