The Henan Provincial Department of Justice issued an announcement on the 2nd, officially revoking Ren Quanniu’s license for violating the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Lawyer Practice during his representation of cases in 2018. Ren Quanniu issued a statement saying that he was saddened to be a victim of judicial persecution.
Another Chinese rights lawyer, Ren Quanniu, who represented the “12 Hong Kong people” case, had his lawyer’s license revoked by the Henan Provincial Department of Justice on Feb. 2.
The decision on administrative punishment issued by the Henan Provincial Department of Justice states that Ren Quanniu “repeatedly denied the nature of the cult recognized by the state” in his defense of a case of “using a cult to undermine the implementation of the law” on Nov. 7, 2018. The court ruled that he had violated the relevant provisions of the Measures for the Administration of Lawyer Practice, and revoked his lawyer’s license as an administrative penalty.
In response to the hearing, Ren Quanniu issued a statement on Feb. 2, saying that the 10 years from the Time he obtained his lawyer’s license in 2010 to the time it was revoked on Feb. 2, 2021, were a golden decade that changed his outlook on Life and values. He also said that since 2013, when he began representing various vulnerable groups in cases of judicial “bullying,” he has been learning more about what justice is like in China and how China treats its people.
Another human rights lawyer, Lu Siwei, who also represented the 12 Hong Kong people case, had his license revoked by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Justice last month.
Ren Quanniu writes, “From the arrests of evicted families, the arrests of Parents of child vaccination victims, the arrests of people petitioning for justice, the arrests of civil rights activists, the involvement in the 709 lawyer case, and the persecution of many Falun Gong believers by judicial means, my in-depth involvement in each of these cases has helped me understand my responsibility as a human rights lawyer and my role as a human rights lawyer. Each of these cases has played an important role in helping me understand my responsibilities as a human rights lawyer and awakening my conscience as a human being.”
Ren Quanniu says that he has now become a victim of persecution, a fact that makes him feel “very sad. He writes, “I am sad that the good and innocent people of this country may no longer be able to redress their grievances; I am sad for the organization in this land that pretends that ‘history has chosen it’; because this insane behavior of theirs will inevitably lead to their being soon abandoned by the good people. .”
But he also called on fellow lawyers “not to despair” and expected Chinese people who have been treated unfairly by justice “not to give up their natural power” and hoped that those in power would “pull back from the brink. The Chinese people who have been treated unfairly by the judiciary “should not give up their natural power. Ren wrote: “I believe that the net of heaven is wide and the good and evil will be rewarded in the end.”
Ren Quanniu also said he would file an administrative reconsideration or administrative lawsuit against the penalty of license suspension according to the rights granted by law. Previously, another rights lawyer, Lu Siwei, who also represented the “12 Hong Kong people” case, had his license revoked by the Sichuan Provincial Department of Justice last month.
In addition to representing the 12 Hong Kong People case, Ren Quanniu is also the defense attorney for Chinese citizen journalist Zhang Zhan, while Lu Siwei is also representing Chinese rights lawyer Yu Wensheng and poet Wang Zang.
State Department spokesman Ned Price tweeted a statement on the same day in response to the suspension of Ren Quanniu and Lu Siwei’s licenses, saying the U.S. was concerned that the Chinese government was punishing the two lawyers by suspending their licenses for representing the 12 Hong Kong people case. Price wrote: “The United States calls on the Chinese government to respect human rights and the rule of law and to immediately reinstate the licenses of the two lawyers.”
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