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Li Fangping is a Chinese public-interest and human-rights lawyer known for anti-discrimination, environmental, disability-rights and politically sensitive cases. AFP reporting in July 2025 described him as living in exile.
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Current-status evidence: RIGHTS LAWYER IN EXILE by 2025 reporting
Li Fangping is a Chinese public-interest and human-rights lawyer known for anti-discrimination, environmental, disability-rights and politically sensitive cases. AFP reporting in July 2025 described him as living in exile.
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Current-status and license update — September 14, 2026
Status: In exile and publicly active; not currently classified as imprisoned. Human Rights Watch and AFP reporting in July 2025 place Li Fangping abroad/in exile, while 2026 reporting continues to quote him on lawyers’ rights.
License provenance: Beijing Municipal Justice Bureau decision 京司审〔2025〕4457, dated April 8, 2025, states that his Beijing Ruifeng Law Firm practice certificate was cancelled upon his own application. FreeChina.live preserves that official wording and does not recast the cancellation as a state-imposed revocation without evidence.
Exact 2026 country/institutional affiliation and any current passport or return restrictions remain under verification.