The Blog writes..
On 13 January 2021, the Sichuan Provincial Judicial Department will hold a hearing in Chengdu, at the request of human rights lawyer Lu Siwei, who will contest the authorities’ decision to initiate the process to revoke his lawyer’s license in response to his human rights work and the exercise of his right to freedom of expression.
Lu Siwei (???) is a human rights lawyer based in Chengdu, Sichuan province in western China. He has provided legal assistance to victims of human rights violations and is outspoken against instances of social injustice and the suffering of vulnerable groups. Through legal assistance, legal representation, signature petitions and other advocacy means, he has worked on human rights issues human issues such as freedom of expression, enforced disappearances, arbitrary detention, torture, and forced eviction and demolition.
The human rights lawer has defended fellow human rights lawyers who are or were facing criminal prosecution, including Yu Wensheng, Qin Yongpei, and Wang Quanzhang. In 2019, he faced disciplinary proceedings initiated by the State-controlled Chengdu Municipal Bar Association, which were believed to be in reprisal for his legal assistance to fellow human rights lawyer Chen Jiahong who was detained on suspicion of “inciting subversion”.
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