Wives of Detained Lawyers Meet With UK Foreign Secretary

August 2, 2018 — ICC Note: The wives of prominent Chinese rights lawyers, including imprisoned Christian lawyer Wang Quanzhang’s wife met with U.K. foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt on July 30 during his trip to China....

Vietnamese Christian Lawyer and Pastor Sentenced for ‘Subversion’

April 6, 2018 — ICC Note: Vietnam sentenced six Vietnamese activists to harsh jail sentences on April 5, accusing them of overthrowing the communist state. Among them, pastor Nguyen Trung Ton and Christian lawyer...

Chinese Christian lawyer Jiang Tianyong condemned to two years prison for ‘subversion’

November 21, 2017 — ICC Note: Chinese Christian lawyer Jiang Tianyong has been arrested and sentenced to two years in prison for ‘incitement to subversion against the state.’ He stood up against the Chinese...

Christian Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Escaped, Recaptured

November 8, 2017 — 11/08/2017 Washington D.C. – International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that, with the help of two friends, Chinese Christian human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng escaped in August from his home...

Chinese activist Jiang Tianyong’s subversion trial appears to be staged

August 23, 2017 — ICC Note: Christian Chinese human rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong, well known for his loud support of dissidents amid a nationwide crackdown on dissent, stood trial yesterday in Changsha, confessing that...

Renowned Christian Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng Disappeared, Says Wife

August 17, 2017 — ICC Note: Chinese Christian Human Rights Lawyer Gao Zhisheng has gone missing since August 13. He has been under house arrest for the last three years, with limited access to...

Christian Rights Activists in Vietnam Charged with Serious ‘Crimes’

August 11, 2017 — ICC Note: Mr. Nguyen Van Dai, a human rights lawyer and well-known defender of religious freedom in Vietnam has been held in prison without trial, with limited contact with the...

600 Days Have Passed, Vietnamese Christian lawyer Nguyen Van Dai Still Imprisoned

August 10, 2017 — ICC Note: On December 16, 2015, 25 police officers arrested Mr. Nguyen Van Dai, a human rights lawyer and well-known defender of religious freedom at his house in Hanoi after...

Christian lawyer apologizes for being too weak to resist the Chinese authorities

September 2, 2016 — ICC Note: Christian lawyer Zhang Kai is well known for his opposition to cross demolitions in Zhejiang. In fact, Zhang was the most active and the most involved of China’s human rights...