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Wang Quanzhang is a Beijing human-rights lawyer and a major detainee from the 2015 “709” crackdown. Human Rights Watch documents his July 2015 detention, more than three years held incommunicado, a January 2019 conviction and 4.5-year sentence, and release on April 5, 2020 after completing the term.
HRW also reports allegations of torture and continuing monitoring/restrictions after release.
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Pre-709 legal cases; detention notices; indictment, closed-trial and judgment documents; torture evidence; family petitions; post-release restrictions; multilingual media, interviews, video and images.
Last research audit: August 29, 2026.
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