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Listen | Print By AFP 4 hours ago in World A human rights lawyer who handled the case of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists detained in China had his licence revoked Friday, he told AFP, a move he said was triggered by the sensitivity of the case for Beijing. Lu Siwei -- together with another rights lawyer Ren Quanniu -- was appointed by families of two of the "Hong Kong 12", a group intercepted last August trying to flee the city by boat for Taiwan. The attempted escape came after the Chinese government imposed a sweeping national security law on the...
