China: HRD under investigation and house arrest is denied access to lawyer (Update)
Event- Country
- China
- Initial Date
- Nov 26, 2020
- Event Description
On 26 November 2020, the Linyi Municipal Public Security Bureau in Shandong province once again rejected the request of the lawyer of human rights defender Ding Jiaxi to meet his client. The Public Security Bureau said that, as Ding Jiaxi is facing national security charges, allowing him access to legal counsel would "impede the investigation" or result in the "leaking of State secrets".
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Denial Fair Trial
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Right to fair trial
- HRD
- Pro-democracy defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 37.46983626765044
Longitude: 121.39325473265673
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 26 November 2020, Ding Jiaxi, pro-democracy defender under de facto house arrest and investigation, was denied access to lawyer by the police on frivulous arguments in Yantai, China.
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