TOKYO -- In the decade since China's widespread crackdown on human rights lawyers and advocates, Beijing has enhanced the national security apparatus to further suppress civil society.
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China toughens national security 10 years after '709' crackdown
Widespread repression of human rights lawyers extends to further restraints
July 9 marks the 10th anniversary of the "709" crackdown against human rights lawyers and advocates in mainland China. Before Beijing imposed a national security law in June 2020, Hong Kong could still hold open protests, such as this one in 2018. That is no longer the case, as many figures in the rights movement, including Albert Ho Chun-yan, center, are now behind bars. © Getty Images
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