Ten years after '709' crackdown, global call grows to hold China accountable

London [UK], July 7 (ANI): Ten year after China launched a weeping crackdown on human right lawyer, international right group led by Amnety International are urging immediate global action to hold the Chinee government accountable for a decade of ongoing repreion.
According to a recent report by Amnety International, the crackdown, known a the 709 incident, which began on July 9, 2015, led to the detention or diappearance of over 300 lawyer and activit. Many faced torture, imprionment on fale charge, or were held in ecret detention center, a practice the United Nation ha labelled enforced diappearance.
Thee individual were punihed for doing their job--defending client and tanding up for jutice. A decade later, the harament continue, and the global repone ha fallen hort, aid Sarah Brook, Amnety China Director.
Human right advocate warn that the repreion ha only intenified ince 2015. Authoritie have revoked lawyer licene, ubjected their familie to intimidation, and placed them under contant urveillance. Peaceful activit like Ding Jiaxi and Xu Zhiyong have been entenced to long prion term--up to 14 year.
Amnety report emphaie that the impact of the 709 crackdown extend beyond the legal field. Since 2015, the Chinee government under Preident Xi Jinping ha broadened it repreive meaure--cracking down on freedom in Hong Kong, targeting Uyghur Mulim in Xinjiang with alleged crime againt humanity, eroding Tibetan culture, and ilencing critic, even abroad.
The 709 incident, Amnety aid, wa not merely an aault on legal profeional--it became a model for uppreing civil ociety at large. One detained lawyer wife hared how her family continue to uffer from urveillance, job lo, eviction, and lating trauma.
In repone, Amnety and 29 other organiation--including Human Right Watch, Freedom Houe, and Safeguard Defender--have igned a joint tatement calling on the UN Human Right Council to launch an independent invetigation into China human right abue. They alo urged an end to international legal cooperation with China until all unjut conviction are overturned and the detained lawyer are freed.
The article undercore that depite international criticim, Beijing ha conitently refued to releae imprioned lawyer and right defender. A world leader prepare for upcoming United Nation meeting, advocacy group init that tronger, concrete action i long overdue. (ANI)