Detained China rights lawyer facing 'inhuman torment', wife says


  • World
  • Friday, 19 Dec 2014

Pro-democracy activist Lui Yuk-lin holds a portrait of Chinese human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang during a protest calling for the release of Pu and other political prisoners, outside the Chinese liaison office in Hong Kong July 6, 2014. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu

BEIJING (Reuters) - A prominent Chinese human rights lawyer arrested this year has had to endure hours of interrogation and his health has suffered, his wife wrote in a letter released on Friday, calling for his immediate release.

Pu Zhiqiang, one of China's most outspoken dissidents, was arrested in June on charges of causing a disturbance and illegally accessing personal information in a case that drew international condemnation.

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