Pu Zhiqiang 浦志强 | |
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| Born | 17 January 1965 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Education | China University of Political Science and Law (LLM) |
| Alma mater | Nankai University |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Known for | Human rights advocacy |
| Movement | Weiquan movement |
| Criminal charges | Incitement of ethnic hatred, "picking quarrels and provoking trouble" |
| Criminal penalty | Imprisonment (3 years, suspended) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 浦志强 | ||||||
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Pu Zhiqiang (born 17 January 1965) is a Chinese civil rights lawyer who specialises in press freedom, defamation, and product safety, and other issues.[2][3] Based in Beijing, he is an executive partner of the Huayi Law Firm.[4] Pu is known for being a prominent member of the Weiquan movement, having advocated for writers and journalists in a number of high-profile cases.[4] Due to the nature of the cases he has taken on and his criticism of official Chinese policies, Pu's actions are monitored by the Chinese state security services, and he has been detained and questioned on several occasions.[5][6]
- ^ Profile of Pu Zhiqiang, Candidate for 2007 Young Leaders, Nanfang People Weekly, 18 April 2007.
- ^ John Kennedy, China: Book banned prior to printing, Global Voices Online, 21 March 2007.
- ^ New York Review of Books, Contributors: Pu Zhiqiang.
- ^ a b University of Hong Kong, China Media Project, Fellows: Pu Zhiqiang Archived 30 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
NYReviewwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ William J. Dobson, The World’s Toughest Job: Try being a human rights lawyer in China, Slate magazine, 6 June 2012.