Arbitrary arrest,…
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The government of the People’s Republic of China.
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Li Jinxing, a Chinese human rights lawyer specialising in criminal cases, had his licence to practise revoked by the Chinese authorities on 6 August after he had published posts on social media platform Weibo.
His posts were allegedly inappropriate, slandering the Justice Bureau and provoking discontentment against the Party.
This follows other action taken against Li Jinxing by the Chinese authorities. In 2013, he was expelled from the court by the judge.
After allegedly speaking out of turn while defending human rights defender Guo Feixiong in 2014, he was penalised to one year of suspension in 2016.
In 2018, he took on the politically sensitive case of former chairman of Anbang Insurance Group Wu Xiaohui but was repeatedly refused his right to meet with his client.
We asked the Chinese government to:
2013 – Li was expelled from the court by the judge
December 2016 – Li was penalised to one year of suspension after allegedly speaking out of turn while defending human rights defender Guo Feixiong in 2014
2018 – Li took on the politically sensitive case of former chair of Anbang Insurance Group Wu Xiaohui but was repeatedly refused his right to meet with his client
July 2019 – Li received a notice from the Shandong Provincial Department of Justice about the administrative penalty of revocation of his licence due to his posts on social media platform Weibo
August 2019 – Li’s hearing took place at the Shandong Lawyers Association and the decision was passed down that his practice certificate be officially revoked