Expand Expand --> The Great Hall of the People, where the Chinese Communist Party plenum is being held, is seen behinds red flags in Tiananmen square, December 05, 2013. © Kim Kyung Hoon / Reuters (New York) - China´s Ministry of Justice has launched probes into human rights lawyers and law firms in a least six provinces and municipalities, Human Rights Watch said today. This official scrutiny, which authorities say is `to strengthen` and `standardize` the supervision of law firms, indicates that the government´s abusive campaign against rights lawyers , begun in July 2015, may continue. `While China´s human rights lawyers are no strangers to official harassment, these sudden, invasive...
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