An Overview of Torture Cases of Lawyers in China (2006-2015)

Pu was taken away for participating in a June 4th Incident seminar at his friend’s home.

He was detained at the Beijing Zhaoyang police station until his official arrest on 14 June.

Pu suffers from diseases including diabetes and high blood pressure. His medication was confiscated upon arrest and he was only provided with unknown medicine.

Pu’s lawyer Zhang Xi met with him on 9 June 2014, Pu said he was given diabetic medicine including insulin, but his legs were swollen, which is a symptom of maltreatment of diabetes. Pu also told Zhang that his health may be suffering as a result of the 10 hours of interrogation he underwent everyday.

Zhang applied for bail twice on the grounds of Pu’s poor health, but was denied due to Pu being a “threat to society.”

Due to continuous interrogation and “night shifts” at the prison, Pu lost 9 kg of weight and suffered from vomit, nausea, swelling of the leg, etc. His family was not permitted to visit and even lawyer visits require the permission of officials before commencing. 唐荊陵 Tang Jingling CV Tang Jingling was the initiator and activist of the Chinese citizen’s non-cooperation movement. In 1997, Tang participated in legal training organized by Shantou University Faculty of law and passed the lawyer qualification exam in October of the same year. He was qualified as lawyer in August the following year. In November 1999 he obtained the lawyer’s license and began practicing in November 1999 and moved into the Guangdong Huazhijie law firm as a full-time lawyer in March 2000.

In July 2004, Tang Jingling was involved in the case about labor protest in Dongguan Xing Ang. Under Tang's effort, the 10 workers who had been accused and arrested for more than 10 months were all released on probation and obtained “humanitarian assistance.” After that Tang began to be involved in civil rights including labor rights.

Apart from taking up cases, Tang actively promotes legal knowledge about migrant labor.

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