Zhang Sizhi | |||||||
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张思之 | |||||||
 Sizhi in 2013 | |||||||
| Born | 12 November 1927 | ||||||
| Died | 24 June 2022 (aged 94) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | Legal scholar, lawyer | ||||||
| Known for | Civil rights advocacy | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 張思之 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 张思之 | ||||||
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Zhang Sizhi (Chinese: 张思之; pinyin: Zhāng Sīzhī; 12 November 1927 – 24 June 2022) was an active rights lawyer in China, and a professor at Central University of Finance and Economics.[1] He was known as "The lawyer's conscience". [2][3]
- ^ "我院兼职教授张思之先生八十华诞暨律师执业五十周年庆祝酒会在京隆重举行". Central University of Finance and Economics (in Chinese). 29 November 2006. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Zhang Sizhi – Outstanding Commitment to Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China". The Green Political Foundation. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
Sizhi is known among Chinese lawyers as "the conscience of lawyers"
- ^ "唐璜:谁弄丢了中国律师的"良心"？----感悟张思之". Central University of Finance and Economics (in Chinese). 1 December 2006. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
……从第一场辩护算起，经过五十年风雨历程，他被尊为中国律师界的荣耀和良心.