China Blocks Son of Human Rights Lawyer From Leaving Country<br />United States said that It’s obvious that it’s a retaliation against his parents’ human rights work, in<br />particular for showing their support to Wang Yu’s lawyer Li Yuhan, who has been detained since 9 Oct.<br />14, 2017<br />HONG KONG — The teenage son of a prominent human rights lawyer in China was blocked from leaving the country Monday<br />after the police told him he posed a potential threat to national security while abroad, his father said.<br />They are afraid of the outside world knowing the truth." Last weekend another human rights lawyer, Tang Jitian, was prevented<br />from leaving mainland China to travel to Hong Kong for medical treatment, the Hong Kong broadcaster RTHK reported.<br />She was accused of subversion of state power, a charge<br />that carries a possible life sentence, and Mr. Bao, a trainee lawyer, was accused of a lesser charge of inciting subversion of state power.<br />Ms. Wang was a commercial lawyer who became involved in politically delicate cases,<br />and was the first person targeted two years ago in a widespread crackdown on human rights lawyers in China.<br />Mr. Bao had been planning to travel in Japan for two weeks to celebrate having successfully<br />taken a test to study abroad, according to his father, Bao Longjun.
