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Chang Weiping is a human-rights lawyer from Baoji, Shaanxi. Amnesty International documents his anti-discrimination legal work, detention after the December 2019 Xiamen gathering, revocation of his law licence, public disclosure of alleged torture, and a 2023 sentence of three years and six months for subversion.
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Amnesty International, June 8, 2023
Research still pending
Chang’s own torture-disclosure video and statements; Xiamen gathering records; indictment, judgment and prison/release records; pre-detention legal cases, especially discrimination matters; family/lawyer advocacy; UN/government actions; multilingual media, video and photographs.
Last research audit: August 29, 2026.
Current-status update — September 14, 2026
Status: Released on July 8, 2024 after serving the sentence; post-release supervision and travel restrictions have been documented. Exact current restrictions remain under verification.
FreeChina.live preserves the torture allegations and Xiamen-gathering case chronology as sourced historical evidence while keeping current-status claims dated separately.