Canonical person profile: Liu Zhengqing / 刘正清
Liu Zhengqing / 刘正清
Guangzhou rights-defense lawyer whose license was revoked in January 2019 after authorities cited defense statements from politically sensitive cases. This archive preserves verified source links and the distinctions between documented facts, source claims and unresolved status.
Selected sources
- CHRD — China Human Rights Briefing, January 1–8, 2019 — December 25 notice, January 5 hearing, Zhang Haitao and Li Yanming cases cited by authorities, and the Huang Qi-related investigation.
- Democracy Chronicles / VOA relay, January 6, 2019 — hearing, support letter and contemporary reporting on the disbarment proceeding.
- CHRD — 2018 Human Rights Defenders report, February 21, 2019 — January 2019 disbarment and authorities’ stated basis.
- U.S. State Department 2019 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: China (accessible ECOI mirror), March 11, 2020 — reports revocation of Liu’s license and the official “jeopardizing national security” allegation.
- China Change, June 2, 2020 — identifies Liu as a Guangzhou human-rights lawyer permanently disbarred in January 2019.
Evidence limits: birth year, law-firm name and post-2019 activity remain unresolved. The current record documents questioning during the 709 crackdown but does not establish detention. A June 19, 2015 attack account remains single-source CHRD reporting.