#China: IBAHRI and partners express deep concern over the conviction and arbitrary detention of #XieYang on charges relating to his legitimate work as a #HumanRights #lawyer. The IBAHRI joins the call for his immediate and unconditional release.
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🚨 #China: Together with partners, we express our concern regarding the conviction and arbitrary detention of human rights lawyer #XieYang.
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Just last week lawyer #XieYang was sentenced to 5 years in prison. Before this ordeal, he had to live through #RSDL, or China's secret jails. Here is his story, based on his lawyer's detailed account - "Your only right is to obey"
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📢We condemn and ask for the immediate release of #XieYang, and echo public calls by UN Experts
for Article 105(2) of the 🇨🇳Criminal Law (providing for crime of inciting subversion) to be repealed.
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Today, #HumanRights lawyer #XieYang was sentenced to 5 yrs by the Changsha Intermediate Court on charges of inciting subversion of State power.
🇺🇳#WGAD's recent opinion finds the detention of #XieYang arbitrary, urging #China to immediately release him.
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#UN experts find the detention of lawyer #XieYang arbitrary, calling on the 🇨🇳 govt to investigate. It urges his immediate release and an enforceable right to compensation and reparations under international law. 👉
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BREAKING❗
According to his family, Changsha Intermediate Court today sentenced lawyer #XieYang to 5 years for “inciting subversion” after secret trials and arbitrary detention extensions.
He has been detained since Jan 2022.
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#FreeXieYang
Human rights lawyer #XieYang has been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for “inciting subversion of state power” and confiscation of 100,000 yuan of his assets. The conviction was related to some of Xie Yang’s comments on WeChat. No defense lawyer was present at the hearing.
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Human rights lawyer #XieYang will be sentenced tomorrow (23 March 2026). He has been detained for 1530 days. The authorities created a lot of difficulties and hardship during his detention. He never have been detained for his human rights work.
Hunan authorities have detained lawyer #XieYang for four years, subjecting him to #torture and other ill-treatment. Tried behind closed doors with no sentencing information made public, his family and advocates are left in the dark.
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Lawyer #XieYang has lost both parents during his detention of over 3 yrs & 9 months — his father died in Jan; now his mother has passed away without seeing her son again.
His family calls this loss "beyond words"—a life regret that can never be made right.
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Changsha authorities secretly tried human rights lawyer #XieYang without his lawyers present. No info yet on a verdict. His and his lawyers’ rights to a #FairTrial were violated. Xie’s health has seriously deteriorated in detention, according to his family.
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📌UPDATE : Lawyer #XieYang 's family reports that his mother is now in critical condition—bedridden, unconscious, unable to speak, and in her final days. His father already passed away during his detention.
A mother waits for her son to come home.
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After a closed-door trial of #XieYang in July, the Changsha No. 1 Detention Center rejected his lawyer’s request for a meeting in late Sept., without providing any justifiable reason. The 🇨🇳 govt’s violations of his due process rights continue.
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UPDATE from #XieYang 's family: Xie's lawyer has formally demanded in writing that Changsha Intermediate Court follow 🇨🇳 laws guaranteeing lawyers' rights to copy case files. The court continues to restrict lawyers' full access to Xie's files.
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@chrdnet.bsky.social co-signed a letter to 🇨🇳 Premier Li Qiang, urging an end to the unfair trial and the release of rights lawyer #XieYang. The letter details his ill-treatment and cites international laws the #China govt has violated:
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Joint statement by The Law Society, @chrdnet.bsky.social, CCBE - Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe, ALN, Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada, @lawyersforlawyers.bsky.social and International Bar Association's Human Rights Institute:
Re: Halt Unfair Trial and Release Lawyer #XieYang
🚨 Concern over unfair trial of lawyer #XieYang in #China ⚖️
In a joint letter, we call on Chinese authorities to respect his rights and ensure a fair trial.
Read the full letter here: www.lawyersforlawyers.org/joint-letter...
In Jan 2025, from his detention cell, lawyer #XieYang wrote: “Better to lose my head than bow it [to Chinese authorities].” After 3.5 years in custody, tortured & denied #DueProcess, he still refuses to admit that defending rights is a crime.
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After 3.5 years of detention marked by #torture and denied legal rights, rights lawyer #XieYang was tried behind closed doors on July 30. He was forced to fire his own lawyer in protest. His real “offense”? Telling the truth about repression and injustice.
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⚖️ Human rights lawyer #XieYang is set to go on trial behind closed doors on July 30 on charges of “inciting subversion.”
🚫 He has committed no crime yet has spent 3.5 years in detention.
📢 Authorities must drop the charges and release Xie Yang now!
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After 1,290 days of detention, lawyer #XieYang 's pre-trial hearing is scheduled for July 28, with a closed trial set for July 30, according to his ex-wife and staunchest advocate Dr. Chen Guiqiu.
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10 years ago today, #China govt detained human rights lawyer #XieYang during the #709crackdown. After torture & release in 2017, he endured years of surveillance & harassment before being re-arrested in 2022. He's now been held 1,277 days without trial.
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The Intl Day in Support of Victims of Torture has passed, but #XieYang remains behind bars—3.5 years without trial. He defended pro-democracy protesters & activists until #ChinaGov arrested him for it--then tortured him in detention.
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On the Intl Day in Support of Victims of #Torture, a message from #XieYang ’s family:
He’s been jailed without trial for 3.5 years, tortured by 🇨🇳 authorities. If free, he’d be raising his kids, caring for his parents, and doing the work he loves as a lawyer.
#Torture thrives in silence.
June 26 is the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
We amplify the voices of courageous individuals who have spoken out and remember those silenced by the #China govt.
Every story shared breaks another link in the chain of impunity.
#NiuTengyu #XieYang
Lawyer #XieYang has been detained for 1,200 days and subjected to #torture w/o trial. His case exemplifies #Beijing's persecution of rights defenders thru #NationalSecurityLaw, #EnforcedDisappearance, #Torture, #ArbitraryDetention & denial of #DueProcess.
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Chinese human rights lawyer #XieYang has been detained for 3 years and 3 months. All his money & documents were taken by Changsha Public Security Bureau. Still no trial yet. He's tortured & ill-treated in detention. His wife filed lawsuits against the authorities but no reply.
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