Zhang Sizhi
Zhang Sizhi | |||||||
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张思 | |||||||
 Sizhi in 2013 | |||||||
| Born | 12 November 1927 | ||||||
| Died | 24 June 2022 (aged 94) Beijing, China | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | Legal scholar, lawyer | ||||||
| Known for | Civil rights advocacy | ||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 张思 | ||||||
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Zhang Sizhi (Chinese: 张思
Biography
[edit]Zhang was born as the eldest of 10 children to Zhang Jingtang and Meng Yanrong on 12 November 1927 in Zhengzhou.[4] His father was a doctor who practiced Chinese traditional medicine.[5][4] In 1944, at the age of 16, he joined the Chinese Expeditionary Force.[5][6] Three years later, he was admitted to Chaoyang university. After graduating from university, he became a judge. In 1950, he graduated from the People's University of China. During the Anti-Rightist Movement, he was divided into right, was sentenced to 15 years in a village. In 1972, he was free to act as a teacher. In July 1979, Zhang returned as a lawyer and participated in the trials of "Lin Biao Anti-Revolutionary Group Case" and "Jiang Qing Anti-Revolutionary Group Case", commonly known as the "Two Cases", serving as defense lawyers for Jiang Qing and others.[6][7] After the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre, he defended liberals such as Bao Tong, Wang Juntao, Gao Yu and Pu Zhiqiang, as well as rights lawyers.[8][7]
On 24 June 2022, he died from cancer in Beijing, at the age of 94.[4][6][7]
Awards
[edit]- 2008 Petra Kelly Prize by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung for his outstanding contributions to the protection of human rights and the construction of a legal state and lawyer system in China.[6][9]
See also
[edit]References
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我 院 兼 职教授 张思之 先生 八十华诞暨律师执业五十周年庆祝酒会在京隆重举行". Central University of Finance and Economics (in Chinese). 29 November 2006. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2012. - ^ "Zhang Sizhi – Outstanding Commitment to Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China". The Green Political Foundation. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original on 9 April 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
Sizhi is known among Chinese lawyers as "the conscience of lawyers"
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唐 璜:谁弄丢了中国 律 师的"良心 "？----感 悟 张思之 ". Central University of Finance and Economics (in Chinese). 1 December 2006. Archived from the original on 12 January 2014. Retrieved 1 August 2012.……从第一场辩护算起，经过
五 十 年 风雨历程，他 被 尊 为中国 律 师界的 荣耀和良 心 . - ^ a b c Buckley, Chris; Dong, Joy (4 July 2022). "Zhang Sizhi, Lawyer Who Defended Chinese Dissidents, Dies at 94". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
- ^ a b Zhang Fan (张帆) (1 July 2012). "
律 师何为？——专访张思之 ". Cejing (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 29 July 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012. - ^ a b c d
中国 “律 师界良心 ”张思之 去 世 . dw.com (in Chinese). 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022. - ^ a b c Chen Meihua (陈美华) (24 June 2022).
中国 律 师界的 泰斗 级人物 张思之 逝世. rfa.org (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022. - ^
中国 律 师界的 泰斗 和良 心 张思之 先生 逝世. rfi.fr (in Chinese). 24 June 2022. Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022. - ^ Zhang Ping (张平) (21 March 2013). 张思
之 ：要 有 免 于被愚 的 自由 . dw.com (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 24 June 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
