July 9 marks the eighth anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) suppression of human rights lawyers in China. To this day, they continue to be persecuted, according to Chinese lawyers who recently spoke with The Epoch Times.
In 2015, the CCP launched a nationwide campaign to persecute human rights lawyers, activists, and their families. The regime arrested over 300 lawyers and activists on July 9 that year, later known as the “709 Crackdown,” or “709” for short.
The human rights lawyers and activists who were detained by authorities have been constantly stalked, monitored, harassed, threatened, and evicted since they were released from prison.
In Hong Kong—once a beacon of freedom for Chinese people—pro-democracy barristers and politicians have been suppressed since Beijing’s National Security Law was implemented….
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