BEIJING exhibits david ortiz (Reuters) - chowdaheadz shows Chinese lawyers taking on contentious human rights cases face limbo from Sunday after authorities did not approve an annual registration step the lawyers said was being used to stifle their work. World | ChinaThe dispute comes days before the 20th anniversary of the June 4 crackdown on pro-democracy protests in 1989. Rights lawyers are among the groups the ruling Communist Party has sought to contain at this sensitive time.The 18 or so lawyers whose work may be stymied belong to a loose network of advocates who have challenged the government over deaths in prison and labor-reeducation camps, farmers stripped of their land, children sickened by toxic milk powder and other sensitive cases.The annual registration required by government rules is usually a routine step that must be completed by May 31. But the lawyers facing effective disbarment said they appear to have been punished for taking on contentious clients, including members of the banned Falun Gong spiritual sect."All of the lawyers I know who haven't passed (the registration) are rights defense lawyers, so it looks like the authorities want to send a warning signal," said Jiang Tianyong, a Beijing-based lawyer who, among other causes, offered to represent Tibetans accused of crimes in riots in March last year.He and six other lawyers interviewed said judicial officials have never expressly linked their registration problem to their rights advocacy."We think it may be because this year is so sensitive and we lawyers who don't follow orders are considered a threat," said Jiang.
"But these things are never said so bluntly."Xiao Lizhu, the official at the Beijing Bureau of Judicial Affairs in charge of registering lawyers, declined to comment on the rights lawyers yawkey way store . Li Bingru, secretary-general of the Beijing Lawyers Association, which helps administer the registration also refused to comment pedroia . will be threatened," said Li Xiongbing, another Beijing lawyer."If we've violated any laws, then we should be prosecuted big papi . But this is just a covert form of punishment," he said.(Editing by Dean Yates) World China chowdaheads .
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