China Pulls License of Prominent Rights Lawyer Pu Zhiqiangon for criticising the Government

Simran Sahni

16 April 2016 4:02 PM IST

  • China Pulls License of Prominent Rights Lawyer Pu Zhiqiangon for criticising the Government

    Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiangon announced on Wednesday that his license to practice law was revoked by the Beijing City Judicial Bureau.The bureau allegedly disbarred Pu from practicing law because of a December criminal conviction associated with using social media to critique the government. The move is criticized as a way to curtail activists from using their positions...

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