As of 18:00 13 November 2015, at least 306 lawyers, law firm staff, human right activists and family members have been questioned, summoned, forbidden to leave the country, held under house arrest, residential surveillance, criminally detained, arrested or missing.

Statistics by category of the 306 people affected (lawyers, lawyer assistants/ others)*: (Download 306 persons name list)

• Residential surveillance at designated location (implemented in the form of secret detention in the following cases): 28 persons (15 / 13)
• Residential surveillance: 1 person (1 / 0)
• Criminal detention/ arrest: 4 persons (0 / 4)
• Unclear criminal compulsory measure: 3 persons (2 / 1)
• Enforced disappearance: 4 persons (1 / 3)
• House arrest: 1 person (0 / 1)
• Forbidden to leave the country: 27 persons (18 / 9)
• Temporarily detained, forcibly questioned/ summoned (released/ safe now): 255 persons (124 / 131)

* 15 individuals are listed under two categories; 1 individual is listed under three categories

40 lawyers or activists detained or under incommunicado situation*: (Download Case details) (Update of lawyers' situation excel file)

• Under residential surveillance at designated location: 28 persons
• Able to know the location of detention: 3 persons
• Notification received by family: 22 persons
• Allowed to meet with lawyers: 2 persons
• Allowed to communicate with outside: 2 person
• Defense lawyers able to obtain information from the investigation body: 0
• Days of incommunicado：38 - 177 days

* Only including lawyers and activists currently being criminally detained, under residential surveillance, or enforced disappearance. Also included cases that are closely related to “709 crackdown” such as Wu Gan and Zhai Yanmin, who were arrested before 9^th July 2015.

Weekly Update（2015.11.07-2015.11.13）：

• Wang Yu王宇：(1) On 9 November 2015, Defense lawyer Wen Donghai received the Decision on Rejecting the Application made by the Tianjin Public Security Bureau on 5 November. The Decision provides that “On 2 November 2015 you applied for administrative review on the Tianjin Public Security Bureau’s disapproval of lawyers’ requests to meet with Wang Yu and to correspond with Wang Yu, and its refusal to inform lawyers of case details. After reviewing the case, what you have requested to review does not lies in the scope of administrative review. So according to article 17(1) of Administrative Reconsideration Law, we decide not to accept the application.” (2) On 13 November 2015, defense lawyer Wen Donghai received the administrative reconsideration decision made by the Tianjin Hexi District Government. The decision provides that the Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch has a dual function of administrative organ and also criminal judicial organ. The information it produces or receives when it acts as a criminal judicial organ, could not be regarded as the “government information” as defined in article 2 of the Regulation on the Disclosure of Government Information. Based on the fact that Wang Yu has been taken criminal compulsory measure, the information Wen Donghai applied for shall follow the rules prescribed in the Criminal Procedure Law. Therefore Wen Donghai’s application for administrative review shall be rejected.
• Wang Quanzhang 王全璋and Li Heping 李和平: (1) On 10 November 2015, wife of lawyer Li Heping and wife of lawyer Wang Quanzhang paid a visit to the Beijing Bar Association and met with Mr Fu and Ms Zhao at the lawyers’ rights department, who expressed that they would report the lawyers’ missing to their leaders. (2) On 11 Novermber 2015, wife of lawyer Li Heping and wife of lawyer Wang Quanzhang visited the Beijing Bar Association again. They has a meeting with the deputy secretary-general, who told that they had no idea that most of the lawyers detained in the “709 Crackdown” had not received notification about their detention status.
•  Xie Yang谢阳: (1) On 6 November 2015, Mrs. Xie received a letter written by Xie Yang on 2 November. Xie Yang told in the letter that he had received books and some items, that some letters had not been allowed to deliver, that he was monitored by three men every day and had got used to that. Xie Yang also expressed optimism and explained some family business. In addition, Xie Yang did not mention in the letter that he had received any letter from his lawyers. (2) On 13 November 2015, lawyer Zhang Zhongshi made a complaint to the Hunan People's Procuratorate about the investigative organ’s denial of meetings with lawyers and its refusal to inform the lawyers of any case details.
• Zhao Wei 赵威: On 13 November 2015, defense lawyer Ren Quanniu submitted an application to the Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Bran demanding the handling authority to perform its duties such as informing the defense lawyers of the name, address and contact of the task force responsible for the case. On 13 November 2015, defense lawyer Ren Quanniu submitted an a pplication to the Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Bran demanding meetings with his client.
• Zhang Kai 张凯: On 13 November 2015, a police officer surnamed Pan informed lawyer Zhang Lei by telephone with number 0577-89980392 that Zhang Kai had dismissed Zhang Lei, who was entrusted by Zhang Kai’s mother, as his defense lawyer and he also claimed that they had got document written by Zhang Kai himself.
• Gou Hongguo (aka Ge Ping) 勾洪国（戈平）: (1) On 9 November 2015, the defense lawyer was informed that the Tianjin Heping District Court had received his materials of filing a lawsuit, but the court has not officially accepted the case. (2) On 10 November 2015, the complaint which was mailed by the defense lawyer to the Tianjin Hexi District Court, has been returned to the lawyer.
• Lin Bin (aka Wang Yun Monk) 林斌(望云和尚): After being taken away from the temple on 16 August, his mother came to Linyangtou Village (which was the hometown of Lin Bin) and built a temple to worship Buddha with several villagers. However, on 10 November 2015, the local Badu County Government issued a notice demanding the demolition of the temple which it deemed as illegal construction, and asked his mother to sign the notice. They told that the temple would not be demolished if she signed the notice, and if she did not sign it, they would tear it down immediately.
• Xing Qingxian幸清贤: On 13 November 2015, the defense lawyer Gao Chengcai visited the Tianjin Public Security Bureau to learn the case. Zhao Xu told him that he had no idea of Xing Qianxing’s case and he even did not hear of his name.
• Yan Xiaojie严晓洁: Since Yan’s missing, his defense lawyers called the Wenzhou Public Security Bureau, the Longwan Branch, Puzhou Police Station asking for whereabouts of Yan. However, all of them said they were not the organ handling the case. Then the defense lawyers called the Wenzhou People’s Procuratorate and learned that the public security bureau had not applied for an official arrest of Yan and there was no record there on Yan’s case. On 6 November 2015, the defense lawyers submitted an urgent report on Yan Xiaojie’s case to the Wenzhou People’s Procuratorate, demanding it to immediately require the Wenzhou Public Security Bureau to correct its illegal acts.
• Beijing lawyer Lin Qilei蔺其磊and Hubei lawyer Zhang Keke张科科were respectively stopped at Beijing airport checkpoint on 10 November and 11 November. They were informed by checkpoint officials that Beijing Public Security Bureau claimed that they might endanger national security.
• Henan lawyer Chang Boyang 常伯阳and Ren Quaniu任全牛were interviewed by Henan Police on 13 November.

20 Lawyers/Legal Assistants/Law Firm Staff:

1. Wang Yu 王宇（F）

• Identity: lawyer
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing (Fengrui) / Beijing
• Alleged Offence: inciting subversion of state power (Lawyers were made known about this on 7 August 2015)
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at designated residence (She was taken away on 9 July 2015 04:00, 7 August lawyers were made known about this on 7 August)
• Handling authorities: Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch
• Detention Location/Location of Residential Surveillance: unknown (police refused to disclose)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : No
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No (Defense lawyer requested to meet with Wang on 21 September 2015, but denied again by Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch. On 28^th September 2015, Wen Donghai received the call from the Procuratorate that they have accepted the complaint.)
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : No.（The receptionist refused on the grounds that he is not in charge of the case and does not know the case.）
• Communicate with outside world? No (Investigation team leader Zhao Xu said they have already delivered the letter that defense lawyer Li Yuhan sent to Wang Yu to the task force, however it has been over 1 month now, they did not receive any reply.)
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? No. (On 12 August, 2015, lawyers submitted legal opinion to change the complulosry criminal measure, it was received by the authority on 13 August 2015. Already exceeded the 3 days written or verbal reply deadline required by law)
• Incommunicado: 127 days
• Treatment of Family: (1) Her son Bao Mengmeng was summoned for 4 times and his passport was taken away so he could not leave the country for school; the police threatened him not to hire any lawyers for his parents. (2) Her 16-uear-old son Bao Zhuoxuan was takean away on 6^th October at Room 8348 of Huadu Guest House in Mengla City at the border of Myanmar and Yunan. He was incommunicado for 6 days, on 12^th October, he was confirmed to be under house arrest at his grandmother’s home in Inner Mongolila. (3) Reporter from Sydney Morning Herald went to visit Bao Zhouxuan but was in vain, the Inner Mongolia took him to the police station, detained for 7 hours and was sent back to Beijing afterwards.
• Reported by state media?: Yes
• Remedies and their Effects：（1）On 14 August 2015, her lawyer submitted “Legal Opinions Concerning the Reasons Why Wang Yu Did Not Commit the Crime of Inciting Subversion of State Power and Tianjin Hexi Branch Should Arrange Wang Yu to meet with her lawyers” to the authority.（2）On 20 August 2015, her lawyers went to Tianjin Hexi Branch to apply for information disclosure whether Wang Yu was affected by the Tianjin Bomb. On 8 September 2015, Tianjin Police replied “non-existence, does not belong to the category of information disclosure”. On 13 September 2015, lawyer Wen Donghai apply to Tianjin Hexi Branch government for administrative review of the reply from Hexi Branch Poliice concerning their reply of information disclosure.（3）On 21 September 2015, her lawyers went to different departments of Tianjin (including Tianjin Public Security Bureau, Tianjing Procuratorate, Tianjin Hexi Procuratorate, Tianjin Hexi Government) to complain that Tianjin Hexi Branch Police did not allow lawyers to meet with Wang and did not disclose case fact. The Procuratorate has received the complaint materials.（4）On 28 September 2015, lawyer Wen Donghai received a call from the Procuratorate, saying that they have officially accepted the complaint of Hexi Branch’s Police’s restriction of the lawyers’ right to meet with Wang.（5）On 23 October, lawyer Li Yuhan went to Tianjin Hexi branch and handed in an legal opinion: arrange a meeting as soon as possible according to law; explain the case facts to the lawyers, confirm the staff in charge of the case, serve notice to family, immediately inform the lawyers the residential surveillance location, inform lawyers about Wang Yu’s health condition, urge Wang Yu to reply to lawyer Li Yuhan’s letter, return Bao Mengmeng’s passport and lift any control over Bao Mengmeng.（6）On 23 October, lawyer Li Yuhan went to Hexi Procuratorate’s Complaints Department, she was informed that the procuratorate has accepted the complaint and will make a decision according to the Hexi Branch’s report（7）On 2 November 2015, her lawyers went to Tianjin Police to apply for administrative review, asking to confirm the Hexi Branch has put Wang Yu under residential surveillance at designated location on the charge of inciting subversion of state power and to review the fact that relevant case information was published and released on the state media CCTV, Xinhua Net and Global Times during investigation, that they have rejected to provide any relevant case information to the lawyers, and to order the Hexi Branch to arrange lawyers to meet with Wang Yu and to disclose case information to the lawyers, to allow Wang Yu to communicate with the outside world. Compensation should be given for the lost suffered. (8) On 9 November 2015, Defense lawyer Wen Donghai received the Decision on Rejecting the Application made by the Tianjin Public Security Bureau on 5 November. The Decision provides that “On 2 November 2015 you applied for administrative review on the Tianjin Public Security Bureau’s disapproval of lawyers’ requests to meet with Wang Yu and to correspond with Wang Yu, and its refusal to inform lawyers of case details. After reviewing the case, what you have requested to review does not lies in the scope of administrative review. So according to article 17(1) of Administrative Reconsideration Law, we decide not to accept the application.” (9) On 13 November 2015, defense lawyer Wen Donghai received the administrative reconsideration decision made by the Tianjin Hexi District Government. The decision provides that the Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch has a dual function of administrative organ and also criminal judicial organ. The information it produces or receives when it acts as a criminal judicial organ, could not be regarded as the “government information” as defined in article 2 of the Regulation on the Disclosure of Government Information. Based on the fact that Wang Yu has been taken criminal compulsory measure, the information Wen Donghai applied for shall follow the rules prescribed in the Criminal Procedure Law. Therefore Wen Donghai’s application for administrative review shall be rejected.
• Lawyers: Wen Donghai, Li Yuhan

1. Bao Longjun包龙军

• Identity: lawyer
• Work Location/ Residence: Inner Mongolia / Beijing
• Alleged Offence: inciting subversion of state power, picking quarrels and provoking troubles (His lawyers were made known about this on 28 August 2015)
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at designated residence (Incommunicado since 9 July 2015 03:00, lawyers were made known about this on 28 August 2015)
• Handling authorities: Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown (police refused to disclose)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : No (The investigation team’s police officer said that they have already sent out notification on 13 July 2015, Bao’s parents said they have no received any.)
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No (On 28 August 2015, Police refused the lawyers’ request to meet with Bao on the grounds that Bao was in suspicion of endangering state security crimes) (On 12 October 2015, lawyer Huang Hanzhong asked to meet with Bao but was rejected. Hexi Public Security Bureau Police Supervision Department and the Bureau for Letters and Calls both refused to take up the lawyer’s  complaint. The person-in-charge at the Bureau for Letters and Calls said that “The problem of this case is not one that can be replied by the Hexi Public Security Branch.”) (On 28 October 2015, lawyer Lu Zhoubin asked to meet with Bao but was rejected on the grounds that “no prior notice from the superior, cannot arrange meeting”) (On 3 November 2015, lawyers received written decision from Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch rejecting their request to meet with Bao)
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : No. (The receptionist refused on the grounds that he is not in charge of the case and does not know the case）

• Communicate with outside world? No.
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? No
• Incommunicado: 127 days
• Treatment of Family: same as Wang Yu
• Reported by state media?: Yes
• Remedies and their Effects：（1）In the second half of July, lawyers went to Tianjin Procuratroate to apply for their supervision over the Public Security Organs for their illegal acts. Tianjin Procuratorate replied: Application for Procuratorate’s supervision does not belong to the jurisdiction of the City level’s procuratorate, they should apply to the procuratorate of the City’s branch or district procuratorate.（2）On 4 September 2015, someone claiming to be from the Tianjin Public Security Bureay called the defense lawyer of Bao and said that they have received the legal supervision letter from the the Tianjin Procuratorate, they would like to ask the lawyers for the relevant information, including: the date in which the letter was sent by the lawyers, if the lawyers knew about the specific department handling the case, if the lawyers knew that the case is under the jurisdiction of the Tianjin Police, is Bao related to the current case, and whether he is a staff of the Fengrui Law Firm, if the police has contacted the family and if the compulsory criminal measures etc.
• Lawyers: Huang Hanzhong, Lu Zhoubin, Chen Yongfu

1. Wang Quanzhang王全璋

• Identity: lawyer
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing (Fengrui)/ Beijing
• Alleged Offence: inciting subversion of state power, picking quarrels and provoking troubles (was made known about this on 14 August 2015)
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at designated residence (Incommunicado since 10 July 2015 13:00) (On 31 August 2015, lawyers were informed that the criminal detention was changed to residential surveillance at designated residence)
• Handling authorities: Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown (police refused to disclose)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : No
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No (Submitted application twice) (On 6 November 2015, lawyer Li Zhongwei received the written rejection to arrange meeting with Wang)
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : / (Submitted letter to obtain case information twice) (On 9 September 2015, lawyer asked to be informed of the case facts, the residential surveillance location, whether Wang was officially arrested, whether Wang has written any letter to be delivered to his family, whether he needs any clothes or books according to law, the receptionist said the written materials will be handed to Zhao Xu and the investigation officers, they will call the lawyers once they have got confirmations)
• Communicate with outside world? : (Letter already given to Zhao Xu to give to Wang twice)
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? No
• Incommunicado: 126 days
• Treatment of Family: (1) On 5 August 2015, his residence in Beijing was searched by the Beijing Police. (2) On 10 September 2015, his family wanted to deliver clothes to Wang but was rejected
• Reported by state media?: Yes

• Remedies and their Effects：(1) On 3 September 2015, his lawyers asked the police to provide the following information: name of officer-in-charge and his contact; the compulsory criminal measures taken, whether they have notified family and in what ways, and the proof of such notification; the suspected charge and the already known case facts, but they were rejected. The lawyers complained about the police’s illegal acts during investigation. (2) On 11 September 2015, lawyer Li Zhongwei went to Tianjin Public Security Bureau for Letters and Calls to submit a petition. It was received by the Bureau and a reply will be given within 15 days. (3) On 16 October 2015, Wang’s lawyers made a complaint to the Procuratorate. (4) On 27 October, Tianjin Hexi Branch Procuratorate complaint department called Wang’s lawyers to inform him that the complains they filed about Tianjin Hexi Public Security Bureau were accepted, after investigation they will respond to the lawyers according to law. The complaints are: twice to meet Wang and was rejected; requested twice to know the case facts, no response was received; written letters twice to Wang, it was unknown whether it was passed to Wang; his family send him moon cakes for mid-autumn festival, it was returned untouched; family did not receive notice of residential surveillance. (5) On 10 November 2015, wife of lawyer Li Heping and wife of lawyer Wang Quanzhang paid a visit to the Beijing Bar Association and met with Mr Fu and Ms Zhao at the lawyers’ rights department, who expressed that they would report the lawyers’ missing to their leaders. (6) On 11 Novermber 2015, wife of lawyer Li Heping and wife of lawyer Wang Quanzhang visited the Beijing Bar Association again. They has a meeting with the deputy secretary-general, who told that they had no idea that most of the lawyers detained in the “709 Crackdown” had not received notification about their detention status.
• Lawyers: Li Zhongwei, Xi Xiangdong

1. Liu Sixin刘四新

• Identity: ex-lawyer, Phd in law
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing (Fengrui)/ Beijing

• Alleged Offence: inciting subversion of state power, picking quarrels and provoking troubles
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at designated residence (Incommunicado since 10 July 2015 08:45, was later known to be criminally detained in Tianjin Hexi Detention Centre. On 17 September 2015, his lawyers were informed that he was changed to residential surveillance at designated residence)
• Handling authorities: Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch (On 17 September 2015, lawyers went to Bureau for Letters and Calls  to ask to meet with the person-in-charge of the case, a police officer 290797 Mr. Li said the whole branch does not know who the staff-in-charge of case is)
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown (police refused to disclose)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : No (On 15 September 2015, police insisted that they have send detention and arrest notice to Liu’s family. But Liu’s family said they have not received any in these 2 months.)
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No (On 15 September 2015, his lawyers went to Tianjin Hexi Detention Centre to meet with him, but was refused)
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : No (On 17 September 2015, his lawyers went to Tianjin Hexi Branch investigative team to submit written formalities, applications to meet with Liu and legal opinion)
• Communicate with outside world? : No
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure?: No (On 20 August 2015, lawyers asked to change the compulsory criminal measures but the police refused to reply) (On 17 September 2015, lawyer submitted application to change compulsory criminal measures, they later refused “notice of refusal to change compulsory criminal measures”)
• Incommunicado: 126 days
• Treatment of Family: /
• Reported by state media?: Yes
• Remedies and their Effects：/
• Lawyers: Wang Lei, Ge Wenxiu

1. Li Heping李和平

• Identity: lawyer
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing/ Beijing
• Alleged Offence: unknown
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: unknown (He was taken away by police on 10 July 2015 14:00)

• Handling authorities: Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch (On 11 September 2015, Mr. Wong from the investigative team of Tianjin Hexi Branch received the lawyers’ documents and said that they are the unit in charge of the case) (On 10th October 2015, defense lawyer Ma Lianshun went to Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch Investigation Team to ask about the facts of the case, the compulsory criminal measures, the staff in charge of the case, and asked to meet with Li. However, the investigation team leader Zhao Xu said “I don’t know. The case was taken up by all the departments in the branch, most of the departments are in the branch. They know more information than us, you better go and ask them.” However, other departments of Hexi Branch refused to answer questions from the lawyers.)
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown (police refused to disclose)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : No
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No (On 7 September 2015, lawyers went to Hexi Branch and asked to meet with Li, but Hexi Branch refused on the grounds that Li was in suspicion of inciting subversion of state power) (On 11 September 2015, lawyers went to Tianjin Hexi Detention Centre and investigative team and urge the Public Security organs to reply whether Li is under any compulsory criminal measures, if so, what measures, what unit is in charge of the case, the case details, suspected charge and asked to meet with Li.)
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : No
• Communicate with outside world? : No (Li’s defense lawyer Ma wrote a letter to Li and asked Zhao Xu to give it to Li on 10^th October.)
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure?: No
• Incommunicado: 126 days
• Treatment of Family: Li Heping’s wife was summoned to be interview by the Tianjin Police and Beijing Police for 5 hours for suspicion of “picking quarrels and provoking troubles” because she posted articles about Li Heping online consecutively. (2) Son and daughter were not allowed to leave the country. (3) His brother lawyer Li Chunfu was under secret detention.
• Reported by state media?: Yes
• Remedies and their Effects：（1）On 30 July 2015, Tianjin Public Security Bureau has received the “Disclosure of Government Information Application Form” from Li Heping’s wife asking for Tianjin Public Security Bureau to provide the investigative organ’s name, persons-in-charge of the case and their contact details.（2）Beijing Public Security Bureau released “Rejection Letter of Application for Administrative Reconsideration”: Items applied (Urging the Daxing Branch to investigate into Li Heping’s disappearance, verifying the handling units for executing compulsory criminal measures, the nature of the compulsory criminal measures, the location of detention etc.) are not within the scope of administrative reconsideration.（3）Li Heping’s wife sued 9 media agencies including People’s Daily for defamation, Haidian Court held that the case is inadmissible because Wang Qiaoling has no direct interest with the media reports. (4）On 7 August 2015, Lawyers went to the Tianjin Procuratorate Centre for Complaints, asking the Tianjin Public Security Bureau to handle the case according to the law and to investigate whether the police has committed any illegal act in Le Heping’s case. No result（5）On 8 September 2015, Tianjin Police replied to Li’s wife information disclosure whether Tianjin Big Bomb has any effect on Li Heping, saying that the information is non-existence and does not belong to the category of information disclosure.（6）On 11 September 2015, lawyer Ma Lianshun went to Tianjin Public Security Bureau for Letters and Calls and check on the request made on 27 July about Li’s situation. The female police officer replied, “no such record!” (5) On 10 November 2015, wife of lawyer Li Heping and wife of lawyer Wang Quanzhang paid a visit to the Beijing Bar Association and met with Mr Fu and Ms Zhao at the lawyers’ rights department, who expressed that they would report the lawyers’ missing to their leaders. (6) On 11 Novermber 2015, wife of lawyer Li Heping and wife of lawyer Wang Quanzhang visited the Beijing Bar Association again. They has a meeting with the deputy secretary-general, who told that they had no idea that most of the lawyers detained in the “709 Crackdown” had not received notification about their detention status.
• Lawyers: Cai Ying, Ma Lianshun

1. Xie Yanyi谢燕益

• Identity: lawyer
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing / Beijing
• Alleged Offence: unknown
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: unknown (He was interviewed on 10 July 2015 afternoon, taken away on 12 July morning, his home was raided in the afternoon and under compulsory criminal measures since)
• Handling authorities: unknown
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown
• Did Family Receive Notice? : No
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : /

• Communicate with outside world? :/
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? :/
• Incommunicado: 124 days
• Treatment of Family:/
• Reported by state media?: Yes
• Remedies and their Effects：/
• Lawyers: unknown

1. Zhou Shifeng周世锋

• Identity: lawyer
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing (Fengrui) / Beijing
• Alleged Offence: inciting subversion of state power
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at a designated location (Taken away on 10 July 2015 07:30, was later informed on 24 September that have been changed to residential surveillance at a designated location)
• Handling authorities: unknown
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown
• Did Family Receive Notice? : No
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : /
• Communicate with outside world? :/
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? :/
• Incommunicado:126 days
• Treatment of Family/law firm: Since Zhao and his staff in Fengrui Law Firm were taken away on 10 July 2015, all the lawyers in the firm have almost stopped business for about 3 months. On the day Zhao was taken away, the financial staff was also taken away, the financial records and company seals were also raided. Without the company seal, the lawyers cannot take up new cases, cannot issue fee note, cannot issue documents on behalf of the law firm to the lawyers. Now, around 50 lawyers in the whole firm were transferred away, however the transfer applications have been sent to the Beijing Justice Bureau for a month now but the reply was that approval from the task force is needed.

• Reported by state media?: Yes
• Remedies and their Effects：/
• Lawyers: Wang Shaoguang

1. Huang Liqun黄力群

• Identity: lawyer
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing (Fengrui) / Beijing
• Alleged Offence: unknown

• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at designated location (Incommunicado since 10 July 2015 08:30)
• Handling authorities: unknown
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown
• Did Family Receive Notice? : No
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : /
• Communicate with outside world? :/
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? :/
• Incommunicado: 126 days
• Treatment of Family:/
• Reported by state media?: Yes
• Remedies and their Effects：/
• Lawyers: unknown

1. Sui Muqing隋牧青

• Identity: lawyer
• Work Location/ Residence: Guangdong/ Guangdong
• Alleged Offence: inciting subversion of state power
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at designated residence (Taken away on 10 July 2015 23:40)
• Handling authorities: Guangzhou Public Security Bureau
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown (police refused to disclose)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : Yes
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No (Lawyers submitted application, but no reply was received)
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? :No (On 17 September 2015, lawyer Ran Ton went to Guangzhou Public Security Bureau to ask about the situation of Sui, but the Bureau redirected him to the Bureau for Letters and Calls. Lawyer Ran Tong went to the Guangzhou Bureau for Letters and Calls to submit a lawyer’s letter, requesting the Bureau to disclose the case facts and the letter was received by the Bureau.)

• Communicate with outside world? : No
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? : No
• Incommunicado: 126 days
• Treatment of Family: /
• Reported by state media?: Yes
• Remedies and their Effects：/
• Lawyers: Ran Ton, Liu Zhenqing

1. Xie Yang谢阳

• Identity: lawyer
• Work Location/ Residence: Hunan/ Hunan
• Alleged Offence: inciting subversion of state power, disruption of court order
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at designated residence (Taken away on 11 July 2015 05:40)

• Handling authorities: Changsha Public Security Bureau (On 7 August 2015, lawyers was informed that the case was dealt with by a task force that is comprised of 40 persons) (On 29 October 2015, lawyers was informed by Xie’s family that Changsha Public Security vice-captain Mr. Lau said that “Central organ is in charge of Xie’s case, it is useless to hire lawyers, his case has not ended”.
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown (police refused to disclose)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : Yes
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No (On 10 September 2015, lawyers sent a written legal opinion to Changsha Public Security Bureau, asking to meet with the officer-in-charge of the case and to be informed about the case situation and to arrange meeting with Xie.)
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : No (Hunan Police replied, “we do not know the case facts so cannot disclose information to you”)
• Communicate with outside world? : Yes (On 22 September, Xie was able to exchange letters with lawyers and family. Xie Yang hopes his lawyers can maximize his legitimate rights and interests) (On 6 November 2015, Mrs. Xie received a letter written by Xie Yang on 2 November. Xie Yang told in the letter that he had received books and some items, that some letters had not been allowed to deliver, that he was monitored by three men every day and had got used to that. Xie Yang also expressed optimism and explained some family business. In addition, Xie Yang did not mention in the letter that he had received any letter from his lawyers.)
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? : No (On 27 August 2015, submitted application, but Hunan police replied verbally that it cannot be changed)
• Incommunicado: 125 days
• Treatment of Family:/
• Reported by state media?: Yes
• Remedies and their Effects：(1) On 27 August 2015, lawyers complained to the police inspector that Changsha police has ignored and did not care about the lawyers’ opinions. (2) On 13 November 2015, lawyer Zhang Zhongshi made a complaint to the Hunan People's Procuratorate about the investigative organ’s denial of meetings with lawyers and its refusal to inform the lawyers of any case details.
• Lawyers: Zhang Zhongshi, Liu Jinbin

1. Chen Taihe陈泰和

• Identity: professor, part time lawyer
• Work Location/ Residence: Guangxi/ Guangxi
• Alleged Offence: picking quarrels and provoking troubles, inciting subversion of state power, official embezzlement (he was forced to tape a video admitting he is guilty)
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: Residential Surveillance (On 13 July 2015, he was criminally detained at Guilin No.3 Detention Centre, on 22 August 2015, it was changed to residential surveillance at home. Police said that he cannot communicate with the outside world for a month) (On 1 November 2015, Guangxi Guilin Public Security Bureau summoned Chen and interviewed him on 3 November 2015). (On 6 November 2015, Guilin Public Security interviewed Chen. Chen asked them to de-froze his bank accounts and allow him to go to USA to take care of his pregnant wife, and asked the police to clear up doubts of the school he worked in, so that they would give him full amount of his salary. The police replied that “the Ministry of Public Security has the power to make such decisions”)
• Handling authorities: Guangxi Guilin Public Security Bureau
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: At Chen’s home (previously at Guilin No.3 Detention Centre in the same cell with death penalty inmates)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : No (Yes for previous criminal detention)
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : Currently yes (not allowed after lawyer Tan Yongpei’s visit on 16 July)
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : No
• Communicate with outside world? : Currently yes (He can after 13 September 2015)
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? :/
• Period of detention / residential surveillance: 123 days
• Treatment of Family: (1) Che and his wife’s bank accounts and stock accounts were frozen; (2) his home was raided twice; (3) Chen’s wife was summoned by police who threatened to detain her

• Reported by state media?: No
• Remedies and their Effects：/
• Lawyers: Ge Yongxi, Chen Yixuan

1. Li Chunfu李春富

• Identity: lawyer, younger brother of Li Heping
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing/ Beijing
• Alleged Offence: /

• Compulsory Criminal Measures: Residential Surveillance at designated location (He was taken away by Tianjin Police on 1 August 2015 22:00. On 15 September 2015, his lawyer was informed that he was put under residential surveillance at designated location)
• Handling authorities: Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown (police refused to disclose)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : No
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No (On 23 October 2015, lawyers submitted application to meet with Li, but Tianjin Hexi branch not replied. The lawyers contacted the chief officer of the Hexi Branch who claimed Beijing police is in charge of the case, Tianjin has no right to make decisions and they needs the order from Beijing superiors)
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : / (The receptionist refused on the grounds that he is not in charge of the case and does not know the case）
• Communicate with outside world? :/
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? :/
• Incommunicado: 114 days
• Treatment of Family: His home was raided.
• Reported by state media?: No
• Remedies and their Effects：/
• Lawyers: Gao Chengcai, Xiong Dongmei

1. Xie Yuandong谢远东

• Identity: trainee lawyer
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing (Fengrui)/ Beijing
• Alleged Offence: inciting subversion of state power (On 10 July 2015, he was put under residential surveillance at designated residence for suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking troubles, it was made known on 14 August 2015 that it was changed to inciting subversion of state power)
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at designated residence (On 10 July 2015, he was taken away from home and put under residential surveillance at designated residence on the same day)

• Handling authorities: Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown (police refused to disclose)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : Yes (received on 4 August 2015)
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No (On 11 September 2015 lawyers went to Hexi Branch and asked to meet with Xie, the police refused on the grounds that Xie is in suspicion of inciting subversion of state power)
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : /
• Communicate with outside world? :/
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? :/
• Incommunicado: 126 days
• Treatment of Family: On 11 September his family delivered clothes to him but was refused by the police.
• Reported by state media?: Yes
• Remedies and their Effects：On 9 November 2015, lawyer Li Yongheng filled out the "Visitors' registration form" at Tianjin Public Security Bureau Petition Department
• Lawyers: Du Qingbo, Li Yongheng, Zhang Ren

1. Li Shuyun(F) 李姝云

• Identity: lawyer, assistant of Zhou Shifeng
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing (Fengrui)/ Beijing
• Alleged Offence: unknown
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: unknown (Taken away by police on 10 July 2015 11:30)

• Handling authorities: unknown
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown
• Did Family Receive Notice? : No
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : /
• Communicate with outside world? :/
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? :/
• Incommunicado: 126 days
• Treatment of Family: /
• Reported by state media?: No
• Remedies and their Effects：/
• Lawyers: unknown

1. Zhao Wei (F) 赵威

• Identity: Lawyer Li Heping’s assistant
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing/ Beijing
• Alleged Offence: picking quarrels and provoking troubles, inciting subversion of state power (Previously charged for picking quarrels and provoking troubles, on 14 August 2015 was informed to have changed to inciting subversion of state power)
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at designated location (Taken away on 10 July 2015 17:00, on 17 September 2015 was informed to have changed to residential surveillance at designated location )
• Handling authorities: Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch (On 17 September 2015, Lawyer Ren asked how to contact the task force responsible for the case, Zhao said it is impossible to contact and suggested lawyer Ren to inquire at the Hexi Branch. Zhao said that the investigation team is not responsible for the task force, they merely pass on messages.) (On 17 September 2015,lawyer Ren went to the Bureau for Letters and Calls and ask to meet the officer in charge of the case, an officer (#290797) Mr. Li said the whole bureau doesn’t know who is in charge of the case.) (On 13 November 2015, defense lawyer Ren Quanniu submitted an application to the Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Bran demanding the handling authority to perform its duties such as informing the defense lawyers of the name, address and contact of the task force responsible for the case.)

• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown (police refused to disclose) (On 17 September 2015, lawyer Ren Quanniu went to the Detention Centre’s enquiries windows to ask for the officer in charge of the case and ask to meet with Zhao. Officer told him that “there is no such person!”)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : No
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No (On 27 August 2015, Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch investigation team returned the “application letter” sent by the lawyers of Zhou Wei requesting to meet her, they did not give a reply.) (On 13 November 2015, defense lawyer Ren Quanniu submitted an a pplication to the Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Bran demanding meetings with his client.)
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : no (the investigative organ refused)（On 17 September 2015, lawyer Ren Quanniu went to the Tianjin Hexi Public Security Bureau to submit written applications, an application requesting to meeting to Zhao and a letter of legal opinion.）(On 20 October 2015, Zhao’s mother went （On 20^th October, the birthday of Zhao Wei, her mother requested to send clothes and to meet Zhao at Tianjin Hexi Detention Centre, but was rejected. They asked Zhao Xu what crimes did Zhao Wei committed, Zhao Xu replied, “didn’t you watch CCTV? On 12, 13 July and the incident outside the door of Henan court house.”）
• Communicate with outside world? :no
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? : No
• Incommunicado: 126 days
• Treatment of Family: 20 October 2015 was Zhao Wei’s birthday. On that day her mother made requests to the Tianjin Hexi Detention Center for meeting with Zhao and giving her clothes, but denied.
• Reported by state media?: No
• Remedies and their Effects：/
• Lawyers: Ren Quanniu, Yan Huafeng

1. Gao Yue (F) 高月

• Identity: Lawyer Li Heping’s assistant
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing/ Beijing
• Alleged Offence: inciting subversion of state power (On 20 July 2015, was put residential surveillance at designated residence for suspicion of picking quarrels and provoking troubles, on 14 August 2015 changed to inciting subversion of state power)
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at designated residence (decided on 20 July 2015)

• Handling authorities: Tianjin Public Security Bureau Hexi Branch
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown (police refused to disclose)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : Yes
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : No.
• Communicate with outside world? : No.
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? : /
• Incommunicado: 116 days
• Treatment of Family: /
• Reported by state media?: No
• Remedies and their Effects：（1）On 27 August 2015, because the investigation body refused to tell the lawyers about the person-in-charge of the case, the case facts, to let them send letters to Gao, the defense lawyers went to Hexi Branch to ask for these rights but was refused by the police;（2）On 27 August 2015, the lawyers went to the Tianjin Hexi Branch Procuratorate to complain about the illegal acts of the police and ask for the procuratorate’s supervision, they requested to have the rights to send letters to Gao. They were informed verbally that “the acts of the Public Security Bureau are not illegal, because the case is related to state secrets, thus no communication is allowed.”
• Lawyers: Wang Fei, Li Guobei

1. Wang Fang (F) 王芳

• Identity: Beijing Fengrui Law Firm Accountant
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing/ Beijing
• Alleged Offence: unknown
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: unknown (Disappeared since 10 Juyl 2015 08:30)
• Handling authorities: unknown
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown
• Did Family Receive Notice? : unknown
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : unknown
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : unknown
• Communicate with outside world? : unknown

• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? : unknown
• Incommunicado: 126 days
• Treatment of Family: unknown
• Reported by state media?: No
• Remedies and their Effects：/
• Lawyers: unknown

1. Zhang Kai 张凯

• Identity: lawyer
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing/ Beijing
• Alleged Offence: gathering and disturbing social order, crime of stealing, spying, buying, and illegally providing state secrets and intelligence to entities outside of China
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at designated location (On 25 August 2015 midnight, he was taken away with his assistant Liu Peng)
• Handling authorities: Zhejiang Wenzhou Public Security Bureau
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown (police refused to disclose)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : yes
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : No (On 9 October 2015, Wenzhou Public Security released the “not allowed to meet with lawyer decision” for the third time, the reason being “meeting with lawyers would impede the investigation or might release state secrets”) (On 14 October 2015, the lawyers have applied for the 4^th time and “not allowed to meet lawyers decision” was released for the 4^th time on 14 October 2015)
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : No
• Communicate with outside world? : No (Lawyers have written 4 letters to Zhang Kai, but they have not received any reply from Zhang, Wenzhou Public Security Bureau reception police did not even reply if the letter is delivered to Zhang)
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? : No
• Incommunicado: 80 days
• Treatment of Family: (1) In the early morning of 17th October, the Wenzhou Police searched Zhang Kai’s home in Beijing, and they also required Zhang Kai’s sister Zhang Yan to the local police station for interrogation before they left. (2) Zhang Kai’s family were warned not to release any information about this case online.
• Reported by state media?: Yes
• Remedies and their Effects：（1）On 15 October 2015, 2 defense lawyers went to Wenzhou Procuratorate to complain about the Wenzhou Public Security Bureau for refusing to let the lawyers know the details of the case.（2）On 29 October 2015, Wenzhou Procuratorate sent a written reply saying that they have already given verbal notice to the Wenzhou Public Security to right their wrong on 26 October.（3）on 4 November 2015, lawyer went again to the Wenzhou Public Security Bureau to ask for the case facts that are now confirmed, the authority even after received the Wenzhou Procuratorate’s supervisory correction on the illegal acts, continued to continue the illegal acts and refused to tell the lawyers about Zhang’s case.
• （4）On 4 November 2015, lawyer went to Wenzhou Procuratorate to hand in “legal opinion asking the procuratorate to supervise the investigation of Zhang’s case”, “legal opinion asking the procuratorate to supervise and allow lawyers to meet with Zhang according to law”, “Complaint concerning Wenzhou Public Security Bureau director Huang Baokun and relevant police officers who are in suspicion of breaching the detainee and his lawyer’s right to communicate”
• Lawyers: Li Guisheng, Zhang Lei (On 13 November 2015, a police officer surnamed Pan informed lawyer Zhang Lei by telephone with number 0577-89980392 that Zhang Kai had dismissed Zhang Lei, who was entrusted by Zhang Kai’s mother, as his defense lawyer and he also claimed that they had got document written by Zhang Kai himself.)

1. Liu Peng刘鹏

• Identity: assistant of lawyer Zhang Kai
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing / Beijing
• Alleged Offence: gathering and disturbing social order, crime of stealing, spying, buying, and illegally providing state secrets and intelligence to entities outside of China

• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at designated location (Taken away on 25 August 2015 midnight along with lawyer Zhang Kai)
• Handling authorities: Zhejiang Wenzhou Public Security Bureau
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: unknown (police refused to disclose)
• Did Family Receive Notice? : yes

• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : no(On 22 October, lawyers received “decision to not allow attorney to meet criminal suspect” from Wenzhou Public Security Bureau) (On 28 October 2015, lawyer Li Baiguang applied to Wenzhou Public Security Bureau again. No reply has been received so far.)
• Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : /
• Communicate with outside world? : /

• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? : /
• Incommunicado: 80 days
• Treatment of Family: /
• Reported by state media?: No
• Remedies and their Effects：/
• Lawyers: Li Boguang, Liu Peifu, Li Baiguang

1. Fang Xiangui方县桂

• Identity: assistant of lawyer Zhang Kai
• Work Location/ Residence: Beijing / Beijing
• Alleged Offence: gathering and disturbing social order, crime of stealing, spying, buying, and illegally providing state secrets and intelligence to entities outside of China
• Compulsory Criminal Measures: residential surveillance at designated location (Taken away with lawyer Zhang Kai on 25 August 2015 midnight) (change should have been made in between 22 September-1 October 2015. Previously he was criminally detained)
• Handling authorities: Zhejiang Wenzhou Public Security Bureau
• Detention Location/Residential Surveillance Location: Currently unknown, previously at Zhejiang Wenzhou Detention Center
• Did Family Receive Notice? : /
• Allowed to Meet with Lawyer? : no (received “decision to not allow attorney to meet criminal suspect” on 3^rd September 2015, was refused again at the end of September） (On 27 October 2015, lawyer applied for the third time, but still no reply) Can the lawyers obtained information from the investigation body? : no
• Communicate with outside world? : /
• Allowed to change the compulsory criminal measure? : /
• Incommunicado: 80 days
• Treatment of Family: unknown
• Reported by state media?: No
• Remedies and their Effects：/
• Lawyers: Wang Liao, Xiang Li

*Note: Wang Yu and Bao Longjun was taken away on 9 July, and the large scale nation-wide interviews of the lawyers began on 10 July, and thus it is also known as the “710 Crackdown”.