IBA denounces Chinese govt interference as lawyers live under ‘Sword of Damocles’
China’s legal profession is less independent than it was before 2003 and lawyers involved in controversial cases live “under the Sword of Damocles”, according to panellists at the International Bar Association’s (IBA) discussion on the independence of lawyers in the country. Mo Shaoping, the human rights lawyer who represents jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu […]