Lawyer's Legal License Revoked After Criticizing President XI Jinping
In the case where a prominent Chinese rights lawyer had written an open letter criticizing President Xi Jinping, on January 15, the lawyer stated that the authorities had revoked his license to practice law.
Over a multi-year sweeping crackdown on rights lawyers and activists, which has seen hundreds detained and dozens arrested, Beijing-based lawyer and activist Yu Wensheng repeatedly criticized the ruling Communist Party. The letter was the latest of many public criticisms of the Communist Party by Yu.
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