China's defense lawyers run into a brick wall: 'The order came from high up'
China’s defense lawyers run into a brick wall: ‘The order came from high up’ Gerry Shih © Ren Quanniu/AP Ren Quanniu, right, and other supporters of lawyer Lu Siwei pose for a group photo in Chengdu, China, on Jan. 13. Ren and Lu represented 12 Hong Kong democracy activists who were detained by Chinese authorities while trying to flee the city. TAIPEI, Taiwan —When the Chinese lawyer Ren Quanniu sought in September to pay a jailhouse visit to his client, a Hong Kong protester who was arrested while fleeing the city, Ren was told the letter from the defendant's fam...
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