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Following arrests, detention, prosecution, trials and enforcement disputes across China’s police, procuratorates, courts and political-legal system, to expose political interference in law, hollowed-out procedure and the real position of ordinary people within the justice system.

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The police officer's wife reported her name to the District Commissioner and was charged with four counts.

After Liu Ho Nam, Deputy Director of Public Security, Henan Sie Ping County, was detained, his wife, Zhao Junjie, was intervened in land disputes and suspected cases and publicly reported his name to the Secretary of the Disciplinary Commission of Si Ping County, among others. After only 16 days, Zhao Junjie was charged with the concealment of accounting documents and the transfer of money. During the trial, defence lawyers and company agents identified as “the victim units” challenged the case as a reprisal, pointing out that the investigation and prosecution proceedings had been flawed and jointly applied for a different trial and a different court.

刘虎 · 07/10/2026

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From HK$100,000 to airport: the prosecution began to pursue the "ordered hand" in the case of Yapemingf's case.

The Taiwan prosecution has indicted Port Liao for five years. The site survey, division of labour, price increases, wind-keeping and evacuation arrangements indicate that the attack was not an interim conflict but a chain of organizational violence that remained to be pursued with justice.

夏微澜 · 07/10/2026

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Seven years and three months after the sentencing, Zou Xianxiang formally appealed: the UNAFUNCES case was in second round of judicial examination

The former Vice-President of the Hong Kong SAR, Zou Xianxiang, has appealed the conviction and seven-month sentence for “inciting subversion of State power”. The case will again test how the national security law defines the line between peaceful political initiatives, the six-four memorials and criminal responsibility.

维港阿明 · 07/10/2026

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The prison sentence “on the Internet” blocked access to lawyers: how the Dodjizasi case exposed the right to appeal was emptied by the executive

Counsel for Dodjizasi again applied for a denial of access, and prison staff referred to the “impact” of the case information online. The right to meet is being restricted by the influence of public opinion, meaning that the appeals process is being emptied of its logic.

陆沉舟 · 07/10/2026

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The United States has been working with the family of President Taiwan as foreign agents, and Taiwan has decided to close the legal gap: cross-border repression has begun to enter the anti-infiltration law.

The family of Le Chind in America was prompted by the events that led Taiwan to amend the Anti-Infiltration Law and establish a popular guide against cross-border repression. The United States ' handling of the case of Zhang Wanjun with the crime of unregistered foreign agents also reveals the gap in existing Taiwan law with regard to the concerted action directed by China to collect private information.

罗盘 · 06/10/2026

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After defending the underground church, the lawyer became the defendant: Wang Ha-hong left China for five years.

The lawyer Wang Chao Hong, who had represented the Beijing Zion Church and others, left China to Taiwan after long-term surveillance, restrictions on his practice and exit, and criminal pressure. Her experience shows how political cases have made defence lawyers themselves the subject of governance.

新雨 · 06/10/2026