Lu Siwei Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/lu-siwei/ An international non-profit organization of scientists, physicians, engineers and scholars dedicated to protecting the human rights and scientific freedom of our colleagues around the world. Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:16:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://i0.wp.com/concernedscientists.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/cropped-64x64%40512px.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Lu Siwei Archives - Committee of Concerned Scientists https://concernedscientists.org/tag/lu-siwei/ 32 32 59910430 Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Receives 11-Month Prison Sentence https://concernedscientists.org/2025/07/chinese-human-rights-lawyer-receives-11-month-prison-sentence/ Wed, 16 Jul 2025 02:16:06 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10652 Lu, who was arrested in Laos, was charged with “illegally crossing the border” in a closed trial held in southwestern China. Read more on Radio Free asia

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]]> 10652 Human Rights Lawyer Arrested in China https://concernedscientists.org/2024/12/human-rights-lawyer-arrested-in-china/ Tue, 03 Dec 2024 00:40:00 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10465 Lu, 51, was en route to be reunited with his family in the United States when he was arrested in Vientiane on July 28, 2023 and forcibly repatriated to China. Upon returning to China, he was charged in the southwestern province of Sichuan with “illegally crossing a border” and released on bail pending trial. He […]

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]]> 10465 Human Rights Lawyer Detained in China After Deportation from Laos https://concernedscientists.org/2023/10/human-rights-lawyer-detained-in-china-after-deportation-from-laos/ Tue, 10 Oct 2023 21:24:03 +0000 https://concernedscientists.org/?p=10005 Human rights lawyer Lu Siwei, most well-known for recently defending activists in Hong Kong, was barred from leaving China after receiving a fellowship in the United States. He fled into Laos through Vietnam in July but was detained by Laos for an allegedly fraudulent visa and recently deported to China. He remains separated from his […]

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