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Zhang Sizhi

Chinese human rights activist (1927–2022)

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Chinese human rights activist (1927–2022)

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image	ZHANGSIZHI.jpg
caption	Sizhi in 2013
name	Zhang Sizhi
native_name	张思之
native_name_lang	zh
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birth_place	Zhengzhou, Henan, China
death_date
death_place	Beijing, China
occupation	Legal scholar, lawyer
known_for	Civil rights advocacy
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Zhang Sizhi (; 12 November 1927 – 24 June 2022) was an active rights lawyer in China, and a professor at Central University of Finance and Economics. He was known as "The lawyer's conscience".

Biography

Zhang was born as the eldest of 10 children to Zhang Jingtang and Meng Yanrong on 12 November 1927 in Zhengzhou. His father was a doctor who practiced Chinese traditional medicine. In 1944, at the age of 16, he joined the Chinese Expeditionary Force.

On 24 June 2022, he died from cancer in Beijing, at the age of 94.

Awards

2008 Petra Kelly Prize by Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung for his outstanding contributions to the protection of human rights and the construction of a legal state and lawyer system in China.

References

(29 November 2006). "我院兼职教授张思之先生八十华诞暨律师执业五十周年庆祝酒会在京隆重举行". Central University of Finance and Economics.
(5 December 2008). "Zhang Sizhi – Outstanding Commitment to Human Rights and the Rule of Law in China". The Green Political Foundation.
(1 December 2006). "唐璜:谁弄丢了中国律师的"良心"？----感悟张思之". Central University of Finance and Economics.
Buckley, Chris. (2022-07-04). "Zhang Sizhi, Lawyer Who Defended Chinese Dissidents, Dies at 94". The New York Times.
Zhang Fan ({{lang. (1 July 2012). "律师何为？——专访张思之". Cejing.
Gao Yu]] and [[Pu Zhiqiang]], as well as rights lawyers.. link. rfi.fr. (24 June 2022)
link. dw.com. (24 June 2022)
zh. 陈美华). link. rfa.org. (24 June 2022)
zh. 张平). link. dw.com. (21 March 2013)

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