Research status: canonical baseline established; additional primary-source/media recovery continues.
Mo Shaoping is a prominent criminal defense lawyer and founder of the Beijing Mo Shaoping Law Firm. His politically sensitive cases have included Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, journalist Shi Tao and other dissidents and rights defenders.
709 / rights-defense reconciliation update — 2026-09-14
Current-status evidence: RIGHTS LAWYER; current imprisonment not established by cited sources
Mo Shaoping is a prominent criminal defense lawyer and founder of the Beijing Mo Shaoping Law Firm. His politically sensitive cases have included Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo, journalist Shi Tao and other dissidents and rights defenders.
Source: verified/corroborating record.
Evidence rule: FreeChina.live does not infer present custody, release dates, or the end of post-release restrictions from sentence arithmetic. Where current status remains uncertain, the record remains open for source recovery.
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Current-status update — September 14, 2026
Status: Not currently known imprisoned and publicly active as a lawyer in mainland China in 2026. Canadian Press reported Mo Shaoping speaking from China on February 9, 2026 as counsel in the Schellenberg retrial.
A separate report of a June 22, 2025 exit restriction remains secondary evidence pending stronger independent or primary confirmation; it is not treated as proof of a continuing 2026 travel restriction.
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