China: Fear for safety: Li Heping (m)

Index Number: ASA 17/046/2007
Date Published: 3 October 2007
Categories: Asia And The Pacific, China

Li Heping, a Beijing-based human rights lawyer, was abducted and assaulted by a group of unidentified men on 29 September 2007. They beat him with electro-shock batons and told him he should leave Beijing or risk further attack. He was released after about eight hours. Amnesty International is seriously concerned for his safety.