Plainclothes security officers take away a supporter of Chinese human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang near the Secondary Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin in northeastern China's Tianjin municipality, on Wednesday. On the day of his trial, Wang struck back: He denied the government a quick verdict. In October, the United Nations Human Rights Council criticized Wang’s detention and called for his release. Since his arrest, seven different defense lawyers appointed by the family — as well as Li herself — have been denied visiting rights, she said. “I will persist until I cannot anymore.”Read more:We don’t even know if this heroic Chinese lawyer is dead or aliveChina jails yet another human rights lawyer in ongoing campaign against dissentJailed Chinese lawyer delivers “confession,” but the script seems familiarToday’s coverage from Post correspondents around the worldLike Washington Post World on Facebook and stay updated on foreign news

Source: Washington Post December 27, 2018 11:05 UTC