Protests over arbitrary detentions as China hosts global lawyers forum
Rights advocates describe event as ‘a mockery’ and condemn human rights lawyers being ‘forcefully disappeared’
As China hosts hundreds of lawyers from around the world, dozens of prominent Chinese rights lawyers remain detained, according to rights advocates who have criticised the event as “a mockery”.
On Tuesday China held the second day of the global lawyers forum, coinciding with human rights day, bringing more than 800 legal professionals including those from the International Bar Association, the International Association of Lawyers, and the Bar Council of England and Wales.