5th Anniversary Global Online Commemoration of the "709 Crackdown" & 4th China Human Rights Lawyers Day

This July marks the fifth anniversary of the "709 Crackdown." Although lawyer Wang Ch'üan-chang has finally been released and reunited with his family, other victims of the crackdown remain behind bars.

Released human rights lawyers and a new generation of lawyers are now facing continuously evolving suppression tactics from the Chinese Communist Party regime. While the suppression may appear milder, it is merely like boiling a frog in warm water; the scale has not decreased, but has instead shifted toward administrative measures and forcing torture survivors to conceal the details of their torture, thereby evading the severe international condemnation seen during the initial "709 Crackdown."

Following the Xiamen meeting last December, a new round of suppression was launched against human rights lawyers and civil society.

This event invites international scholars, lawyers, and social activists to sit down with Chinese human rights lawyers to discuss two topics: first, "Against the Backdrop of COVID-19: Rights-Defense Lawyers and Chinese Society," and second, "Before and After 709: The Dilemma and Future of China's Rights-Defense Movement." Two awards will also be presented during the event: the "China Human Rights Lawyers Award" and the "China Rule of Law and Human Rights Contribution Award," to express gratitude to human rights lawyers and international figures who have contributed to the rule of law and human rights in China over the past year.

Time

July 7, 2020 at 9:00 PM Taipei time (9:00 AM US Eastern Time)

直播頻道 LIVE videos

• 中文：https://youtu.be/AjlcNF9AqTs
• English： https://youtu.be/2oMAikTZNFA

Agenda

Time	Content	Moderator
9:00-9:05	Opening Remarks by Moderator	Chang Yao-liang T'eng Piao
9:05-9:20	Guest Remarks	Jerome Cohen / Professor, New York University Albert Ho Chun-yan / Chairman, China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group Ch'iu Hsien-chih / Legislator, Taiwan
	[Award Ceremony 1] China Rule of Law and Human Rights Contribution Award	Moderator Chang Yao-liang, T'eng Piao Reading of the Citation: Albert Ho Chun-yan
9:20-10:00	Discussion I Against the Backdrop of COVID-19: Rights-Defense Lawyers and Chinese Society	Moderator Tang Yu-ying / Standing Executive Committee Member, Judicial Reform Foundation Speakers Sophie Wang Ya-qiu / Researcher, Human Rights Watch Ch'en Chien-kang / Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Liu Szu-da / Associate Professor, University of Toronto Tomoko Ako / Professor, University of Tokyo
10:00-10:15	[Award Ceremony 2] China Human Rights Lawyers Award	Moderator Chang Yao-liang, T'eng Piao Screening of Winner Video Reading of the Citation: Chou Feng-suo / Chairman, Humanitarian China
10:15-10:50	Discussion II Before and After 709: The Dilemma and Future of China's Rights-Defense Movement	Moderator Patrick Poon / Executive Committee Member, China Human Rights Lawyers Concern Group Speakers Eva Pils / Professor, King's College London Chinese Human Rights Lawyer Chang Yao-liang / Barrister, Hong Kong Ch'en Yü-chieh / Assistant Research Fellow, Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica
10:50-11:05	Open Floor	--
11:05	Closing of Event	--