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...Reporting by Thomas Hale in Hong Kong, Sun Yu in Beijing and Wang Xueqiao in Shanghai...
...Additional reporting by Wang Xueqiao in Shanghai....
...Pu Zhiqiang, one of the most prominent of China’s imprisoned lawyers, had been campaigning against shuanggui when he was detained....
...In December Pu Zhiqiang, one of China’s most famous rights lawyers, was given a suspended prison sentence for inciting ethnic hatred and disrupting public order....
...“This exceeded all expectations,” said Wang Zhiqiang, director of the state sperm bank for Guanxi province....
...A salesman at the Centech RVing Club, Wang Zhiqiang, said most clients just dump it any old where....
...“This year’s June 4 crackdown was different compared with previous years,” said Maya Wang at Human Rights Watch in Hong Kong....
...Pu Zhiqiang, whose clients have included artist Ai Weiwei, was detained on Tuesday on suspicion of “causing a disturbance”, according to a notice issued by the Beijing police....
...The Yang case with its sympathetic protagonist is a good thing that will “loosen up the current situation” amid the new wave of crackdown over Internet posts, said Pu Zhiqiang, a prominent Chinese civil...
...Wang Lijun was sentenced to 15 years in prison last September for attempting to defect to the US, abuse of power and bribe-taking....
...Pu Zhiqiang has been hospitalised for three days to stabilise his blood sugar, but the prominent Chinese human rights lawyer is not slowing down....
...The entire legitimacy of the system is crumbling,” says Pu Zhiqiang, a high-profile legal activist who regularly defends political prisoners in China....
...“One very strange thing is that there are no accusations of corruption against Ms Gu,” said Pu Zhiqiang, a prominent rights lawyer....
...“None of us imagined the court would not even mention the earthquake but accuse him of crimes related to [Tiananmen],” Pu Zhiqiang, one of Mr Tan’s lawyers, told the Financial Times on Tuesday....
...In court, meanwhile, the judge refused to hear the defence or admit any of its witnesses or evidence, according to Wang Qinghua, Mr Tan’s wife, and Pu Zhiqiang, his lawyer....
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