{"id":34060,"date":"2016-07-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-24T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/blog\/the-lawyers-that-were-left-834\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T22:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T21:07:28","slug":"the-lawyers-that-were-left-834","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/zh\/blog\/the-lawyers-that-were-left-834\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lawyers That Were Left"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It has been a year since over 300 human rights lawyers, activists, as well as those connected to them (including their friends and family), were detained by the Chinese government. That\u2019s equivalent to one person harassed or disappeared every day since last July.\u00a0Some of these lawyers have since vanished into China\u2019s\u00a0prison system. Others were released, but have lived with the threat of re-arrest hanging over them ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/disappearing-lawyers-email-header.jpg\" alt=\"disappearing lawyers email header\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the lawyers that are left, what remains of their lives\u00a0and careers?\u00a0Read our story of\u00a0Li Jing, a young lawyer watching the events of the July crackdown unfold around her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This composite case study is constructed from real accounts. Similar things have happened, but we have changed the details.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/300toomany.atavist.com\/the-lawyers-that-were-left\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the story<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__supports-newline wp-block-jetpack-subscriptions__use-newline\">[jetpack_subscription_form show_subscribers_total=&#8221;false&#8221; button_on_newline=&#8221;true&#8221; custom_font_size=&#8221;16px&#8221; custom_border_radius=&#8221;0&#8243; custom_border_weight=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;15&#8243; custom_spacing=&#8221;10&#8243; submit_button_classes=&#8221;has-text-color has-background-color has-background has-primary-background-color&#8221; email_field_classes=&#8221;&#8221; show_only_email_and_button=&#8221;true&#8221;]<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been a year since over 300 human rights lawyers, activists, as well as those connected to them (including their friends and family), were detained by the Chinese government. 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