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Yu Wensheng
余文生
Nationality
Chinese
Occupation
Human rights lawyer
Spouse
Xu Yan[1]
Weiquan lawyers
Background
Weiquan movement
Chinese legal reforms
Human rights in China
Protest and dissent in China
Barefoot lawyer
New Citizens' Movement
Lawyers and legal scholars
Chen Guangcheng
Gao Zhisheng
Guo Feixiong
Guo Guoting
Hao Jinsong
He Weifang
Jiang Tianyong
Li Boguang
Li Heping
Li Jianqiang
Li Xiongbing
Mo Shaoping
Ni Yulan
Pu Zhiqiang
Teng Biao
Tang Jingling
Xu Zhiyong
Yu Wensheng
Zhang Xuezhong
Zhang Xingshui
Zhang Sizhi
Zheng Enchong
Organizations
Committee for the Protection of Lawyers' Lawful Rights
Yitong Law Firm
China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group
China National Anti-Demolition Home Alliance
Chinese Society of Human Rights Lawyers for Petitioners
Open Constitution Initiative
Cases and events
Shi Tao's arrest
Sun Zhigang
Deng Yujiao incident
Linyi
Chinese milk scandal
Sichuan schools scandal
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Yu Wensheng (Chinese: 余文生; pinyin: Yú Wénshēng, born November 11, 1967) is a Chinese human rights lawyer based in Beijing. He is known for criticizing the Chinese Communist Party and taking up politically sensitive cases against the government.[2][3]
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^"Yu Wensheng: China human rights lawyer arrested on school run". BBC News. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2021.
YuWensheng (Chinese: 余文生; pinyin: YúWénshēng, born November 11, 1967) is a Chinese human rights lawyer based in Beijing. He is known for criticizing...
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2008. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 2 April 2010. Yu Le (8 October 2008). "China milk victims may have reached 94,000". Reuters...
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Amy (12 Feb 2021). "Jailed Chinese lawyer and pro-democracy activist YuWensheng wins major human rights award". SBS News. Retrieved 25 February 2021...
January 2018. On 17 June 2020, according to a report from Deutsche Welle, YuWensheng, who had defended Wang Quanzhang and publicly called for the removal...
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Other dissidents targeted by the bot network included Gui Minhai and YuWensheng as well as PLA veterans. In another report from the South China Morning...
authorities for their work before and since the '709 crackdown', such as YuWensheng, Li Yuhan and Ge Jueping. Following his arrest, Xu was blacklisted by...
immediately. They also called for the release of human rights lawyer YuWensheng, and several others detained and convicted human rights defenders and...
in the Chen Guangcheng saga". Quartz. Yahoo News. Retrieved 28 June 2013. Yu, Verna (19 June 2013). "Friends fear right-wing connections will hit Chen...
efforts to promote the rights of farmers in the Tangshan protest. Along with Yu Meisun and Zhao Yan, Li provided an advice to the farmers in Hebei Province...
protests and massacre, he defended liberals such as Bao Tong, Wang Juntao, Gao Yu and Pu Zhiqiang, as well as rights lawyers. On 24 June 2022, he died from...
Party for not controlling coronavirus outbreak". South China Morning Post. Yu, Verna (February 17, 2020). "Chinese activist detained after calling Xi Jinping...
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