TENSE PROCEEDINGS
Chinese police push away journalists and supporters of human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang demonstrating near the Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court in Beijing on December 14. Pu, one of China’s most celebrated human rights lawyers, went on trial December 14 over online comments critical of the ruling Communist Party. AFP
Chinese police push away journalists and supporters of human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang demonstrating near the Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court in Beijing on December 14. Pu, one of China’s most celebrated human rights lawyers, went on trial December 14 over online comments critical of the ruling Communist Party. AFP
BEIJING: One of China’s most celebrated human rights lawyers went on trial Monday over online comments critical of the ruling Communist Party, as police scuffled with supporters and journalists gathered outside the courthouse.