Switzerland commemorates the beginning of the campaign against Chinese lawyers and human rights defenders as well as the continued detention of lawyer Wang Quanzhang

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Switzerland has followed with great concern the unprecedented and continuous campaign of the Chinese government against over 200 lawyers and HRDs, which started on the 7^th of July 2015. These HRDs have made use of their constitutional right of freedom of expression and have rightfully fulfilled their professional duty in defending and/or protecting the rights of their clients. From a Swiss perspective, the peaceful defense of human rights do not constitute a subversion of state power but is a meaningful contribution to prosperity, peace and security.

Switzerland condemns the continuous incommunicado detention of lawyer Wang Quanzhang since the 10^th of July 2015 and calls on the Chinese government to ensure due process and a fair trial to Wang, grant immediate access to a lawyer of confidence and his family. Switzerland calls on the Chinese government to guarantee the procedural and human rights to all individuals in China, including lawyers and HRDs.