Lan Zhixue
Chinese human rights lawyer and activist
- Life
- 1950 – present
- Born
- 1950
- Nationality
- China
Lan Zhixue is a Chinese human rights lawyer and activist who co-founded the Institute of Democratic Society, a non-profit organization whose website proclaims "fair, reasonable and legal; dare to think, speak and act". Lan Zhixue has been involved in advocacy for several controversial issues and part of a growing trend of lawyers publicly challenging the government. 2009 he explained, "We don't care about ourselves, our liberty or death," Lan said. "We want to do something fo
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