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| Li Heping (right) with Congressman Chris Smith (left). (Photo: China Aid) |
China Aid
Translated by Carolyn Song. Written in English by Brynne Lawrence.
(Tianjin, China—Jan. 20, 2016) The family of a detained human rights lawyer received a notice from officials in China’s northern Tianjin Municipality on Jan. 19, informing them of his formal arrest on suspicion of “subverting state power.”
The lawyer, Li Heping, was originally apprehended on July 10 during a crackdown on legal professionals and human rights activists. For the past six months, authorities held him at a location that remained undisclosed until his family received the notice. Currently, he is imprisoned at Tianjin Municipal Detention Center No. 1.
A translation of the arrest notice can be read in full below.
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Tianjin Municipal Public Security Bureau
Tianjin Public Security Bureau [pre] arrest no. [2016] 23 China Aid Contacts
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