Jiang Tianyong is a human rights lawyer in the People's Republic of China.
12 Facts About Jiang Tianyong
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Jiang Tianyong was born in Luoshan, Henan province, where he worked as a teacher from 1995 to 2004.
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Jiang Tianyong passed the bar exam in 2005, and became a partner in the Beijing Global Lawfirm, along with several other prominent human rights lawyers.
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Jiang Tianyong has taken on a number of politically sensitive cases, including those of petitioners and religious and ethnic minorities.
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In 2008, Jiang Tianyong offered to provide legal services to Tibetans facing charges in the aftermath of the 2008 Tibetan unrest, and was involved in the high-profile defense of a Tibetan cleric, along with lawyer Li Fangping.
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Jiang Tianyong began advocating for Falun Gong adherents in 2008, and by late 2009 said he had defended nearly 20 practitioners who had been detained for their spiritual practice.
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Jiang Tianyong has been detained on multiple occasions by Chinese security agents in response to his human rights advocacy.
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In 2008, Jiang Tianyong was informed that his license to practice law had expired.
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In November 2016, Jiang Tianyong was feared to be in custody again, according to his wife.
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Jiang Tianyong was sentenced in 2017 to two years in prison for "inciting subversion of state power".
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Jiang Tianyong was released in 2019, and reported to be living with his family in central China, under close watch from Chinese authorities.
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In May 2021, Radio Free Asia reported that Jiang Tianyong remained under house arrest.