China crackdown on lawyers exacts toll on familiesBEIJING--Unresolved questions have haunted Yuan Shanshan since her husband, the human rights lawyer Xie Yanyi, was taken away a year ago by the police. Twelve months later, the unprecedented sweep also has exacted a toll on the detainees' families, who speak of financial ruin, homelessness, and physical abuse at the hands of police. She doesn't know where she and their three children will live next month after they're evicted. She doesn't know what to name the 3-month-old baby girl with eyebrows shaped just like his. She doesn't know how her husband could have broken the law.

Source: The China Post July 08, 2016 17:26 UTC