Zheng Enchong 郑恩宠 | |
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| Born | 2 September 1950 |
| Nationality | Chinese |
| Occupation | Attorney |
| Known for | Human Rights advocacy |
| Spouse | Jiang Meili |
| Weiquan lawyers |
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| Zheng Enchong | |||||||
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| Chinese | 郑恩宠 | ||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄭恩寵 | ||||||
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Zheng Enchong (born 2 September 1950) is a Shanghai-based Weiquan (rights defending) lawyer. Zheng was sentenced in 2003 to three years in prison for his advocacy on behalf of citizens who had been forcibly evicted from their homes. The charge stemmed from two faxes Zheng was alleged to have sent to the New York-based organisation Human Rights in China concerning workers' protests. Upon his release from prison, he remained under house arrest.
His lawyer Guo Guoting was allegedly forbidden to see him. Guo Guoting now lives in Canada.
Zheng Enchong had advised more than 500 families displaced by Shanghai's urban redevelopment projects on their rights to fair compensation. In 2005, he received the Human Rights Award of the German Association of Judges.