Chinese Defense Lawyer Guo Guoting Arrives in Canada

May 26, 2005

Embattled Chinese defense lawyer Guo Guoting has arrived in Canada to participate in an international research conference, according to a Boxun report. Guo, recognized for his legal representation of activists, has defended journalists, Falun Gong practitioners, and other lawyers who have run afoul of Chinese authorities.

Embattled Chinese defense lawyer Guo Guoting has arrived in Canada to participate in an international research conference, according to a Boxun report. Guo, recognized for his legal representation of activists, has defended journalists, Falun Gong practitioners, and other lawyers who have run afoul of Chinese authorities. On March 4, the Shanghai Justice Bureau upheld an earlier decision to suspend Guo’s law license for one year after he was accused of "adopting positions and making statements contrary to the law and the Constitution" and "defiling and slandering" the Communist Party and government (see related story here). Shortly afterward, Shanghai police placed Guo under house arrest (see related story here). Boxun reports that Guo’s house arrest was lifted at the end of March, shortly after one of his clients, journalist Shi Tao, was convicted of disclosing state secrets and sentenced (see related story here).