The Weiquan movement is a non-centralized group of lawyers, legal experts, and intellectuals in China who seek to protect and defend the civil rights of...
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"Weiquan movement" first appeared in the 1990s. The word wéiquán (Chinese characters: 維權) literally means "rights protection". As it implies, weiquan movement...
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Architecture Public art Taproot Foundation Volunteer Centres Ireland Weiquan movement World Intellectual Property Organization "Global Pro Bono Network -...
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Yang Jia (category Weiquan movement)
despite a request by Yang's new attorney to allow it. Weiquan movement, the Chinese civil rights movement Deng Yujiao incident concerning another Chinese person...
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Ai Weiwei (category Weiquan movement)
was the Chinese poet Ai Qing, who was denounced during the Anti-Rightist Movement. In 1958, the family was sent to a labour camp in Beidahuang, Heilongjiang...
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Weiquan lawyers Background Weiquan movement Chinese legal reforms Human rights in China Protest and dissent in China Barefoot lawyer New Citizens' Movement...
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lawyers identify closely with the Weiquan (rights defending) movement. Among the notable cases taken on by Weiquan lawyers include Chen Guangcheng's effort...
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Xiang Li (activist) (category Weiquan movement)
Xiang Li (向莉) (born 1976) is an activist for human rights causes in China. She was detained in March 2014 for protesting the detention of four human rights...
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Weiquan lawyers (Chinese: 维权律师), or rights protection lawyers, refer to a small but influential movement of lawyers, legal practitioners, scholars and...
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society movement in mainland China since the beginning of the 21st century. The New Citizen's Movement has close ties to the weiquan movement (rights...
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Chen Guangcheng (category Weiquan movement)
Newsweek magazine ran a cover story on Chen and the "barefoot lawyer" movement in China, detailing his advocacy on behalf of villagers and disabled people...
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Zeng Jinyan (category Weiquan movement)
Zeng Jinyan (Chinese: 曾金燕; born October 9, 1983), is a Chinese blogger and human rights activist. Zeng was put under house arrest in August 2006 and the...
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Pu Zhiqiang (category Weiquan movement)
the Huayi Law Firm. Pu is known for being a prominent member of the Weiquan movement, having advocated for writers and journalists in a number of high-profile...
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Principles and Fundamental Duties of India Class action Civil society Weiquan movement "Vasantha Pai, an advocate's advocate". The Hindu. 16 February 2009...
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Weiquan lawyers Background Weiquan movement Chinese legal reforms Human rights in China Protest and dissent in China Barefoot lawyer New Citizens' Movement...
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Huang Qi (category Weiquan movement)
by dissidents living abroad. The website was used by the independence movement in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region and the Falun Gong. He was jailed...
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the People's Republic of China Law of the People's Republic of China Weiquan movement Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China Internet freedom...
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Gao Zhisheng (category Weiquan movement)
his family has not heard from him or about his whereabouts. Kai fang Weiquan movement Transcending Fear English pronunciation of Gao Zhisheng of China from...
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Hu Jia (activist) Gao Yaojie Love for Life Shuping Wang Wan Yanhai Weiquan movement Zeng Jinyan Kam Tsang (1 August 2003). "Blood Plasma Economy Accelerates...
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others who identified with the New Citizens' Movement. Prominent legal activist Pu Zhiqiang of the Weiquan movement was also arrested and detained. In 2017...
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Deng Yujiao incident (category Weiquan movement)
euphoric after the trial. 2008 Guizhou riot Custody and repatriation Weiquan movement Yang Jia "A stab at reform". The Economist. 6 June 2009. Archived from...
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Yan Xiaoling – Fan Yanqiong case (category Weiquan movement)
The Yan Xiaoling – Fan Yanqiong case (simplified Chinese: 严晓玲、范燕琼案件; traditional Chinese: 嚴曉玲、范燕瓊案件), also known as the Fujian Netizen Case (simplified...
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as a lawyer, but had her license revoked for participation in the Weiquan movement. In August 2018, Zhang was warned by police for "incitement of state...
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Xu Zhiyong (category Weiquan movement)
of his "commitment to human rights and peace in China". Weiquan movement New Citizens' Movement (China) "China activist Liu Yuandong on trial in Guangzhou"...
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internet has also allowed certain civil society advocacy, such as the Weiquan movement, to flourish. The authoritarian government in China suppresses protests...
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Feng Zhenghu (category Weiquan movement)
portal Biography portal Chinese democracy movement List of Chinese dissidents Mehran Karimi Nasseri Weiquan movement Hiroshi Nohara Zahra Kamalfar Sanjay Shah...
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Guo Jianmei (category Weiquan movement)
Guo Jianmei (Chinese: 郭建梅; pinyin: Guō Jiànméi; born March 27, 1960) is a Chinese lawyer, human rights activist and director of a women's legal aid NGO...
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transfers of land. Numerous lawyers identifying with the Weiquan (rights defending) movement have taken on cases related to forced evictions. These include...
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Taiwan". List of political parties in the People's Republic of China Weiquan movement Political status of Taiwan Pro-ROC camp (Hong Kong) One Country on...
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Tan Zuoren (category Weiquan movement)
Tan Zuoren. Wikiquote has quotations related to Tan Zuoren. Hu Jia Weiquan movement Corruption in China Chinadigitaltimes.com. "Chinadigitaltimes.com."...
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