In November 2005, The American Lawyer ran a full-page photo of the larger-than-life Beijing human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng, posing defiantly with his hands tucked into his jeans, exuding more dignity in his knock-off Tshirt than a thick magazine full of attorneys in business suits. Before the issue could even hit your mailbox, Gao’s 20-lawyer law firm had lost its license, thanks to Gao’s full-throated defense of the Falun Gong. Gao was soon arrested.
The caption for the accompanying story, “Peasant Justice”—about Gao’s brave defense of another rights advocate—noted that tort reform in China means jailing the lawyers. The punchline: “Getting them out isn’t easy.” We didn’t know the half of it.
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