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China Formally Arrests Leading Human Rights Lawyer Wang Yu

HeadlineJan 14, 2016

In China, authorities have formally arrested one of the country’s most prominent female human rights lawyers. Wang Yu has been held by authorities since July 2015, when China initiated a national crackdown against human rights attorneys. Her family received a notice of her formal arrest this week. She is accused of inciting subversion and “causing a disturbance.”

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