Asia News on Jan. 4, 2021

Lawyers in China continue to be “charged, detained, disappeared and tortured”, five years on from a law enacted as an apparent national security measure

“In a shocking display of disregard for human rights, the authorities have re-arrested a human rights defender for courageously sharing his experience and denouncing human rights violations, and attempted to portray him as a threat to national security,” Ms. Lawlor, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said.

Source Link : https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/12/1080242