The Washington Post reports that two lawyers, Jiang Tianyong and Teng Biao, were denied renewal of their licenses to practice law, in retaliation for their efforts to Tibetans following the recent crackdown, and their willingness to take human rights cases.
“Jiang and Teng were among 18 Chinese lawyers with a record of human rights activism who signed an open letter offering legal help to Tibetans arrested after riots erupted March 14 in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, and quickly spread to a number of other Tibetan-inhabited areas of the country.”
Human Rights in China reports that Jiang was ultimately given a renewed license on the last day (June 30th) for the process. There’s lots more on this case and on other forms of harassment of lawyers at the HRiC site, here.
