In Reversal, Chinese Lawyer Confesses, and Rights Groups Denounce His Trial<br />Chinese state news reports also said their transcripts were "fake news,"<br />and at the trial, Mr. Xie said his claims of torture were bogus, according to the court.<br />Changsha said that I feel ashamed and deeply remorseful for my past actions,<br />Chinese said that The legal authorities fully ensured my legitimate rights and did not extract confession through torture,<br />Human Rights Watch said that Never mind that the trial was closed to the public, and<br />that Xie was deprived of representation by a lawyer of his own choosing and of family contacts,<br />He and Mr. Liu were told that Mr. Xie did not want them as his lawyers,<br />and Mr. Xie was represented at the trial by lawyers who accepted much of the prosecution’s case.<br />"I wanted to end their interrogation of me as quickly as I could, even if it meant death," Mr. Xie told his lawyers, Chen Jiangang<br />and Liu Zhengqing, according to transcripts of their meetings that Mr. Chen vouched for as authentic.
