On May 13, Beijing lawyer Li Chunfu went to the southwestern city of Chongqing with a colleague to meet with the family of a man who died in a labor camp. While meeting with the family, Li and lawyer Zhang Kai were detained by police. Li was chained to a chair and punched, while Zhang, also roughed up during their arrest, was locked in a cage
Tag Archives: a-man-who
Paris gunman makes off with millions in jewels
Evaluating Souter: A Strange Judicial Trip, Leaning Left
‘Tyson’: A Charismatic Ex-Champ
A documentary, like any movie trying to hold your attention, needs either a big theme some tremendous political injustice will do or a magnetic character that keeps people watching. Tyson has character to spare, since its subject and star is the two-time heavyweight champion and three-year guest of the Indiana penal system. In boxing, “the sweet science,” he was the Frankenstein monster
Eight killed in North Carolina nursing home rampage
Eight people have been killed and several others wounded in a shooting at a nursing home in Carthage, North Carolina, police and hospital officials said Sunday. Carthage Police Chief Chris McKenzie told CNN affiliate News 14 Carolina that there were six dead at the scene and three wounded, including a police officer.