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Several Chinese rights lawyers, including a woman who represented high-profile women’s rights advocates, have been formally arrested on state subversion charges about six months after they were taken away

Renowned Chinese human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng was conferred the “Ten Best Human Rights Defense Lawyers Award” by the Chinese Human Rights Lawyers Association (CHRLA) on July 24.

The deadliest province in China for Falun Gong practitioners allowed lawyers to represent adherents of the spiritual practice, which may be a sign things are changing.