Fears of crackdown on Chinese lawyers

Dozens of Chinese lawyers have been detained or interrogated over recent days in what seems to be a co-ordinated crackdown.

The move targeted those who take on cases involving free speech, human rights and abuses of power, presenting many of them as motivated by greed and a reckless disregard for social order.

Celia Hatton reports.

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