In the face of international condemnation for a mass roundup of human rights lawyers, China’s authorities have responded with what they claim is evidence of a “criminal syndicate” of rights activists and lawyers who purportedly galvanized public support for profit.
China Central TV on Sunday broadcast what it billed as the confession of a hired-gun human rights activist who told authorities he had colluded with a Beijing law firm in fanning public sentiment on as many as 40 legal cases.